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Quote by Abraham Maslow

“If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”

Quote by Abraham Maslow

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Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist born on April 1, 1908, and died on June 8, 1970. He was a pioneer in humanistic psychology and proposed Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which had a profound impact on the field of psychology. more

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