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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.
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I don't really think that, as a society, we [americans] want to confer blessings on generation after generation who contribute nothing to society, simply because somebody in the far distant past happened to amass a great sum of wealth.
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Charlie [Munger] and I are not big fans of resumes. Instead, we focus on brains, passion and integrity.
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People do, as long as you have markets, you'll have excesses.
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Every day that goes by, I mean, if you don't react to Pearl Harbor for a week or two weeks or three weeks, you're behind in the war that you otherwise would have fought.
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My favorite time frame for holding a stock is forever.
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Beware [of] the investment activity that produces applause the great moves are usually greeted by yawns.
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure understated.
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I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. I mean, it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they're not getting some other matter.
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A home is one of the most important assets that most people will ever buy. Homes are also where memories are made and you want to work with someone you can trust.
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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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... not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.
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On his Giving Pledge philanthropy: The way I got the message out was to get a copy of FORBES, look down that 400 list and start making phone calls! Bill and Melinda [Gates] did the same thing. So keep publishing the list so I can milk it.
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All I have to do is think and not be influenced by others.
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