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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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I have never been able to understand why the tax comes as such a body blow to many people since the rate on long-term capital gain is lower than on most likes of endeavor (tax policy indicated digging ditches is regarded as socially less desirable than shuffling stock certificates).
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We've actually been pretty good on exports. I mean we are exporting 12% of our GDP now roughly.
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Investing requires qualities of temperament way more than it requires qualities of intellect.
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I have worked with investors for 60 years and I have yet to see anyone - not even when capital gains rates were 39.9 percent in 1976-77 - shy away from a sensible investment because of the tax rate on the potential gain.
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I don't like what's going on with the executive compensation.
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I don't have my diploma from the University of Nebraska hanging on my office wall, and I don't have my diploma from Columbia up there either-but I do have my Dale Carnegie graduation certificate proudly displayed.
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I would say the biggest single cause was we had an incredible residential real estate bubble.
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Invest in as much of yourself as you can, you are your own biggest asset by far.
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I'll bring my tax returns you bring yours. I'll meet you anytime anywhere.
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If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need.
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Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.
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I can't promise results, but I can promise a common destiny.
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Buy stocks like you buy your groceries, not like you buy your perfume.
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You don't need to have extraordinary effort to achieve extraordinary results. You just need to do the ordinary, everyday things exceptionally well.
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It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it.
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Money will always flow toward opportunity, and there is an abundance of that in America.
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If you lose money for the firm, I will be forgiving. If you lose reputation, I will be ruthless.
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If you don't know the Jewelry, know the Jeweller
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I think confidence will come back.
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Too often, executive compensation in the U.S. is ridiculously out of line with performance. That won't change, moreover, because the deck is stacked against investors when it comes to the CEO's pay.
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