I definitely believe that the so-called American decline is greatly exaggerated.
AL-WALEED BIN TALALI 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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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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You cannot play with fire.
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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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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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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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The issue of Palestine has been there since more than 60 years.
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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 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 potential for Twitter is spectacular and great.
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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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Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical.
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Ethics to me is very important.
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There are pockets of extremism in Israel,
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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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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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