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 TALALThe 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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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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Our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered at the hands of Israelis while the world turns the other cheek.
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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 telling you, you can’t compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.
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I definitely believe that the so-called American decline is greatly exaggerated.
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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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It has around 45% of all the movie industry and around 75% of all the music.
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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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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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Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.
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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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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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The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years.
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I would love to be a corporate leader.
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