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The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences.
George Soros
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George Soros
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 12
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The only thing that could hurt me is if my success encouraged me to return to my childhood fantasies of omnipotence - but that is not likely to happen as long as I remain engaged in the financial markets, because they constantly remind me of my limitations.
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I admire Chancellor Merkel for her leadership qualities, but she is leading Europe in the wrong direction.
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The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium.
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I am not a Zionist, nor am I am a practicing Jew, but I have a great deal of sympathy for my fellow Jews and a deep concern for the survival of Israel.
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If investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.
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I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong.
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The concept of a general equilibrium has no relevance to the real world (in other words, classical economics is an exercise in futility).
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We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.
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If every rich person gave 50 percent of their wealth to charity, I would not say they should pay more taxes.
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My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors.
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The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
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I rely a great deal on animal instincts.
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Investors operate with limited funds and intelligence, they do not need to know everything. As long as they understand something better than others, they have an edge.
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We [at Soros Fund Management] use options and more exotic derivatives sparingly. We try to catch new trends early and in later stages we try to catch trend reversals. Therefore, we tend to stabilize rather than destabilize the market. We are not doing this as a public service. It is our style of making money.
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If the bubbles contain a misconception, as they always do, then it can't be maintained forever.
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I don't use my money to gain political influence for my private interests, which is what many rich people do, and what, in a sense, market fundamentalism does, because it is in the interests of people who have a lot of money to have as little taxes as possible.
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When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways, very difficult to even have a proper criterion of success. So, it's a difficult task.
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