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I went to Saudi Arabia in 2010, and spent most of my time in Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City.


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AL-WALEED BIN TALAL Saudi Arabia isn't the enemy, but it is a problem. It could make so much positive difference in ...
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ARCHIE DUNHAM Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.
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AYAAN HIRSI ALI I think the real target of al-Qaeda is Saudi Arabia by the way. They hate us and we're a vehicle...
FRANK CARLUCCI a declaration of war against Saudi Arabia.
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ABDULLAH OF SAUDI ARABIA To allow the construction of places of worship other than Islamic ones in Saudi Arabia, it would be ...
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ABDULLAH OF SAUDI ARABIA I believe America is the most powerful country in the world and is a country that stands on principl...
ABDULLAH OF SAUDI ARABIA As to women, the Islamic faith has given women rights that are equal to or more than the rights give...
ABDULLAH OF SAUDI ARABIA I believe strongly in the rights of women... my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter...
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ABDULLAH OF SAUDI ARABIA The Crown Prince has said he needs to broaden political participation in the governing of Saudi Arab...
FRANK CARLUCCI I am waiting for the day when the German Bundestag debates the violation of human rights in Saudi Ar...
AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN Great entrepreneurs from Saudi Arabia are interested in helping promote the Arab language.
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SAUDI ARABIA In our outlook we only have two million barrels per day of spare capacity, most of which will be in ...
GUY CARUSO that touch internally within Saudi Arabia.
EVAN BAYH Yesterday we were down because of Saudi Arabia. In the past few days we have seen the fate of market...
HANY HUSSEIN The incident in Saudi Arabia stirred up the market. The increase covered the cost of the product and...
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BASMAH BINT SAUD I think in general the markets have been quite jittery and mostly influenced by the sell-off in Saud...
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STEPHEN KINZER It is in Saudi Arabia's best interest to allow women to fully participate in its society, and th...
BARBARA BOXER Pakistan was deeply appreciative of the solidarity and support readily extended by the leadership of...
TASNEEM ASLAM I'm telling you, you can't compare Saudi Arabia to other countries.
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WARREN CUCCURULLO Any action that the United Nations takes in that, including freezing assets, will be undertaken by S...
PRINCE SAUD The king of Saudi Arabia recently came to India not to see our Republic Day ceremony. He came to see...
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BRANDON STANTON The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia categorically rejects such terrorist acts that target the lives of innoc...
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JAMES BUCHAN I remember when I was in the Middle East, Yasser Arafat used to go to Bahrain and Qatar on a Thursda...
LEON CHARNEY I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in S...
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ROB PORTMAN Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.
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DAVE MATTHEWS I want to make hand-held music, undiminished by the need to make everybody in the world listen at on...
DAVE SITEK We all have to die some day, if we live long enough.
DAVE FARBER We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless...
DAVE BARRY The primary function of the government is - and here I am quoting directly from the U.S. Constitutio...
DAVE BARRY There just isn’t enough cock in this world to be caught suckin’ and be called anything but a slu...
DAVE MATTHES ...you're either gonna spend your life fucking pussy, or taking it to church.
DAVE MATTHES I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer.
DAVE BARRY Quantity is what you count, quality is what you count on.
DAVE BARRY It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know ...
DAVE BARRY You had me at "We'll make it look like an accident."
DAVE BARRY Wear short sleeves! Support your right to bare arms!
DAVE BARRY I'd take a nerf bullet for you.
DAVE BARRY What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my car...
DAVE BARRY The first person who decided to say a word instead of throwing a rock can be considered the starter ...
DAVE BARRY It was not that Adam ate the apple for the apple's sake, but because it was forbidden. It would have...
DAVE BARRY I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to r...
DAVE BARRY Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
DAVE BARRY I may not know Karate, but I know crazy and I'm not afraid to use it.
DAVE BARRY In beer there is freedom, in wine there is health, in cognac there is power and in water there is ba...
DAVE BARRY Wake up naked drinking coffee
Making plans to change the world
While the world is changing...
DAVE MATTHEWS Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see wi...
DAVE BARRY