So, if you look at what’s common among some of the companies I have, including the Four Seasons, NewsCorp, George V, the Plaza, these are all irreplaceable brands in their own fields.
AL-WALEED BIN TALALYou know, Saudi Arabia has a lot of poverty also. Regardless about what you hear about the viceroy and people being rich, et cetera.
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The lesson is that, No. 1, this management has to be at the highest class possible. No. 2, they have to have a succession plan.
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If I’m going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don’t do it at all.
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Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical.
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You cannot play with fire.
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I definitely believe that the so-called American decline is greatly exaggerated.
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I’m not panicking, and I’m not scared, I’ve been through the Gulf War, the Asia crisis, and the Russian crisis.
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You know, in Saudi Arabia, there is a body of 40 people – 34 people exactly, that once the succession comes, they will meet and they will elect a king in there.
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The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years.
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My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.
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But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat of some Arab countries.
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I’m telling you, you can’t compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.
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Actually, King Abdullah, under his supervision and guidance, has established a dialogue in Saudi Arabia whereby all the population.
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Well, clearly Apple is a role model of the American innovation whereby it produced all these products – iPod, iPhone, iPad – that are really now dominating all the technology arena in the world.
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whether Shiite or Sunnis from north, south, west or east, they can get together and exchange their views.
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The legacy of Steve Jobs and the strength of Steve Jobs is that he established a company that’s clearly firing on all cylinders and clicking very well.
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