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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.

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There are three important principles to Graham's approach. [The first is to look at stocks as fractional shares of a business, which] gives you an entirely different view than most people who are in the market. [The second principle is the margin-of-safety concept, which] gives you the competitive advantage. [The third is having a true investor's attitude toward the stock market, which] if you have that attitude, you start out ahead of 99 percent of all the people who are operating in the stock market - it's an enormous advantage.

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I have three boxes on my desk: In, Out, and Too Hard.

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In economics, you always want to ask 'And then what?'

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When a management with reputation for brilliance gets hooked up with a business with a reputation for bad economics, it's the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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I always say that in investing you want to buy stock in a company that has a business that's so good that an idiot can run it, because sooner or later one will. We have a country like that.

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Consciously paying more for a stock than its calculated value - in the hope that it can soon be sold for a still-higher price - should be labelled speculation

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It's just that I landed up in a terrific capitalist system. One that pays people who allocate capital extraordinarily well. Intrinsically, I'm not worth as much as somebody who invents something that could improves people's life, or health or whatever.

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Risk can be greatly reduced by concentrating on only a few holdings.

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The managers at fault periodically report on the lesson they have learned from the latest disappointment. They then usually seek out future lessons.

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I would say that life at 84, I am having as much fun as I've ever had in my life. I mean I get to do what I love every day with the people I love-and it just doesn't get any better than that.

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A lot of great fortunes in the world have been made by owning a single wonderful business. If you understand the business, you don't need to own very many of them.

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Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

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Does the business have a consistent operating history?

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The ability to say no is a tremendous advantage for an investor.

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Working with people who cause your stomach to churn seems much like marrying for money - probably a bad idea under any circumstances, but absolute madness if you are already rich.

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If horses had controlled investment decisions, there would have been no auto industry.

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The critical investment factor is determining the intrinsic value of a business and paying a fair or bargain price.

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You should look at stocks as small pieces of business.

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There's no use running if you're on the wrong road.

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