Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical.
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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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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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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Our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered at the hands of Israelis while the world turns the other cheek.
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I definitely believe that the so-called American decline is greatly exaggerated.
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Ethics to me is very important.
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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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I would love to be a corporate leader.
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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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Well, 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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I’m telling you, you can’t compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.
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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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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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My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.
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My own center, my Kingdom Center, which is the highest priced tower in Saudi Arabia, was vacated twice because of terrorist attacks, terrorist threats.
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The potential for Twitter is spectacular and great.
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Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid.
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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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whether Shiite or Sunnis from north, south, west or east, they can get together and exchange their views.
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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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You cannot play with fire.
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The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years.
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In Riyadh, there’s going to be a huge project that will house at least 12,000 units with inhabitants of approximately 150,000 people.
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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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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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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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