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> [If you are an idealist, it does not matter what you do or what goes on around you because it isn't real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/if-you-are-an-idealist-it-does-not-matter-what-you-do-or-what-goes-on/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

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> [“What you don't know don't hurt you, for it ain't real. They called that Idealism in my book I had when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/what-you-don-t-know-don-t-hurt-you-for-it-ain-t-real-they-called-that/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

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> [I heard somebody open and shut the gate to the barn lot, but I didn't look around. If I didn't look around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/i-heard-somebody-open-and-shut-the-gate-to-the-barn-lot-but-i-didn-t/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

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