Warren Buffett Quotes

Upon leaving the derivatives business, our feelings about the business mirrored a line in a country song: 'I liked you better before I got to know you so well.'

Warren Buffett

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• I realized that you didn't have to make self-deprecating remarks or turn yourself into the butt of some unspoken joke. I also discovered that being big didn't deter possible suitors.

  

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• What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.

  

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• It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.

  

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• Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.

  

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• There's a lot of projection that if you're in service then you shouldn't look good. I'm no different from anybody else. I like clothes, I like shoes, I like to go have nice dinners, I like to dance. Just because I've dedicated myself to serving women, why do you think I need to sacrifice myself?

  

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• I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.

  

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• In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.

  

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• I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.

  

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• It's brutal out on the football field.

  

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• From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.

  

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• If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

  

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• Making comic adaptations means making a lot of choices - you need to adjust the pacing, the dialogue, and in this case, a lot of the cultural references.

  

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• I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.

  

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• I was put on a pony as a kid at some birthday party when you're all led around.

  

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• I can't add. I don't understand basic science. Or anything else. But I can read anything. I've always been able to, and I've always liked to. Even if I didn't understand it, I liked to.

  

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• I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.

  

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• If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.

  

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• The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.

  

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• Self confidence for me is a fragile fleece.

  

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• It's very hard to write a song alone. It's only by jamming that you can get a song together.

  

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• That's what is so great about being able to record a 13-song album. You can do a very eclectic group of songs. You do have some almost pop songs in there, but you do have your traditional country, story songs. You have your ballads, your happy songs, your sad songs, your love songs, and your feisty songs.

  

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• I die without seeing dawn's light shining on my country... You, who will see it, welcome it for me...don't forget those who fell during the nighttime.

  

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• Upon leaving the derivatives business, our feelings about the business mirrored a line in a country song: 'I liked you better before I got to know you so well.'

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Country
  • Business
  • Song