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" There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it. "
Warren Buffett
Improve
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System
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" Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time. "
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" We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds. "
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" You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing. "
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" Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked. "
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" The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on. "
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" If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think that people at the high end - people like myself - should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we've ever had it. "
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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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" Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars. "
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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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" 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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" I sent one e-mail in my life. I sent it to Jeff Raikes at Microsoft, and it ended up in court in Minneapolis, so I am one for one. "
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" The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body. "
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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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" 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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" 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 investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth. "
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Yesterday
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" Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing. "
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" Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. "
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" I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board. "
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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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