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“Managers that always promise to 'make the numbers' will at some point be tempted to make up the numbers.”

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The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting.

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What you really want to do in investments is figure out what's important and knowable. If it's unimportant or unknowable you forget about it.

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I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't.

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