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In the long run managements stressing accounting appearance over economic substance usually achieve little of either.

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We will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet.

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I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a great teacher with thank-you notes from parents, but rewards those who can detect the mispricing of securities with sums reaching into the billions.

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Focus alone is not enough; putting in the time to commit is also crucial to achieve success.

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First come the innovators, then come the imitators, then come the idiots.

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

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Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

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House prices just soared beyond - beyond reason in many places and they got financed in silly ways, and people lied about loans, all kinds of accesses entered into it. But that is what - that is the single biggest cause of why we're here.

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I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.

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You have to turn over a lot of rocks to find those little anomalies. You have to find the companies that are off the map - way off the map. You may find local companies that have nothing wrong with them at all. A company that I found, Western Insurance Securities, was trading for $3/share when it was earning $20/share!! I tried to buy up as much of it as possible. No one will tell you about these businesses. You have to find them.

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Never invest in a business you can't understand

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What could be more advantageous in an intellectual contest - whether it be chess, bridge, or stock selection - than to have opponents who have been taught that thinking is a waste of energy?

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If you are not willing to own a stock for 10 years, do not even think about owning it for 10 minutes.

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Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.

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It's easy to identify many investment managers with great recent records. But past results, though important, do not suffice when prospective performance is being judged. How the record has been achieved is crucial.

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It is easier to rationalize than it is to be rational.

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Over the years, a number of very smart people have learned the hard way that a long string of impressive numbers multiplied by a single zero always equals zero.

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

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I do not like debt and do not like to invest in companies that have too much debt, particularly long-term debt. With long-term debt, increases in interest rates can drastically affect company profits and make future cash flows less predictable.

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... the best way to own common stocks is through an index fund.

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