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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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Omaha
Nebraska
Warren Edward Buffett
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I don't like what's going on with the executive compensation.
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When people tell me they've learned from experience, I tell them the trick is to learn from other people's experience.
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A fool and his money are soon invited everywhere.
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Market prices for stocks fluctuate at great amplitudes around intrinsic value but, over the long term, intrinsic value is virtually always reflected at some point in market price.
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There is no substitute for a local newspaper that is doing its job.
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We look for things I can understand. A lot of businesses I don't understand.
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Risk can be greatly reduced by concentrating on only a few holdings.
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I have no idea on timing. It’s easier to tell what will happen than when it will happen. I would say that what is going on in terms of trade policy is going to have very important consequences.
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Goldman Sachs saying they might be interested in such an investment. I'm familiar with the company. I've known the management, the current management, Jack Welch before Jeff Immelt. I've known him for decades.
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It's very important that the determination of the US Congress to do what is is needed be made evident this week and by the actions of most of the members. I mean, you're not going to get total assent.
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In the end, alchemy, whether it is metallurgical or financial, fails. A base business can not be transformed into a golden business by tricks of accounting or capital structure. The man claiming to be a financial alchemist may become rich. But gullible investors rather than business achievements will usually be the source of his wealth.
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The stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don’t have to swing at everything – you can wait for your pitch.
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Over the years, a number of very smart people have learned the hard way that a long string of impressive numbers multiplied by a single zero always equals zero.
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Mr. Market is your servant, not your guide.
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Personally, I really hope I can treat everyone equally. I think I have done a pretty good job so far but I know I can do it better.
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Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner.
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I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.
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I'm happy when I can spend every day doing the things that I like to do. That's my luxury.
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You can't buy what is popular and do well.
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Let only individuals contribute - with sensible limits per election. Otherwise, we are well on our way to ensuring that a government of the moneyed, by the moneyed, and for the moneyed shall not perish from the earth.
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