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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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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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The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.

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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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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

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It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.

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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

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Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

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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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Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

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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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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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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.

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I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.

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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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The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.

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I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it.

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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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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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I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about.

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The big question about how people behave is whether they've got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.

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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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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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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.

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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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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.

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If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.

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