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In a difficult business, no sooner is one problem solved than another surfaces - never is there just one cockroach in the kitchen.

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Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill.

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Our goal is to find an outstanding business at a sensible price, not a mediocre business at a bargain price.

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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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Success in investing doesn’t correlate with I.Q. Once you are above the level of 25; once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing.

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I believe the chance of any event causing Berkshire to experience financial problems is essentially zero. We will always be prepared for the thousand-year flood; in fact, if it occurswe will be selling life jackets to the unprepared.

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Market prices for stocks fluctuate at great amplitudes around intrinsic value but, over the long term, intrinsic value is virtually always reflected at some point in market price.

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To invest successfully, you need not understand beta, efficient markets, modern portfolio theory, option pricing or emerging markets. You may, in fact, be better off knowing nothing of these. That, of course, is not the prevailing view at most business schools, whose finance curriculum tends to be dominated by such subjects. In our view, though, investment students need only two well-taught courses - How to Value a Business, and How to Think About Market Prices.

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A Company should be viewed as an unfolding movie, not as a still photograph

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You can be sure that over the next 10 years, you'll see something that you did not think was possible.

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Diversification is a protection against ignorance. It makes very little sense for those who know what they're doing.

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Most business mistakes are irreversible setbacks, but you get another chance. There are two things in life that you don't get another chance at - marrying the wrong person and what you do with your children.

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Investors making purchases in an overheated market need to recognize that it may often take an extended period for the value of even an outstanding company to catch up with the price they paid.

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Turnarounds seldom turn.

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It is more important to say "no" to an opportunity, than to say "yes".

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If we have a strength, it is in recognizing when we are operating well within our circle of competence and when we are approaching the perimeter.

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I put heavy weight on certainty. It's not risky to buy securities at a fraction of what they're worth.

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Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

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You can lose leverage, and it's the only way a smart guy can go broke.

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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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