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What we learn from history is that people don't learn from history. (Warren Buffett)
Investing is not as tough as being a top-notch bridge player. All it takes is the ability to see things as they really are. View quote
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It's a lot easier to buy things than it is to sell them. View quote
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Money will not change how healthy you are or how many people love you. View quote
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I really like my life. I've arranged my life so that I can do what I want. View quote
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A Company should be viewed as an unfolding movie, not as a still photograph. View quote
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We can afford to lose money - even a lot of money. But we can't afford to lose reputation - even a shred of reputation. View quote
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If I knew where I was going to want to live the next five or 10 years I would buy a home and I'd finance it with a 30-year mortgage... It's a terrific deal. View quote
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Valuing a business is part art and part science. View quote
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We do not have, nor have had, and never will have an opinion about where the stock market, interest rates, or business activity will be a year from now. View quote
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My favorite time frame for holding a stock is forever. (Warren Buffett)
Banking is very good business if you don't do anything dumb. View quote
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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. View quote
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Either they're trying to con you or they're trying to con themselves. View quote
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In a commodity business, it's very hard to be smarter than your dumbest competitor. View quote
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My job is essentially just corralling more and more and more facts and information, and occasionally seeing whether that leads to some action. View quote
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As far as you are concerned, the stock market does not exist. Ignore it. View quote
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When you get to my age, you'll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. That's the ultimate test of how you've lived your life. View quote
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The 19th century belonged to England, the 20th century belonged to the U.S., and the 21st century belongs to China. Invest accordingly. View quote
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I have a wonderful family. I have a job that I love and wonderful people who help me with it. It can't get any better than that. View quote
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Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised. (Warren Buffett)
In economics, you always want to ask 'And then what?' View quote
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate. View quote
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Investing is the greatest business in the world because you never have to swing. You stand at the plate; the pitcher throws you General Motors at 47! U.S. Steel at 39! And nobody calls a strike on you. There's no penalty except opportunity. All day you wait for the pitch you like; then, when the fielders are asleep, you step up and hit it. View quote
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After 25 years of buying and supervising a great variety of businesses, Charlie [Munger] and I have not learned how to solve difficult business problems. What we have learned is to avoid them. To the extent we have been successful, it is because we have concentrated on identifying one-foot hurdles that we could step over rather than because we acquired any ability to clear seven-footers. View quote
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