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Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.

George Soros

Increase your bets when you are confident and scale down your positions when you don’t have conviction.
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Confidence Position Scale Yourself
Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
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Deal Economics Goodness Preparation Study
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
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
I’m only rich because I know when I’m wrong…I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.
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Basic Mistake Recognition Rich Wrong
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
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
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
There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.
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Existence Ourselves Perception
Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
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Business Career Human Man Myself Transformation
The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.
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Institution International Law State
Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.
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Concept Play Role View World
The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.
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Attain Improvement Infinite Perfection
Market prices are always wrong.
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Market One Liner Price Wrong
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
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

Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.

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