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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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I put heavy weight on certainty. It's not risky to buy securities at a fraction of what they're worth.
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I mean, you may be very mad at some guy that walked away with a huge golden parachute, but that really isn't the important thing.
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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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We need a tax system that essentially takes very good care of the people who just really aren't as well adapted to the market system but are nevertheless doing useful things in the society.
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Do what you would do for free, having passion for what you do is the most important thing.
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The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient.
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