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Robert M. Pirsig Quotes: To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.
         

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.


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To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.
         



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