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The trick is, when there is nothing to do, do nothing.

Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
Entrepreneur
Financier
Investor
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Omaha
Nebraska
Warren Edward Buffett
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The real fortunes in this country have been made by people who have been right about the business they invested in, and not right about the timing of the stock market.
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If I knew where I was going to want to live the next five or 10 years I would buy a home and I'd finance it with a 30-year mortgage... It's a terrific deal.
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The only way to be loved is to be loveable, which really irritates me.
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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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Asking for financial advice from a financial planner is like asking a barber if you need a hair cut.
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If the world couldn't see your results, would you rather be thought of as the world's greatest investor but in reality have the world's worst record? Or be thought of as the world's worst investor when you were actually the best?
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I make no effort to predict the course of general business or the stock market. Period. However, currently there are practices snowballing in the security markets and business world which, while devoid of short term predictive value, bother me as to possible long term consequences.
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It's class warfare, my class is winning, but they shouldn't be.
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If I were the treasury secretary or head of the Fed, you know, I would try to scare the hell the out of the private sector and say, you better save this because you're going down with the ship.
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We all make mistakes. If you can't make mistakes, you can't make decisions. I've made a lot bigger mistakes myself.
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I can do anything I want, basically, as long as it doesn't involve athletic ability, or something like that.
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You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in - in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was - uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn't know it.
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I don't have my diploma from the University of Nebraska hanging on my office wall, and I don't have my diploma from Columbia up there either-but I do have my Dale Carnegie graduation certificate proudly displayed.
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I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board.
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A single year's performance is of minor importance and, good or bad, should never be taken seriously.
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Ignore the stock market, ignore the economy, and buy a business you understand.
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I like to buy things I can understand. I do a lot of research on things.
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