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I'm the luckiest guy in the world in terms of what I do for a living. No one can tell me to do things I don't believe in or things I think are stupid.

Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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It's a nightmare to administer some of this sort of thing, but I want to tell the shareholders of Berkshire, to the percent we own marketable securities or things for which there are market, even if those markets - I want to tell them what it's all about.
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We can afford to lose money - even a lot of money. But we can't afford to lose reputation - even a shred of reputation.
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Investing is the greatest business in the world because you never have to swing. You stand at the plate the pitcher throws you General Motors at 47! U.S. Steel at 39! And nobody calls a strike on you. There's no penalty except opportunity. All day you wait for the pitch you like then, when the fielders are asleep, you step up and hit it.
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The important thing is to keep playing, to play against weak opponents and to play for big stakes.
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People will always try to stop you from doing the right thing if it is unconventional.
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