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To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.

George Soros

If we care about universal principles such as freedom, democracy and the rule of law, we cannot leave them to the care of market forces; we must establish some other institutions to safeguard them.
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Care Democracy Establishment Freedom Guard Institution Safe Universe
Start by assuming the market is always wrong, so if you copy everybody else on Wall Street, you’re doomed to do poorly.
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Assumption Poor Start Wrong Yourself
American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.
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Competition Greatness Rival Threat World
The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
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Believe Enemy Myself Open Society Threat
The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.
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Country Independent Lying Right Strength Talk Thinking
Markets can influence the events that they anticipate.
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Anticipate Event Influence Marketing
It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.
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Important Lose Money Right Wrong Yourself
Fundamental analysis seeks to establish how underlying values are reflected in stock prices, whereas the theory of reflexivity shows how stock prices can influence underlying values.
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Establish Fundamental Lying Price Reflection Seek Value
My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.
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Correct Fake Myself Oneself Prediction Valid Work
Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
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Deal Economics Goodness Preparation Study
As I discovered, there is a great deal of similarity between a boom-bust process in the financial markets and the rise and fall of the Soviet system.
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Discover Greatness Marketing Rise Similar System
Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.
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Complex Errors Fortunate Mistake Room System
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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Myself Obstacle Opinion Stability Thinking World
Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test.
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Investment Practice Science Submit
There is very little difference between speculation and investment. The only difference is basically that investments are successful speculations because if you successfully anticipate the future you make a speculative profit.
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Difference Future Investment Profit Success Yourself
Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.
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Concept Play Role View World

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