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I’ve got one shot going through this life. I want to make sure I do as much as I can.

Jim Rogers

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Jim Rogers
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 19
Businessperson
Economist
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Non-Fiction Writer
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James Jim Beeland Rogers
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The first loss is the best loss.
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It's a lot of fun finding a country that nobody knows about. The only thing better is finding a country everybody's bullish on and shorting it.
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The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you're not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible piece of company that can go bankrupt.
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If you were smart in 1807 you moved to London, if you were smart in 1907 you moved to New York City, and if you are smart in 2007 you move to Asia.
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If you want to be lucky, do your homework.
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If anybody laughs at your idea, view it as a sign of potential success!
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Commodities tend to zig when the equity markets zag.
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Diversification is something that stock brokers came up with to protect themselves, so they wouldn't get sued for making bad investment choices for clients. Henry Ford never diversified, Bill Gates didn't diversify. The way to get rich is to put your eggs in one basket, but watch that basket very carefully. And make sure you have the right basket.
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I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up. I do nothing in the meantime.
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You will never get anywhere if you do not do your homework.
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Unfortunately politicians are not very sound people or they wouldn't be politicians.
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I learned very early in my investing careers: I better not invest in what I want. I better invest in what's happening in the world. Otherwise I'll be broke - dead broke.
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Debasing your currency sometimes works in the short term, it has never worked in the long term and does not even usually work in the medium term. Lots of politicians like to do it because it is an easy way.
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Beware of all politicians everywhere. They excelled at recess when they were in school but have excelled at little since.
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I was poor once, I didn't like it, I don't want to be poor again.
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Most successful investors, in fact, do nothing most of the time.
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Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob.
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Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundred years. The world will continue changing.
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I cannot invest the way I want the world to be I have to invest the way the world is.
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