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It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
Warren Buffett
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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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Mr. Market is kind of a drunken psycho. Some days he gets very enthused, some days he gets very depressed. And when he get really enthused you sell to him, and if he gets depressed, you buy from him. There's no moral taint attached to that.
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It's class warfare, my class is winning, but they shouldn't be.
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Uncertainty is the friend of the buyer of long term values.
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We've used derivatives for many, many years. I don't think derivatives are evil, per se, I think they are dangerous.
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