"If truth be known, I carried some rather……" — George Soros
"If truth be known, I carried some rather potent messianic fantasies with me from childhood which I felt I had to control, otherwise I might end up in the loony bin. But when I made my way in the world I wanted to indulge myself in my fantasies to the extent that I could afford."
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123 Quotes by George Soros
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Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual…
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Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal…
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It's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right and how…
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The pro-Israel lobby has been remarkably successful in suppressing criticism. Politicians challenge it at their peril because of the lobby's…
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Everything adds up to a major crisis. Humanity is faced with a global energy crisis ... The core of the…
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Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
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I passionately disagreed with Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to bail out the banks by using a public fund called…
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By creating the European Central Bank, the member states exposed their own government bonds to the risk of default. Developed…
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Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states.
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A global economy is characterized not only by the free movement of goods and services but, more important, by the…
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The collapse of the global marketplace would be a traumatic event with unimaginable consequences. Yet I find it easier to…
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If investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.
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