"I fancied myself as some kind of god"

"I admit that I have always harbored an exaggerated view of my self-importance — to put it bluntly, I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes (each with his General Theory) or, even better, a scientist like Einstein (reflexivity sounds like relativity)."

https://books.google.de/books?id=JS9HpSYncTMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+alchemy+of+finance&hl=en&ei=3mXcTPipM4-q8AbXz6jcCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=I%20admit%20that%20I%20have%20always%20harbored%20an%20exaggerate&f=false

"I do not accept the rules imposed by others. If I did, I would not be alive today... And in periods of regime change, the normal rules don't apply. One needs to adjust one's behavior to the changing circumstances."

"It was actually probably the happiest year of my life, that year of German occupation. For me, it was a very positive experience. A strange thing, because you see incredible suffering around you. And in fact, you are in considerable danger yourself, but you are 14 years old and you don't believe that it can actually touch you. You have a belief in yourself; you have a belief in your father... It's a very happy making, exhilarating experience."

http://keywiki.org/George_Soros_-_Quotes

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