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It's a nightmare to administer some of this sort of thing, but I want to tell the shareholders of Berkshire, to the percent we own marketable securities or things for which there are market, even if those markets - I want to tell them what it's all about.

Warren Buffett

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