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Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner.

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Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. The person sitting in the shade now should be grateful for the person who planted and tended that tree. That includes all those benefactors of humanity throughout history that created, invented, financed, produced, maintained and improved all that we enjoy today.

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Knowing what to leave out is just as important as knowing what to focus on.

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I don't really think that, as a society, we [americans] want to confer blessings on generation after generation who contribute nothing to society, simply because somebody in the far distant past happened to amass a great sum of wealth.

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Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.

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As one of my older friends says, "Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be." Let's take a stab at it, anyway.

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Long ago, Sir Isaac Newton gave us three laws of motion, which were the work of genius. But Sir Isaac's talents didn't extend to investing: He lost a bundle in the South Sea Bubble, explaining later, 'I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men.' If he had not been traumatized by this loss, Sir Isaac might well have gone on to discover the Fourth Law of Motion: For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases.

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I may have more money than you, but money doesn't make the difference. If there is any difference between you and me, it may simply be that I get up and have a chance to do what I love to do, every day. If you learn anything from me, this is the best advice I can give you.

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An investor needs to do very few things right as long as he or she avoids big mistakes.

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I don't think you can have a better secretary of the Treasury than Hank Paulson.

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Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

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Uncertainty is the friend of the buyer of long term values.

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You're dealing with a lot of silly people in the marketplace; it's like a great big casino and everyone else is boozing. If you can stick with Pepsi, you should be OK.

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...I will give you two pieces of advice. Invest as much in yourself as you can; you are your own best asset by far. Then follow your passion; you want to be really excited to get out of bed every morning.

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Either they're trying to con you or they're trying to con themselves.

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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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If you cannot control your emotions, you cannot control your money.

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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.

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Of one thing be certain: if a CEO is enthused about a particularly foolish acquisition, both his internal staff and his outside advisors will come up with whatever projections are needed to justify his stance. Only in fairy tales are emperors told that they are naked.

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Stop trying to predict the direction of the stock market, the economy or elections.

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