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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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Warren Edward Buffett
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At Berkshire, I both initiate and monitor every derivatives contract on our books ... If Berkshire ever gets in trouble, it will be my fault. It will not be because of the misjudgments made by a risk committee or chief risk officer.
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In the financial markets I find it easy to predict what will happen and very difficult to predict when it will happen. I think that things were clear during the bubble as to what would happen eventually.
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Sound investing can make you very wealthy if you're not in too big a hurry
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You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.
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In earlier years, a lesser effort produced literally dozens of comparable opportunities. It is difficult to be objective about the causes for such diminution of one's own productivity. Three factors that seem apparent are: (1) a somewhat changed market environment (2) our increased size and (3) substantially more competition.
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Well, it may be all right in practice, but it will never work in theory
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The value of a business is the cash it's going to produce in the future.
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We don't get paid for activity, just for being right. As to how long we'll wait, we'll wait indefinitely.
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We've got all the ingredients for a sensational future.
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The trick is, when there is nothing to do, do nothing.
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Knowing the edge of your competency is important. If you think you know more than you do, you will get in trouble.
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The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.
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By periodically investing in an index fund, the know-nothing investors can actually outperform most investment professionals.
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I have a wonderful family. I have a job that I love and wonderful people who help me with it. It can't get any better than that.
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In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.
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The [stock] market,like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.
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That which is not worth doing at all is not worth doing well.
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The wise man once said invest young
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If you can't communicate and talk to other people and get across your ideas, you're giving up your potential.
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The purpose of life is to be loved by as many people as possible among those you want to have love you
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