If I’m going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don’t do it at all.
AL-WALEED BIN TALALWell, you know, News Corp is the only real media global – that has a global presence that’s involved in TV production, in movies, in publishing, in newspapers, digital media, et cetera.
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My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.
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You cannot play with fire.
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Riyadh – It’s like a city within a city.
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I own almost 100 hotels in North America. Some of them are only in management, but some of them we have some small stakes in them.
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One of my biggest personal holdings is Rotana. That company has a very dominant force in the Middle East.
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I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause.
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Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical.
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It has around 45% of all the movie industry and around 75% of all the music.
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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.
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I will always serve my country in any capacity, but I’m very happy with what I’m doing right now.
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In the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion.
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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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Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.
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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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You 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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