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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.

Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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