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Knowing what to leave out is just as important as knowing what to focus on.

Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
Entrepreneur
Financier
Investor
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Omaha
Nebraska
Warren Edward Buffett
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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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I have an 800 freephone number now that I call if I get the urge to buy an airline stock. I call at two in the morning and I say: My name is Warren and I'm an aeroholic. And then they talk me down.
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It is to our advantage to have securities do nothing price-wise for months, or perhaps years, while we are buying them.
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There is no staff. I make all the investment decisions and I do all my own analysis.
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