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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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In some corner of the world they are probably still holding regular meetings of the Flat Earth Society. We derive no comfort because important people, vocal people, or great numbers of people agree with us. Nor do we derive comfort if they don't.

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Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.

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Never give up searching for the job that you’re passionate about. Try to find the job you’d have if you were independently rich. Forget about the pay. When you’re associating with the people that you love, doing what you love, it doesn’t get any better than that.

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Does the business have a consistent operating history?

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I wouldn’t mind going to jail if I had three cellmates who played bridge

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Investors... can't pick stocks that are better than average. Stocks are a good thing to own over time. There's only two things you can do wrong: You can buy the wrong ones, and you can buy or sell them at the wrong time. And the truth is you never need to sell them.

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Uncertainty is the friend of the buyer of long term values.

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I would say the biggest single cause was we had an incredible residential real estate bubble.

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The extraordinary business does not require good management.

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We do not view the company itself as the ultimate owner of our business assets but instead view the company as a conduit through which our shareholders own assets.

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Basically, the single-most important decision in evaluating a business is pricing power.

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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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You have to understand accounting and you have to understand the nuances of accounting. It's the language of business and it's an imperfect language, but unless you are willing to put in the effort to learn accounting - how to read and interpret financial statements - you really shouldn't select stocks yourself

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Charlie [Munger] and I are not big fans of resumes. Instead, we focus on brains, passion and integrity.

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Learning how to live is much more important than learning how to make a living.

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When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.

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With enough insider information and a million dollars, you can go broke in a year.

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I think once you start putting phony figures into financial statements, you get in a lot of trouble. And we've seen so much of that in the last 20 years.

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You're dealing with a lot of silly people in the marketplace; it's like a great big casino and everyone else is boozing. If you can stick with Pepsi, you should be OK.

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