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Games are won by players who focus on the playing field -- not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.

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[Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.

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Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.

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The typical large company has a compensation committee, They don't look for Dobermans on that committee, they look for chihuahuas.

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An investor should ordinarily hold a small piece of an outstanding business with the same tenacity that an owner would exhibit if he owned all of that business.

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I do not believe in inheriting your position in society based on which womb you come from... I think a rich person should leave his children enough so they can do anything, but not enough so they can do nothing.

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If you lose money for the firm, I will be forgiving. If you lose reputation, I will be ruthless.

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The best business returns are usually achieved by companies that are doing something quite similar today to what they were doing five or ten years ago.

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Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future.

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If you've got the power to raise prices without losing business to a competitor, you've got a very good business. And if you have to have a prayer session before raising the price by a tenth of a cent, then you've got a terrible business. I've been in both, and I know the difference.

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Inflation could be a very - is a likely consequence out of what's going on now.

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I really like my life. I've arranged my life so that I can do what I want.

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Businesses always have opportunities to improve service, product lines, manufacturing techniques, and the like, and obviously these opportunities should be seized. But a business that constantly encounters major change also encounters many chances for major error

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it's a good idea to review past mistakes before committing new ones.

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Fear is the foe of the faddist, but the friend of the fundamentalist.

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When we really sit back with a smile on our face is when we run into a situation we can understand, where the facts are ascertainable and clear, and the course of action obvious.

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I lose confidence in other people, all kinds of institutions.

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Larger sums may be an advantage at some cases and a disadvantage at others.

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Asking for financial advice from a financial planner is like asking a barber if you need a hair cut.

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We've long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune tellers look good. Even now, Charlie and I continue to believe that short-term market forecasts are poison and should be kept locked up in a safe place, away from children and also from grown-ups who behave in the market like children.

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