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I was pulled out of Omaha when I was younger because my father started to work, when he was done serving as county commissioner, at Archer Daniels Midland.


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WARREN BUFFETT Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.
WARREN BUFFETT I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our business...
WARREN BUFFETT I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative ...
WARREN BUFFETT Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.
WARREN BUFFETT Immigration reform doesn't impact me personally; nothing my foundation works on does. But the tr...
HOWARD GRAHAM BUFFETT Africa is the most weathered continent in the world; 75 percent of its soil has been degraded. You d...
HOWARD GRAHAM BUFFETT Eliminating hunger in America is doable, because we have the resources to do it.
HOWARD GRAHAM BUFFETT Older and wiser voices can always help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.
JIMMY BUFFETT Some people never find it, some only pretend, but I just want to live happily ever after every now a...
JIMMY BUFFETT If someone wants a piece of you, never let them pay. What you do not give to them time takes anyway.
JIMMY BUFFETT I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.
JIMMY BUFFETT Never did I think that I became family entertainment.
JIMMY BUFFETT If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane.
JIMMY BUFFETT If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.
JIMMY BUFFETT We are the people our parents warned us about.
JIMMY BUFFETT Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.
JIMMY BUFFETT Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.
JIMMY BUFFETT These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals like...
JIMMY BUFFETT If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.
JIMMY BUFFETT Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.
JIMMY BUFFETT You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will writ...
JIMMY BUFFETT Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.
JIMMY BUFFETT If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
JIMMY BUFFETT It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.
JIMMY BUFFETT Indecision may or may not be my problem.
JIMMY BUFFETT I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.
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