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My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.

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George Soros
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 12
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My original intention was to spend the money in my lifetime.
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Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
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Once a trend is established it tends to persist and to run it’s full course.
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Merkel has realized that the euro is not working, but she cannot change the narrative she has created because that narrative has caught the imagination of the German public, and the German public has accepted it.
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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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The trouble with institutional investors is that their performance is usually measured relative to their peer group and not by an absolute yardstick. This makes them trend followers by definition.
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If we carry this line of argument to its logical conclusion, the meaning of life consists of the flaws in one's conceptions and what one does about them. Life can be seen as a fertile fallacy.
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Everything adds up to a major crisis. Humanity is faced with a global energy crisis ... The core of the crisis lies in the increasing shortage of oil.
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A lot of the evil in the world is actually not intentional. A lot of people in the financial system did a lot of damage without intending to.
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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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We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity.
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I call government that works the best for people open society, which is basically just another more general term for a democracy that is - you call it maybe a liberal democracy. It's not only majority rule but also respect for minorities and minority opinions and the rule of law. So it's really a sort of institutional democracy.
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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 ultimate asset bubble is gold.
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The hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.
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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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The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
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The pro-Israel lobby has been remarkably successful in suppressing criticism. Politicians challenge it at their peril because of the lobby's ability to influence political contributions.
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A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.
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Discount the obvious, bet on the unexpected
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