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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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Warren Edward Buffett
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Would you rather be the world's greatest lover, but have everyone think you're the world's worst lover? Or would you rather be the world's worst lover but have everyone think you're the world's greatest lover? Now, that's an interesting question.
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I certainly have no desire to sell a good controlled business run by people I like and admire, merely to obtain a fancy price. However, specific conditions may cause the sale of one operating unit at some point.
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The American worker is more productive than he's ever been.
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We intend to continue our practice of working only with people whom we like and admire. This policy not only maximizes our chances for good results, it also ensures us an extraordinarily good time.
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We don't get paid for being busy, we get paid for being right.
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Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.
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My favorite time frame for holding a stock is forever.
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We make investment decisions based on our evaluation of the most profitable combination of probabilities.
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The fact that people will be full of greed, fear, or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable.
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We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.
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I'll take the deal, whatever you want to do.
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You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.
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