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There's lots of stocks out there and all you need is a few of 'em. That's been my philosophy.

Peter Lynch

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Peter Lynch
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 19
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The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results.
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Just because you buy a stock and it goes up does not mean you are right. Just because you buy a stock and it goes down does not mean you are wrong.
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I talk to hundreds of companies a year and spend hour after hour in heady pow-wows with CEOs, financial analysts and my colleagues in the mutual-fund business, but I stumble onto the big winners in extracurricular situations, the same way you do.
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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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