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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
Entrepreneur
Financier
Investor
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Omaha
Nebraska
Warren Edward Buffett
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A great investment opportunity occurs when a marvelous business encounters a one-time huge, but solvable problem.
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I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. I mean, it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they're not getting some other matter.
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You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in - in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was - uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn't know it.
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Shares are not mere pieces of paper. They represent part ownership of a business. So, when contemplating an investment, think like a prospective owner.
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The best thing I did was choose the right heroes.
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There is seldom just one cockroach in the kitchen. You know, you turn on the light and, all of sudden, they all start scurrying around.
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Every company that has an economist working for him has one employee too many.
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Always invest for the long term.
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If we start deciding, based on guesses or emotions, whether we will or won't participate in a business where we should have some long run edge, we're in trouble.
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People went crazy with tulip bulbs. They went crazy with the South Sea Bubble, they went crazy internet stocks, they went crazy with the uranium stocks back when I was first getting started.
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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Focus on your customers and lead your people as though their lives depend on your success.
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I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.
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The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.
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I always invest in companies an idiot could run, because one day one will.
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The only way to be loved is to be loveable, which really irritates me.
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It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.
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Investment ideas, like women are often more exciting than punctual.
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At Berkshire, I both initiate and monitor every derivatives contract on our books ... If Berkshire ever gets in trouble, it will be my fault. It will not be because of the misjudgments made by a risk committee or chief risk officer.
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I buy expensive suits - they just look cheap on me.
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