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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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Warren Edward Buffett
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The secret to happiness is having low expectations.
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This country is going - be living better ten years from now than it is now. It will be living better in 20 years from now than ten years from now. The ingredients that made this country, you know, the miracle of the world - I mean we had a seven for one improvement in the average American standard of living in the 20th century.
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