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Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? ...a good question might be not why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate?

Abraham Maslow

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Abraham Maslow
Age: 62 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 1
Died: 1970
Died: June 8
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Brooklyn
New York
Abraham Harold Maslow
Maslow
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Might
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People
Creativity
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