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The secret is to find what you love to do.I mean, I tell the students look for the job that you would take if you didn't need a job. I mean, it's that simple. And I was lucky enough to find it very early in life. And then the second thing is to have people around you that make feel good every day, and make you a better person than you otherwise would be.

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The range of derivatives contracts is limited only by the imagination of man (or sometimes, so it seems, madmen). Say you want to write a contract speculating on the number of twins to be born in Nebraska in 2020. No problem-at a price, you will easily find an obliging counterparty.

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It's the deleveraging that's going on right now that has caused the credit crisis.

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My rather puritanical view is that any investment manager, whether operating as broker, investment counselor of a trust department, investment company, etc., should be willing to state unequivocally what he is going to attempt to accomplish and how he proposes to measure the extent to which he gets the job done.

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Bad terminology is the enemy of good thinking.

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It's just that right now the athlete's on the floor. But we - this is a super athlete.

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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

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A single year's performance is of minor importance and, good or bad, should never be taken seriously.

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Intrinsic value can be defined simply: It is the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out of a business during its remaining life.

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Confidence is key. You're not going to put your money - you're not going to leave your money with me unless you're confident I'm going to give it back to you.

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Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.

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I have no idea on timing. It’s easier to tell what will happen than when it will happen. I would say that what is going on in terms of trade policy is going to have very important consequences.

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I think what people understand there probably - well, they were hoping the private sector would do it [rescuing AIG ].

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If you expect to continue to purchase stocks throughout your life, you should welcome price declines as a way to add stocks more cheaply to your portfolio.

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There's nothing inappropriate about having debt in America. It's what helped us grow over time. And it's when debt gets out of control that you worry.

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So some guy may know how to make money in cocoa beans, but I don't so I just let him have that. But it's got to be something I understand. It's got to be a business with fundamentally good economics. It's got to be a management that I like and trust and admire. And it's got to be a price that makes sense.

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I think people - what people want to do is make [economy] get worse.

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What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow. During the past decade that belief has proved correct. Beyond that, the rising price has on its own generated additional buying enthusiasm, attracting purchasers who see the rise as validating an investment thesis. As 'bandwagon' investors join any party, they create their own truth - for a while.

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The Happiest people DO NOT necessarily have the BEST THINGS. They simply APPRECIATE the things they have.

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We've had public companies in the past in that business and they bleed. We've got a lot more blood than they do.

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