Ethics to me is very important.
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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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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 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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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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But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat of some Arab countries.
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It is my responsibility to take advantage of my position to make the world a better place
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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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Our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered at the hands of Israelis while the world turns the other cheek.
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The potential for Twitter is spectacular and great.
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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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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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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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Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.
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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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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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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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Riyadh – It’s like a city within a city.
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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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There are pockets of extremism in Israel,
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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 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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whether Shiite or Sunnis from north, south, west or east, they can get together and exchange their views.
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