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Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion.
Al-Waleed bin Talal
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Al-Waleed bin Talal
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 7
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