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George Soros
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 12
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I'm not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.
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Regulating and taxing marijuana would simultaneously save taxpayers billions of dollars in enforcement and incarceration costs, while providing many billions of dollars in revenue annually.
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Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.
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When interest rates are low we have conditions for asset bubbles to develop, and they are developing at the moment. The ultimate asset bubble is gold.
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Advocating democracy has, by other people, often been taken as a form of imperialism, and not without some justification. So the important thing in a democracy is that it doesn't necessarily have to agree with what America's interests are, and it doesn't necessarily have to be serving American interests.
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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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Every bubble has two components: something - some real trend, and a misconception about that trend.
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Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.
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Discount the obvious, bet on the unexpected
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Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail.
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If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival to the fullest.
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Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
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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 generally accepted theory is that financial markets tend towards equilibrium, and...discount the future correctly. I operate using a different theory, according to which financial markets cannot possibly discount the future correctly because the do not merely discount the future they help to shape it.
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Market prices are always wrong in the sense that they present a biased view of the future.
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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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President George W. Bush is endangering the United States and the world's safety while undermining American values.
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My main concern is with the world order
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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 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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