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I don’t really owe anybody any apologies.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 September 2017 source ↗
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View all 209 →Canadians are trained to say sorry to almost everything and everyone.
Warren Buffett
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
I've mentioned that we strongly prefer to use cash rather than Berkshire stock in acquisitions. A study of the record will tell you why: If you aggregate all of our stock-only mergers (excluding those we did with two affiliated companies, Diversified Retailing and Blue Chip Stamps), you will find that our shareholders are slightly worse off than they would have been had I not done the transactions. Though it hurts me to say it, when I've issued stock, I've cost you money.
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His letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in the 1997 annual report, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., February 1998
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Mandy Patinkin
American actor and singer
To my father, for not telling him the truth when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and going along with the family lie that he had hepatitis, when he knew he didn’t. At the age of 17, I lacked the courage and strength to stand up for what I believed.
Melanie Chisholm
British pop singer
The Spice Girls – Mel B, Geri and Emma – who wanted to mark our 20th anniversary, and the fans. It was not something I felt comfortable doing.
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The Resurrection Shuffle.
All the hanging about.
An artist travelling and playing with the Stones.
Paintings and guitars. I have Picasso prints and one Rembrandt etching.
I can dodge the bullets – I’m lucky.
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