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Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.

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George Soros
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 12
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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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To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.
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Markets are imperfect. So you do need regulation, knowing that the regulators are also human.
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Economics seeks to be a science. Science is supposed to be objective and it is difficult to be scientific when the subject matter, the participant in the economic process, lacks objectivity.
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The key problem is the debt restructuring in the euro zone. As long as the debt burden is not reduced, there is no chance of the weaker EU countries regaining competitiveness.
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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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Once a trend is established it tends to persist and to run it’s full course.
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As an anonymous participant in financial markets, I never had to weigh the social consequences of my actions ... I felt justified in ignoring them on the grounds that I was playing by the rules.
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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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These public-private partnerships are very, very dangerous. The most rotten part of the financial system in the US consisted of the government sponsored entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. They really kicked off this crisis. The state should set the rules and enforce them - but not become involved as a market player.
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A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.
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I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong.
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The more comprehensive and convincing a debt reduction program is, the less likely it is to fail. And remember, just as Germany is grateful to America for the Marshall Plan, Italy would be grateful to Germany for helping it lower its refinancing costs.
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Money values do not simply mirror the state of affairs in the real world valuation is a positive act that makes an impact on the course of events. Monetary and real phenomena are connected in a reflexive fashion that is, they influence each other mutually. The reflexive relationship manifests itself most clearly in the use and abuse of credit.
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I rely a great deal on animal instincts.
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In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.
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It is better to have a cat and mouse game where the cat has the upper hand than a cat and mouse game where the mice are ruling. Because the latter means that the market participants are given free range. That was actually the big misconception of our national hero Ronald Reagan, who always talked about the magic of the market.
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I contend that financial markets never reflect the underlying reality accurately they always distort it in some way or another and the distortions find expression in market prices. Those distortions can, occasionally, find ways to affect the fundamentals that market prices are supposed to reflect.
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