Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Quotes
In the U.A.E. we were the least-regulated environment in the region, and over time we are seeing more and more regulation coming in. On the other hand, a central bank can overregulate and choke the economy, and then we will have a dead banking industry.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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We want to use the environment to shift the way our society works.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.
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I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.
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The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
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Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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Teenagers did not have, before rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues - they did not have any type of music they could call their own once they got over 4 or 5 years old until they were well into their 20's and considered adults.
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I love dogs. I have a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.
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I'm a guy who's passionate about singing, but I can't sing for crap.
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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
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It is time to end the western policy of malign neglect. It is in the interest of the whole world to help tackle the actual grievances in Palestine, Kashmir, and in central and southern Iraq, and to help the region out of its economic backwardness.
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One of the ironies of being a professional writer is that, if you are even moderately successful, the very traits that let you succeed as a writer are not much help when the time comes to head out as 'The Author.'
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In the U.A.E. we were the least-regulated environment in the region, and over time we are seeing more and more regulation coming in. On the other hand, a central bank can overregulate and choke the economy, and then we will have a dead banking industry.
