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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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Every company that has an economist working for him has one employee too many.

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Most investors, both institutional and individual, will find that the best way to own common stocks (shares') is through an index fund that charges minimal fees. Those following this path are sure to beat the net results (after fees and expenses) of the great majority of investment professionals.

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Money to some extent sometimes let you be in more interesting environments. But it can't change how many people love you or how healthy you are.

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Tell me your heroes and I'll tell you how your life will end up

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I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't.

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Take the high road; it's far less crowded.

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The value of a business is the cash it's going to produce in the future.

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Success is having people love you that you want to have love you.

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As an investor with small capital, one should prefer businesses that have high returns on capital and that require little incremental investment to grow.

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The American economy is going to do fine. But it won't do fine every year and every week and every month. I mean, if you don't believe that, forget about buying stocks anyway... It's a positive-sum game, long term. And the only way an investor can get killed is by high fees or by trying to outsmart the market.

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You can't help some increase from this point. I don't want any viewer to go away think a magic wand exists in Congress. So they're going to see some more bad news. But if we do this, we're doing the right thing.

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Cash never makes us happy, but it's better to have the money burning a hole in Berkshire's pocket than resting comfortably in someone else's.

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Trust is like the air we breathe--when it's present, nobody really notices; when it's absent, everybody notices.

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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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Managers thinking about accounting issues should never forget one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite riddles: How many legs does a dog have, if you call a tail a leg? The answer: Four, because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

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The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money.

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You need a lot of curiosity for a long, long time.

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The banking business is no favorite of ours. When assets are twenty times equity - a common ratio in this industry - mistakes that involve only a small portion of assets can destroy a major portion of equity. And mistakes have been the rule rather than the exception at many major banks.

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In the financial markets I find it easy to predict what will happen and very difficult to predict when it will happen. I think that things were clear during the bubble as to what would happen eventually.

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