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Warren Buffett (Warren Edward Buffett)

(born 1930) An American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Also is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world, often introduced as "legendary investor".

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.

Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.

Our favorite holding period is forever.