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I have three boxes on my desk: In, Out, and Too Hard.

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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The ability to say no is a tremendous advantage for an investor.
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If you buy the things you don't need, you will soon be selling the things that you need.
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I view derivatives as time bombs, both for the parties that deal in them and the economic system.
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I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't.
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Intrinsic value can be defined simply: It is the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out of a business during its remaining life.
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I'm just lucky to have been in the right place at the right time. Another place, another time, I wouldn't have been as successful. Society enabled me to make my money and my money should go to society.
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You're neither right nor wrong because other people agree with you. You're right because your facts are right and your reasoning is right - that's the only thing that makes you right. And if your facts and reasoning are right, you don't have to worry about anybody else.
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I never buy anything unless I can fill out on a piece of paper my reasons. I may be wrong, but I would know the answer to that ...I'm paying $32 billion today for the Coca Cola Company because... If you can't answer that question, you shouldn't buy it. If you can answer that question, and you do it a few times, you'll make a lot of money.
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