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

George Soros

Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
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Business Career Human Man Myself Transformation
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
The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.
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Attain Improvement Infinite Perfection
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 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
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
Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
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Deal Economics Goodness Preparation Study
If the bubbles contain a misconception, as they always do, then it can’t be maintained forever.
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Concept Forever Maintain
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
What works for Germany can’t work for the rest of Europe: No country can run a chronic surplus without others running deficits.
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Country Resource Run Work
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
To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.
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Mistake Myself Pride Recognition Shame Wrong
When a long-term trend loses it’s momentum, short-term volatility tends to rise. It is easy to see why that should be so: the trend-following crowd is disoriented.
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Crowd Follow Lose Momentum Rise Time
Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.
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Complex Errors Fortunate Mistake Room System
The global crisis is caused by pathologies inherent in the global financial system itself.
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Financial Global Path System
Market prices are always wrong in the sense that they present a biased view of the future.
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Future Market Present Price View Wrong

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

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