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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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Warren Edward Buffett
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With a wonderful business, you can figure out what will happen you can't figure out when it will happen. You don't want to focus on when, you want to focus on what. If you're right about what, you don't have to worry about when
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You are lucky in life if you have the right heroes. I advise all of you, to the extent you can, to pick out a few heroes
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Taking jobs to build up your resume is the same as saving up sex for old age.
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I view derivatives as time bombs, both for the parties that deal in them and the economic system.
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The rest of the world really likes our stuff pretty well. It's just we buy so damn much of what they produce.
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The ability to say no is a tremendous advantage for an investor.
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Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner.
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If you can tell me who your heroes are, I can tell you how you're going to turn out in life.
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