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The most moral activity of all is the creation of space for life to move around.
Robert M. Pirsig
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Robert M. Pirsig
Age: 88 †
Born: 1928
Born: September 6
Died: 2017
Died: April 24
Autobiographer
Novelist
Philosopher
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Robert Maynard Pirsig
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Life
Humility
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It's so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
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