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In short, he still wanted answers to all those existential questions
that had teased him as a student in London in the early 1950s.
The reporter asked him if he had a cutoff point, presumably meaning
retirement.
Soros answered in the negative: “I think that would be a kind of a
defeat. But I would like to keep things within certain bounds so that
I don’t come to that stage. There is clearly a moment when it could
become too much and I wouldn’t be able to cope with it.”
Did he ever feel used? All people with large amounts of money felt
that way at one time or another. Did Soros?
“No. I feel that I am reasonably good at identifying this risk and
avoiding it. I accept it as part of the game.”
Reporter: “You talk about the responsibility of having so much
money, and dealing with it in such a way that you are not seen as a
gross self-seeker. Is that a difficult thing?”
Soros: “I don’t really care about that. I am sure that story will be
written, if it has not been done already. I don’t think I have anything to
defend. I think the problem is elsewhere. Am I a slave of my success,
or am I in charge of my destiny?
“There is such a thing as being too successful and having too much
to do to be successful. I need to achieve the right balance and not be
swept away by my own success. I must not be sucked into something that
is beyond me. That is the real game of my life, because that is the risktaking
part.”

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