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I know what I want to do and it makes sense to get going.

Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
Entrepreneur
Financier
Investor
Shareholder
Omaha
Nebraska
Warren Edward Buffett
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A market downturn, doesn't bother us. For us and our long term investors, it is an opportunity to increase our ownership of great companies with great management at good prices. Only for short term investors and market timers is a correction not an opportunity.
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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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It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.
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