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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail. - Quote by Abraham H. Maslow

I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.

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