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An ornate carved pool table. With travelling, I’ve not had a game on it in two years.
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Warren Buffett
Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
Some material things make my life more enjoyable; many, however, would not. I like having an expensive private plane, but owning a half-dozen homes would be a burden. Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner.
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Jonnie Peacock
British athlete
A fast Golf car. I got rid of it after about six months because it kept depreciating in value.
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Actor and playwright
A family holiday – anywhere the kids demand. Last year, I wanted us all to go to Egypt and my daughter said, “No, we’re going to go to Grenada.” So we did.
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View profile →There was a period when I did four or five terrible films. My agent said: “Don’t do them.” But it was my month’s rent for a day’s work. One time, my green room was a lorry. It started snowing and it was just me and a plastic chair in the back of an open lorry. It was pretty grim.
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