"If you have a harem of 40..." - Quote by Warren Buffett
If you have a harem of 40 women, you never get to know any of them very well.
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“Larger sums may be an advantage at some cases and a disadvantage at others.”
“When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.”
“If the world couldn't see your results, would you rather be thought of as the world's greatest investor but in reality have the world's worst record? Or be thought of as the world's worst investor when you were actually the best?”
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“Let every one ascertain his special business and calling, and then stick to it if he wants to be successful.”
“When anyone is going wrong, it is a mistake to warn him not to go further. It is also a mistake to leave him alone. The proper course is to call his attention to something better, and frame our conversation in such a way that he becomes wholly absorbed in the better. He will then forget his old mistakes, his old faults and his old desires, and will give all his life and power to the building of that better which has engaged his new interest.”
“I shoot for the moon but I'm too busy gazing the stars.”
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“The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.”
“Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualities-his rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities.”
“I will tell you one other thing about money: when you don't have it, it sure as hell affects the quality of people's health, and their relationships. And paper money isn't even real today, right? It's all really ones and zeros in computers today. But at the same time, if you don't have it, it certainly affects the quality of your life.”