Riyadh – It’s like a city within a city.
AL-WALEED BIN TALALSo, 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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Ethics to me is very important.
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Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical.
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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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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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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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If I’m going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don’t do it at all.
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You cannot play with fire.
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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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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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Our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered at the hands of Israelis while the world turns the other cheek.
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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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I’m telling you, you can’t compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.
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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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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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But more important since 1967 when the war was, ended in the defeat of some Arab countries.
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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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The potential for Twitter is spectacular and great.
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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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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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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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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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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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My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.
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