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"When we buy a stock... " Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, 2000, Outstanding Investor
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"Value is destroyed ... " Berkshire Hathaway Inc., 2000 Annual Report, p.14.
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"There's plenty of magic..." Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting 1993, Outstanding Investor
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"... you have to have... " Wesco Financial annual meeting, 1998, Outstanding Investor Digest,
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"The best judgment. .. " Warren Buffett from a speech at the Emory Business School as reported
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'The mental habit of... " Lecture by Charles T. Munger to the students of Professor William
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"A lot of success... " Wesco Financial annual meeting, 2000, Outstanding Investor Digest,
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"Let's say you have... " Lecture by Charles T. Munger to the students of Professor William Lazier
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"The simple fact. .. " Robert Lenzner and David S. Fondiller, "The not-so-silent partner," Forbes
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"When we look at... " Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, 2000, Outstanding Investor Digest,
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"the best way... " Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, 2004, Outstanding Investor Digest,
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"In stocks, we expect. .. " Berkshire Hathaway Inc., 2002 Annual Report, p.16.
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"I had a relative... " Wesco Financial annual meeting, 2002, Outstanding Investor Digest,
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"If we can't... " Berkshire Hathaway Inc., 1996 Annual Report, p.9.
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"We try to arrange... " Wesco Financial annual meeting, 2002, Outstanding Investor Digest,
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"If you understand... " Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, 1997, Outstanding Investor Digest,
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"Charlie drummed in... " Janet Lowe, Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway
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Billionaire Charlie Munger, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000, p.54.
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"We'd rather deal... " Lecture by Charles T. Munger to the students of Professor William Lazier
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"If you tell... " Wesco Financial annual meeting, 2004, Outstanding Investor Digest, December
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"More often we've... " Wesco Financial annual meeting, 2004, Outstanding Investor Digest,
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"We think there... " Wesco Financial annual meeting, 2004, Outstanding Investor Digest,
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"Good character is... " Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, 1993, Outstanding Investor Digest,
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''A person who... " Wesco Financial annual meeting, 2006
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"You don't want... " Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, 2005, Outstanding Investor Digest,
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"One of the things... " Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, 2005, Outstanding Investor Digest,
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"I think the best... " Wesco Financial annual meeting, 2004, Outstanding Investor Digest,
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'The only way... " Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, 2003
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"I do think enthusiasm ... " Buffett & Gates on Success, KCTS/Seattle, May 1998 transcript p. 20.
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"Do what turns..." Speech to University of Nevada students, 2006
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"Don't look for... " Speech to University of Tennessee students, 2006
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"Whenever you think... " Wesco Financial annual meeting, 2001, Wesco Special Report,
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