If everybody is buying something, I would tend to sell. If nobody is interested in something, I would tend to buy.
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Jim Rogers
Born in 1942 in Alabama, Jim Rogers co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros, recording returns exceeding 4,200% over a decade. After retiring at thirty-seven, he completed two around-the-world trips by motorcycle and car, earning the title 'adventure capitalist.' Renowned for prescience in commodity markets, he relocated to Singapore to raise his daughters in Mandarin Chinese — living out his investment convictions in every dimension of his life.
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Jim Rogers's Other Quotes
If you want to be rich, you must learn to see what others do not see.
The way of the future is to learn Mandarin Chinese.
The best advice I ever got was from my father. He said, 'Do what you love doing, and don't spend money on things you don't need.'
I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to do is go over there and pick it up.
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