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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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If you have a harem of 40 women, you never get to know any of them very well.
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I prefer liquor store robbers with hungry kids to companies that locate offshore to avoid U.S. taxes.
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Benign neglect, bordering on sloth, remains the hallmark of our investment process.
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In a difficult business, no sooner is one problem solved than another surfaces - never is there just one cockroach in the kitchen.
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The trick is, when there is nothing to do, do nothing.
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The only way to be loved is to be loveable, which really irritates me.
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I do not believe in inheriting your position in society based on which womb you come from... I think a rich person should leave his children enough so they can do anything, but not enough so they can do nothing.
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Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.
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Be fearful when there is greed and be greedy when there is fear.
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Buy stocks like you buy your groceries, not like you buy your perfume.
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That's the reality of what they're going to sell them to the Treasury for.
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I find that the standard of living does not go up in proportion with the cost of living. The trick in life is to do things that are fun all the time.
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Investing requires qualities of temperament way more than it requires qualities of intellect.
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Outstanding long-term results are produced primarily by avoiding dumb decisions, rather than by making brilliant ones.
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What's nice about investing is you don't have to swing at every pitch.
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The best thing I did was choose the right heroes.
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In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.
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Our system works. Over time, people will live better and better. We have a system that unleashes human potential, and now China has a system that unleashes human potential. We will have interruptions. We overshoot and undershoot sometimes, but your kids and grandkids will live better than you. Over time, we move ahead at a pretty damn rapid rate.
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My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest.
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Our favorite holding period is forever.
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