Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.
AL-WALEED BIN TALALI’m telling you, you can’t compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.
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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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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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No company should depend on one person no matter how that person is smart or genius, whether it’s Apple or News Corp, or Citibank or any other company in the world.
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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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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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My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.
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Riyadh – It’s like a city within a city.
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You cannot play with fire.
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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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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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Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, where the population growth is very high, whereby you don’t have the mortgage low yet. Still the demand outstrips supply by much.
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It has around 45% of all the movie industry and around 75% of all the music.
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Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical.
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The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years.
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Ethics to me is very important.
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