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Quote by Warren Buffett
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin i

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, youll do things differently. – Warren Buffett

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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. – Warren Buffett

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History
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Warren Buffett
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You do things when the opportunities come along. Ive had periods in my life when Ive had a bundle of ideas come along, and Ive had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, Ill do something. If not, I wont do a damn thing. – Warren Buffett

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Life
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The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other. – Charles Caleb Colton

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The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. – Samuel Johnson

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For Gods sake (I never was more serious) dont make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print… substitute drunken dog, ragged head, seld-shaven, odd-eyed, stuttering, or any other epithet which truly and properly belongs to the gentleman in question. – Charles Lamb

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Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. – St. Evermond

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We dont appreciate what we have until its gone. Freedom is like that. Its like air. When you have it, you dont notice it. – Boris Yeltsin

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