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If you can't read the scoreboard. You don't know the score. If you don't know the score, you can't tell the winners from the losers.

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Emotional makeup is more important than technical skill

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

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It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes.

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It's not debt per say that overwhelms an individual corporation or country. Rather it is a continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble.

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People should always know better.

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Investing is not as tough as being a top-notch bridge player. All it takes is the ability to see things as they really are.

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Asset-heavy businesses generally earn low rates of return - rates that often barely provide enough capital to fund the inflationary needs of the existing business, with nothing left over for real growth, for distribution to owners, or for acquisition of new businesses

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I've already written a section in the annual report for next year explaining why I think in one case that the figures on our balance sheet as calculated are wrong. But it's the standard way of doing it. It's holy writ. The SEC wants us to do it that way, and we'll do it that way, and I'll explain why I think it's wrong and shareholders can read it and see whether they agree with my logic or don't.

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Does the business have a consistent operating history?

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Fund consultants like to require style boxes such as "long-short," "macro," "international equities." At Berkshire our only style box is "smart."

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We've got more productive capacity now than we ever have.

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In the great majority of cases we simply do not know enough about the industry or company to come to sensible judgments-in that situation we pass.

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You don't want 300 million Americans putting their money under the mattress.

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If you aren't willing to own a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes. Put together a portfolio of companies whose aggregate earnings march upward over the years, and so also will the portfolio's market value.

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When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.

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I've seen more people fail because of liquor and leverage -- leverage being borrowed money. 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.

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Never invest in a business you can't understand

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In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.

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We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States will go forward over time.

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