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In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.

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George Soros
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 12
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Giving government aid to a bank basically transforms it into a utility. The huge salaries in this sector are only a symptom of a more profound misalignment. The profitability of the finance industry has been excessive. [...] That was absurd.
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Discount the obvious, bet on the unexpected
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Outperforming the market with low volatility on a consistent basis is an impossibility. I outperformed the market for 30-odd years, but not with low volatility.
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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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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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The concept of a general equilibrium has no relevance to the real world (in other words, classical economics is an exercise in futility).
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Changeless society is characterized by the absense of alternatives.
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We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.
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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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An open society calls itself open to improvement. It is based on the recognition that people have divergent views and interests, and that nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth.
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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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Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws.
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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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Find the trend whose premise is false, and bet against it.
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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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President George W. Bush is endangering the United States and the world's safety while undermining American values.
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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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I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush.
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Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties.
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