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Paper money is made of cotton, and I'm long cotton, by the way. One reason I'm long cotton is because Dr. Bernanke is out there running the printing presses as fast as he can.

Jim Rogers

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Jim Rogers
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
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James Jim Beeland Rogers
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