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When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.

George Soros

Short term volatility is greatest at turning points and diminishes as a trend becomes established.
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Diminish Establishment Greatness Short Time
There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.
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Existence Ourselves Perception
Every bubble has two components: something – some real trend, and a misconception about that trend.
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Component Concept Reality Trend
Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
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Finding Interest Manipulation Politics Truth
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
I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes.
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Economics Fancy God Kind
My conceptual framework, which basically emphasizes the importance of misconceptions, makes me extremely critical of my own decisions. I know that I am bound to be wrong, and therefore am more likely to correct my own mistakes.
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Concept Criticism Frame Important Mistake Myself Wrong
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
The collapse of the global marketplace would be a traumatic event with unimaginable consequences. Yet I find it easier to imagine than the continuation of the present regime.
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Consequence Global Imagination Market Myself Place Present Trauma
The trouble with institutional investors is that their performance is usually measured relative to their peer group and not by an absolute yardstick. This makes them trend followers by definition.
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Follow Institution Performance Relation Trend Trouble
Hedge funds are a very efficient way of managing money. But there are clearly some risks. Hedge funds use credit and credit is a source of instability. Transactions involving credit should be regulated.
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Instability Management Money Regulation Risk Transaction Way
In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.
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Finding Manipulation Politics Reality
I’m not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.
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Better Mistake Move On Opportunity Quick Trade
The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.
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Institution International Law State
The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.
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Big Myself Situation Worst
American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.
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Competition Greatness Rival Threat World

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