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George Soros

To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states.
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Democracy Government International Mindset People Solution State
There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.
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Existence Ourselves Perception
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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Greatness Interest Member Open Possible Society
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
I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.
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Freedom Home Myself Open Society Value
Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
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Business Career Human Man Myself Transformation
My main concern is with the world order.
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One Liner Order World
If we carry this line of argument to its logical conclusion, the meaning of life consists of the flaws in one’s conceptions and what one does about them. Life can be seen as a fertile fallacy.
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Carry Flaw Life Logic Meaning Oneself See
Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.
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Certain Expectation Marketing Money State
America needs to follow the policies it has introduced in Germany. We have to go through a certain de-Nazification process.
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Introduction Policy Process
I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes.
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Economics Fancy God Kind
I am not well qualified to criticize the theory of rational expectations and the efficient market hypothesis because as a market participant I considered them so unrealistic that I never bothered to study them.
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Criticism Myself Qualification Reality Study Theory
The global crisis is caused by pathologies inherent in the global financial system itself.
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Financial Global Path System
The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong.
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Marketing Myself Opposite Right Wisdom
Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
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Finding Interest Manipulation Politics Truth
Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
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Deal Economics Goodness Preparation Study
American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.
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Competition Greatness Rival Threat World
There is no point in being confident and having a small position.
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Confidence Position Small
The world order needs a major overhaul.
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Need Order Stop World
No individual anonymous participant can influence the prices and therefore you really can speculate in the market without paying attention to morality. That’s one of the positive features of markets. That’s why they function.
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Attention Feature Influence Market Moral Oneself Participant Pay Positive Price
The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios… The idea that you can actually predict what’s going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market.
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Financial Ideas Marketing Prediction
It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology).
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Fake Ideology Money Word
Every bubble consists of a trend that can be observed in the real world and a misconception relating to that trend. The two elements interact with each other in a reflexive manner.
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Element Myself Reality Relate Trend World
The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and I don’t have much personal use for money.
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Difference Ideas Interest Kind Money Myself People Personal
Market prices are always wrong.
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Market One Liner Price Wrong
Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears.
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End Enthusiasm Revolution Start Tears
If investing is entertaining, if you’re having fun, you’re probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.
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Boredom Entertainment Investment Money

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