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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Abraham Maslow
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Abraham Maslow
Age: 62 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 1
Died: 1970
Died: June 8
Psychologist
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University Teacher
Brooklyn
New York
Abraham Harold Maslow
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