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One of the most moral acts is to create a space in which life can move forward.
Robert M. Pirsig
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Robert M. Pirsig
Age: 88 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 6
Died: 2017
Died: April 24
Autobiographer
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Robert Maynard Pirsig
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The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are.
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