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Investment students need only two well-taught courses - How to Value a Business and How to Think About Market Prices

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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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Over the years, Charlie [Munger, Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman] and I have observed many accounting-based frauds of staggering size. Few of the perpetrators have been punished many have not even been censured. It has been far safer to steal large sums with pen than small sums with a gun.
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When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.
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It’s not that I want money. It’s the fun of making money and watching it grow.
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An investor should ordinarily hold a small piece of an outstanding business with the same tenacity that an owner would exhibit if he owned all of that business.
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I'll bring my tax returns you bring yours. I'll meet you anytime anywhere.
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Don't pass up something that's attractive today because you think you will find something way more attractive tomorrow.
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