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I'm telling you, you can't compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.

Al-Waleed bin Talal

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Al-Waleed bin Talal
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 7
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Alwaleed Bin Talal
Al-Waleed Bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al Saud
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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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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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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 definitely believe that the so-called American decline is greatly exaggerated.
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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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Ethics to me is very important.
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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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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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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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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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Kingdom Holding will continue to achieve strong results and to distribute dividends
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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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It is my responsibility to take advantage of my position to make the world a better place
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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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The potential for Twitter is spectacular and great.
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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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You cannot play with fire.
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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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One of my biggest personal holdings is Rotana. That company has a very dominant force in the Middle East. It has around 45% of all the movie industry and around 75% of all the music.
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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. It's like a city within a city.
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