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The name of the game is continuing to learn. Even if you're very well trained and have some natural aptitude, you still need to keep learning.

Charlie Munger

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Charlie Munger
Age: 100
Born: 1924
Born: January 1
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We’re partial to putting out large amounts of money where we won’t have to make another decision.
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If you don't keep learning, other people will pass you by. Temperament alone won't do it - you need a lot of curiosity for a long, long time.
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I've been associated with Warren ( Buffett) so long, I thought I'd be just a footnote.
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Is there such thing as a cheerful pessimist? That's what I am.
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Mimicking the herd invites regression to the mean.
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There has never been a master plan. Anyone who wanted to do it, we fired because it takes on a life of its own and doesn't cover new reality. We want people taking into account new information.
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I always like it when someone attractive to me agrees with me, so I have fond memories of Phil Fisher. The idea that it was hard to find good investments, so concentrate in a few, seems to me to be an obviously good idea. But 98% of the investment world doesn't think this way.
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It's a good habit to trumpet your failures and be quiet about your successes.
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It would be easier to screw up American Express than Coke or Gillette, but it's an immensely strong business.
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Accounting is a big subject and there are huge forces in play. The entire momentum of existing thinking and existing custom is in a direction that allows terrible follies to happen, and the terrible follies have terrible consequences.
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I think track records are very important. If you start early trying to have a perfect one in some simple thing like honesty, you're well on your way to success in this world.
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Strategic plans cause more dumb decisions than anything else in America.
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If you have competence, you know the edge. It wouldnt be a competence if you didnt know where the boundaries lie. Asking whether youve passed the boundary is a question that almost answers itself.
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In business we often find that the winning system goes almost ridiculously far in maximizing and or minimizing one or a few variables - like the discount warehouses of Costco.
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A lot of opportunities in life tend to last a short while, due to some temporary inefficiency... For each of us, really good investment opportunities aren't going to come along too often and won't last too long, so you've got to be ready to act and have a prepared mind.
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You must value the business in order to value the stock.
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There is the sheer amount of Franklin's wisdom. And the talent. Franklin played four instruments. He was the nation's leading scientist and inventor, plus a leading author, statesman, and philanthropist. There has never been anyone like him.
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Just avoid things like racing trains to the crossing, doing cocaine, etc. Develop good mental habits.
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Almost all good businesses engage in 'pain today, gain tomorrow' activities.
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Capitalism is a pretty brutal place.
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