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I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life up until then.

Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
Entrepreneur
Financier
Investor
Shareholder
Omaha
Nebraska
Warren Edward Buffett
Wasting
Eleven
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Nevertheless, as circumstances presently appear, I feel substantially greater size is more likely to harm future results than to help them. This might not be true for my own personal results, but it is likely to be true for your results.
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Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours.
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If you expect to continue to purchase stocks throughout your life, you should welcome price declines as a way to add stocks more cheaply to your portfolio.
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Fear is the foe of the faddist, but the friend of the fundamentalist.
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