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I am out of step with present conditions. When the game is no longer played your way, it is only human to say the new approach is all wrong, bound to lead to trouble, and so on. On one point, however, I am clear. I will not abandon a previous approach whose logic I understand ( although I find it difficult to apply ) even though it may mean foregoing large, and apparently easy, profits to embrace an approach which I don't fully understand, have not practiced successfully, and which possibly could lead to substantial permanent loss of capital.

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You really don't need leverage in this world much. If you're smart, you're going to make a lot of money without borrowing. I've never borrowed a significant amount of money in my life. Never. Never will. I've got no interest in it.

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If I got a chance to take one percent of the deal either way, I would make that bet.

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In other words, the percentage change in book value in any given year is likely to be reasonably close to that year's change in intrinsic value.

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Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; it is the by-product of our guiding purpose.

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We try to buy businesses with good-to-superb underlying economics run by honest and able people and buy them at sensible prices. That's all I'm trying to do.

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People who watch their weight, golf scores, and fuel bills seem to shun quantitative evaluation of their investment management skills although it involves the most important client in the world-themselves.

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There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.

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Invest in as much of yourself as you can, you are your own biggest asset by far.

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My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress.

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Growth and value investing are joined at the hip.

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If you want to soar like an eagle in life, you can't be flocking with the turkeys.

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A stock doesn't know that you own it.

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When the brothel burns down, even the pretty girls have to run out.

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You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.

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

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The rest of the world really likes our stuff pretty well. It's just we buy so damn much of what they produce.

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You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.

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What we really want to do is buy businesses that we would be happy to own forever.

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