Writing checks to the IRS that include strings of zeros does not bother me. . . Overall, we … - Warren Buffett

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The evidence in this universe for design - or, if you will, the fine-tuning that cannot be explained by chance or by 'enough time' - is so compelling that the only way around it is to suggest that our universe is only one of an infinite number of universes.

Warren Buffett

Writing checks to the IRS that include strings of zeros does not bother me. . . Overall, we feel extraordinarily lucky to have been dealt a hand in life that enables us to write large checks to the government rather than one requiring the government to regularly write checks to us-say, because we are disabled or unemployed.

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