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Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
Entrepreneur
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Omaha
Nebraska
Warren Edward Buffett
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It will be good for us in the long run, and I mean there are, you know, six and a half billion people in this world. And it's great for 300 million to keep enjoying more and more property, but I think it's terrific if, you know, the remainder do.
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I don't read economic forecasts. I don't read the funny papers.
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If the reason for doing something is that everyone else is doing it, it's not a good enough reason.
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I really like my life. I've arranged my life so that I can do what I want.
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Always associate yourself with people who are better than you.
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The much-maligned idle rich have received a bad rap: They have maintained their wealth while many There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it. Andrew Carnegie of the energetic rich, aggressive real estate operators, corporate acquirers, oil drillers, etc. have their fortunes disappear.
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It's the deleveraging that's going on right now that has caused the credit crisis.
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Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.
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Ignore the stock market, ignore the economy, and buy a business you understand.
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Too often, executive compensation in the U.S. is ridiculously out of line with performance. That won't change, moreover, because the deck is stacked against investors when it comes to the CEO's pay.
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If I got a chance to take one percent of the deal either way, I would make that bet.
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You ought to be able to explain why you’re taking the job you’re taking, why you’re making the investment you’re making, or whatever it may be. And if it can’t stand applying pencil to paper, you’d better think it through some more. And if you can’t write an intelligent answer to those questions, don’t do it.
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I'd rather have a $10 million business making 15 per cent than a $100 million business making 5 per cent.
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If you have a great manager, you want to pay him very well.
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The market system rewards me outlandishly for what I do, but that doesn't mean I'm any more deserving of a good life than a teacher or a doctor or someone who fights in Afghanistan.
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