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A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

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The truth is, successful investing is a kind of alchemy.

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The act of lending can change the value of the collateral

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Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.

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Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.

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

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I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes

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My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors.

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Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.

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Once a trend is established it tends to persist and to run it's full course.

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The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.

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The bureaucratic method of building an integrated Europe has exhausted its potential.

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It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology).

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The global crisis is caused by pathologies inherent in the global financial system itself.

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My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.

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Short term volatility is greatest at turning points and diminishes as a trend becomes established

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I think you will have to be very, very careful to have the regulations that will protect freedom.

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Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.

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

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I think he's a man of good intentions. I don't doubt it. But I think he's leading us in the wrong direction.

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It is much easier to put existing resources to better use, than to develop resources where they do not exist.

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Mankind's ability to understand and control the forces of nature greatly exceeds our ability to govern ourselves

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Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail.

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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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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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My peculiarity is that I don't have a particular style of investing or, more exactly, I try to change my style to fit the conditions.

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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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The concept of a general equilibrium has no relevance to the real world (in other words, classical economics is an exercise in futility).

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If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival to the fullest.

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As I discovered, there is a great deal of similarity between a boom-bust process in the financial markets and the rise and fall of the Soviet system.

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