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I don't go near the money and the money doesn't go near me.

Peter Lynch

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Peter Lynch
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 19
Businessman
Financier
Investor
the United States of America
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Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.
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It would be wonderful if we could avoid the setbacks with timely exits, but nobody has figured out how to predict them.
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The list of qualities (an investor should have) include patience, self-reliance, common sense, a tolerance for pain, open-mindedness, detachment, persistence, humility, flexibility, a willingness to do independent research, an equal willingness to admit mistakes, and the ability to ignore general panic.
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I'm always fully invested. It's a great feeling to be caught with your pants up.
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Investing is fun and exciting, but dangerous if you don't do any work.
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My method for picking stocks has never changed. When businesses go from crappy to semicrappy, there's money to be made.
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The real key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.
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