“The solution lies in secrecy,” said Medra. “But so does the problem.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“The Finder” (p. 64)
Earthsea Books, Tales from Earthsea (2001)

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American writer 1929–2018

Abdul Rashid Ghazi (1964–2007) Pakistani fundamentalist

“Every solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies.”

Derek Landy Skulduggery Pleasant

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“The secret to solving a problem is to have the strength to find a solution. When the solution does not exist, you invent it.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il segreto per risolvere un problema è avere la forza di trovare una soluzione. Quando la soluzione non esiste, la inventi.
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“A solution to one problem can not be totally applicable to other problems. It is said that there are no two problems that are exactly alike.”

Sukavich Rangsitpol (1935) Thai politician

citizenship in the changing world of tomorrow.

“As the man said, for every complex problem there’s a simple solution, and it’s wrong.”

Umberto Eco book Foucault's Pendulum

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“The concern of OR with finding an optimum decision, policy, or design is one of its essential characteristics. It does not seek merely to define a better solution to a problem than the one in use; it seeks the best solution… [It] can be characterized as the application of scientific methods, techniques, and tools to problems involving the operations of systems so as to provide those in control of the operations with optimum solutions to the problems.”

C. West Churchman (1913–2004) American philosopher and systems scientist

Source: 1940s - 1950s, Introduction to Operations Research (1957), p. 8, cited in: R.L. McCown (2001) "Learning to bridge the gap between science-based decision support and the practice of farming". In: Aust. J. Agric. Res., Vol 52, p. 560-561