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The hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.

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George Soros
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 12
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I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong...I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.
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An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.
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America needs to follow the policies it has introduced in Germany. We have to go through a certain de-Nazification process.
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The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.
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I passionately disagreed with Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to bail out the banks by using a public fund called the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to help banks take toxic assets off their balance sheets. I argued that it would be much better to put the money where the hole was and replenish the equity of the banks themselves.
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Proposition 19 already is a winner no matter what happens on election day. The mere fact of its being on the ballot has elevated and legitimized public discourse about marijuana and marijuana policy in ways I could not have imagined a year ago.
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If truth be known, I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhood which I felt I had to control, otherwise I might end up in the loony bin. But when I made my way in the world I wanted to indulge myself in my fantasies to the extent that I could afford.
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Increase your bets when you are confident and scale down your positions when you don't have conviction.
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