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  • Anone who mentions Robert Pirsig is bound to get my attention.

    Why VARK leaves me in the DARK « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006

  • While I was in college, I read a book called Lila, written by Robert Pirsig.

    The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011

  • "I sent the first draft to Pirsig," Richardson said.

    Books & Writers 2009

  • Re-enacting the journey from Minneapolis to San Francisco chronicled by Pirsig in his cult classic, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle

    Books & Writers 2009

  • A reporter for the Toronto Star re-enacted the cross-country motorcycle trip that Robert Pirsig detailed in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and wrote his own book about it:

    Books & Writers 2009

  • Robert Pirsig, in his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, shares another powerful metaphor.

    The 7 Glenn Beck 2011

  • This pattern, like the so-called “coincidences” in the Universe, tied Pirsig and his son together in ways that were beyond human understanding.

    The 7 Glenn Beck 2011

  • Asked what he makes of all this, Winokur showed that the Pirsig is political.

    Michael Sigman: Zen and the Art of Presidential Politics -- or Not Michael Sigman 2011

  • Robert Pirsig speaks to his own immeasurable experience of this kind in his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

    The 7 Glenn Beck 2011

  • Asked what he makes of all this, Winokur showed that the Pirsig is political.

    Michael Sigman: Zen and the Art of Presidential Politics -- or Not Michael Sigman 2011

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