SHORT AND SWEET:

WARREN BUFFET ON THE MIDDLE EAST


"If you go to the Middle East looking for oil, you don't need to stop in Israel.

But if you go looking for brains, energy and integrity, it is the only stop."

Warren Buffet
2010

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