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People are not evil they are schlemiels.

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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
Evil
People

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Boys will be boys as long as there are no girls in the picture.
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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