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Warren Buffett:
The truth is that I'm here in my position as a matter of luck. When I was born in 1930, the odds were probably 40:1 against me being born in the United States. I did win the ovarian lottery on that first day, and on top of that, I was male. Put that down as another 50/50 shot and now the odds are 80:1 against being born a male in the United States, and it was enormously important in my whole life. To think that that makes me superior to anyone else as a human being is just-- I can't follow that line of reasoning
The truth is that I'm here in my position as a matter of luck. When I was born in 1930, the odds were probably 40:1 against me being born in the United States. I did win the ovarian lottery on that first day, and on top of that, I was male. Put that down as another 50/50 shot and now the odds are 80:1 against being born a male in the United States, and it was enormously important in my whole life. To think that that makes me superior to anyone else as a human being is just-- I can't follow that line of reasoning
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Warren The truth is that I'm here
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in my position as a matter of luck
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Hey How are you doing Grandpa
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Hey Grandpa Okay
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Warren When I was born in 1930
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the odds were probably 40 1 against me being born in the United States
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I did win the ovarian lottery on that first day and on top of that I was male
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Put that down as another 50 50 shot
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and now the odds are 80 1 against being born a male in the United States
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and it was enormously important in my whole life
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To think that that makes me superior to anyone else
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as a human being is just I can't follow that line of reasoning
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Movie Summary
The legendary investor started out as an ambitious, numbers-obsessed boy from Nebraska and ended up becoming one of the richest and most respected men in the world.
