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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. "
Warren Buffett
Over
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" Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value. "
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" Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks. "
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" Beware of geeks bearing formulas. "
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" Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation. "
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" The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth. "
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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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" We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out. "
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" I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. I mean, it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they're not getting some other matter. "
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" When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact. "
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" Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business. "
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" Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. "
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" Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. "
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" The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. "
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" We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.' "
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" Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. "
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" If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. "
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" Value is what you get. "
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" You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in - in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was - uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn't know it. "
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" Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. "
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" We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds. "
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" Our favorite holding period is forever. "
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" In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497. "
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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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" There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. "
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