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We've used derivatives for many, many years. I don't think derivatives are evil, per se, I think they are dangerous.

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The .350 hitter expects, and also deserves, a big payoff for his performance - even if he plays for a cellar-dwelling team. And a .150 hitter should get no reward - even if he plays for a pennant winner.

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Anything can happen in stock markets and you ought to conduct your affairs so that if the most extraordinary events happen, that you're still around to play the next day.

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It takes 150 years to build an investment bank and only five minutes to convince you to sell me preferred stock in it at a 10% interest rate.

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As one of my older friends says, "Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be." Let's take a stab at it, anyway.

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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.

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I'm not worried they're all about the investments we make. I mean, listen, this country - we've got $46,000 or $47,000 of GDP per capita. Now, we've done pretty darn well. We'll do better in the future.

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

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Observing that the market was FREQUENTLY efficient, EMT Adherents went on to conclude incorrectly that it was ALWAYS efficient. The difference between these propositions is night and day.

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Read Ben Graham and Phil Fisher read annual reports, but don't do equations with Greek letters in them.

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The most important investment you can make is in yourself. Very few people get anything like their potential horsepower translated into the actual horsepower of their output in life. Potential exceeds realization for many people...The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be.

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If you don't make mistakes you can't make decisions.

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I read annual reports of the company I'm looking at and I read the annual reports of the competitors - that is the main source of material.

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Like I say, I don't think it'll be done perfectly. Maybe we'll end up with a little bit better [economy] system.

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A market downturn, doesn't bother us. For us and our long term investors, it is an opportunity to increase our ownership of great companies with great management at good prices. Only for short term investors and market timers is a correction not an opportunity.

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The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect.

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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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Take Wrigley's Chewing Gum. I don't think the Internet is going to change how people chew gum.

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If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

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Always associate yourself with people who are better than you.

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