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My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors.

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George Soros
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 12
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Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.
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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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Every bubble has two components: something - some real trend, and a misconception about that trend.
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My original intention was to spend the money in my lifetime.
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The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium.
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The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing opinion in the world. And I think that's rather shocking for Americans to hear.
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Market prices are always wrong.
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President George W. Bush is endangering the United States and the world's safety while undermining American values.
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I rely a great deal on animal instincts.
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Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test. The main difference is that the hypothesis that underlies an investment decision is intended to make money and not to establish a universally valid generalization.
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China could easily emerge as the great winner if the Chinese leaders handle the situation well. On the other hand, they could also turn out to be the biggest losers if they handle it poorly. If the management turns out be wrong, this could lead to a political crisis in China.
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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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I think it is natural that every country has to take care of its interests, but there are some interests that are common to all countries. There are some human interests, or we need also international cooperation. We've sometimes confused it with dictation.
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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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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 fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes
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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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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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The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.
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I am not well qualified to criticize the theory of rational expectations and the efficient market hypothesis because as a market participant I considered them so unrealistic that I never bothered to study them.
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