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«If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.»
Author: Abraham Maslow
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
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hammer, hammered, hammering, hammers, hammer in, nail, nailed, nailing, tend, The Nails, tool
«It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, treat everything as if it were a nail.»
«Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.»
«He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.»
«In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.»
«For want of a nail the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe the horse was lost, For want of a horse the rider was lost, Forwant of a rider the battle was lost, For want of a battle the kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horse.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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Hor, nail, rider, shoe, The Battle, The Kingdom
«For want of a nail the kingdom was lost»
Author: American Proverb
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nail
«Each thought is a nail that is driven In structures that cannot decay; And the mansion at last will be given To us as we build it each day.»
«It is not, truly speaking, the labor that is divided; but the men: divided into mere segments of men --broken into small fragments and crumbs of life, so that all the little piece of intelligence that is left in a man is not enough to make a pin, or a nail, but exhausts itself in making the point of a pin or the head of a nail.»
Author: John Ruskin
(Critic, Writer)
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breaking point, crumbs, exhausts, fragments, nail, segment, segments
«But the ground of a man's [sic] culture lies in his nature, not in his calling. His powers are to be unfolded on account of their inherent dignity, not their outward direction. He is to be educated, because he is a man, not because he is to make shoes, nail, or pins.»
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