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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing 24 Apr 2017

    RIP Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance http://boingboing.net/2017/04/24/rip-robert-m-pirsig-author-o.html …pic.twitter.com/EDyKCE88Ta

    RIP Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
    3:32 PM - 24 Apr 2017
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      2. Kopimi Altemark‏ @altemark 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing @mansalmered

        Really interesting doco from @cbcideas broadcast 40 years after the original publication of 'Zen'http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-motorcycle-is-yourself-1.2914205 …

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      3. CBC Radio's Ideas‏Verified account @cbcideas 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @altemark @BoingBoing @mansalmered

        We'll be airing Tim Wilson's documentary about Robert Pirsig's "Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" again tomorrow night.

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      2. BOKE [name/brand]‏ @artistofideas 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        pic.twitter.com/NWGBAPApdZ

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      3. BOKE [name/brand]‏ @artistofideas 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @artistofideas @BoingBoing

        😎🎸🎶🇺🇸 "gumption" makes me think of "Forrest Gump" ... and the idiot things written about "Forrest Gump" by some clueless media/critics

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      4. BOKE [name/brand]‏ @artistofideas 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @artistofideas @BoingBoing

        🤔...Come to think of it, the idiot things written about "Forrest Gump" by clueless nitwits... ...caused me to realize 👹media is bullshit💩pic.twitter.com/ZN0iTFJ6pT

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      5. BOKE [name/brand]‏ @artistofideas 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @artistofideas @BoingBoing

        😎🎸🎶🇺🇸 And the number of publishers who turned down #ZATAOMM is also informative ... ... but beyond the scope of this tweet oration.🙂🎈

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      1. Charles Pfeffer‏ @CharlesPfeffer 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing @muskiesjj

        Also author of Leila, a poignant story of mental illness and what we owe each other RIP

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      1. Jett Wilson‏ @jettzworld 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing @KateGardiner

        What??? Oh no. #RIP

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      1. Paul Skold‏ @paulskold 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        Read the book in college. That whole Phaedrus thing kind of put me off balance when reading through it the first time. RIP Robert

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      1. duncan fallowell‏ @duncanfallowell 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing @NorthshireBooks

        I loved this book!

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      1. Kit‏ @thedaemonspawn 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing @cmdrsue

        One of my best friends in HS carried this book around like all of senior year.

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      1. kek boi‏ @vertinski 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        cool book, forgot to bring back to library.

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      1. ZF¬C‏ @venisewurith 25 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @xenopraxis I have coffee with Plato which has a forward by Pirsig...

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      1. Konstantin Batygin‏ @kbatygin 25 Apr 2017
        Replying to @oker591 @BoingBoing

        funny - I had the same experience!

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      1. Khalil Spencer‏ @khalil_spencer 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        Oh, Man. that is awful news. That book got me through my Ph.D. program and a divorce. @maddogmedia @inezrussell

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      1. (((Erik)))‏ @onemerlin 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        Requiem in pace, in nomine Pater, Fils, et Spiritus Sanctus.

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      1. Carry On‏ @carolwhop 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        That is one of those books you buy over and over, because you always give it to people.

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      1. Marcus Elia‏ @marcusiologist 24 Apr 2017
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        :-( <3

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