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Discount the obvious, bet on the unexpected.

George Soros

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
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
Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.
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Concept Play Role View World
It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology).
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Fake Ideology Money Word
The hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.
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Hard Judgement Level Life Risk
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
There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.
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Existence Ourselves Perception
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
I’m only rich because I know when I’m wrong.
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Aware Myself Rich Wrong
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
Market prices are always wrong.
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Market One Liner Price Wrong
I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes.
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Economics Fancy God Kind
American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.
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Competition Greatness Rival Threat World
The financial markets play an active role in determining what’s going to happen, how the economy is going to function.
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Determination Economics Function Marketing Role
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
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.
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Condition Failure Human Imperfection Mistake Ourselves Understand Wrong

Discount the obvious, bet on the unexpected.

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