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Physical infrastructure remains important (particularly in developing nations), but concurrently investing in the development of a knowledge-based economy is essential to sustaining healthy economic growth and creating well-paying jobs in a highly competitive, ideas-driven global economy.
Khalid A. Al-Falih
Important
Healthy
Jobs
Physical
Economic
Remains
Economic Growth
Investing
Developing
Development
Highly
Economy
Global
Global Economy
Particularly
Knowledge-Based
Essential
Nations
Sustaining
Infrastructure
Creating
Growth
Competitive
It would be a mistake to believe that environmental protection and economic growth are mutually exclusive.
Khalid A. Al-Falih
Environmental
Mistake
Protection
Believe
Would
Would-Be
Mutually
Mutually Exclusive
Economic
Economic Growth
Environmental Protection
Exclusive
Growth
Our history with Americans goes back over 80 years. They came here, they helped us harness our oil and gas, and we became leaders.
Khalid A. Al-Falih
History
Back
Harness
Our
Leaders
Over
Became
Came
Years
American
Goes
Oil
Us
Helped
Gas
Here
If oil prices will go too high, it will slow down the world economy and would trigger a global recession.
Khalid A. Al-Falih
World
Will
Slow
Down
Recession
Too
High
Would
Trigger
Prices
Economy
Global
Go
Oil
Oil Prices
World Economy
I'm all for diversity - but diversity for deserving people.
Lubna Olayan
People
Diversity
Deserving
If you have a dream, don't let anything stand in your way.
Lubna Olayan
You
Way
Dream
Anything
Stand
Your
Education is the basis of creative thought: the ability to go beyond asking why to why not.
Lubna Olayan
Education
Creative
Thought
Ability
Beyond
Go
Asking
Why
Why Not
Basis
I think that Saudi women are very powerful. And I think that Saudi men are the greatest support to Saudi women.
Lubna Olayan
Women
Men
Think
Support
Powerful
Greatest
Women Are
Very
Saudi
How is our society going to progress if 50 percent of the population is not allowed to contribute?
Lubna Olayan
Progress
Society
Our
Percent
Allowed
How
Contribute
Going
Population
True leadership knows not to go to extremes but knows how to confront and appreciate challenges.
Lubna Olayan
Leadership
Challenges
Extremes
True
Knows
How
Go
Confront
Appreciate
My mother gave birth to me on the floor of our apartment in Mecca with only my toddler sister to help her because my father was at work and no male guardian was available to take her to a hospital.
Manal al-Sharif
Work
Me
Mother
Father
Guardian
Sister
Birth
Gave
Our
Only
Hospital
Take
Because
Male
Apartment
Available
Toddler
Help
Mecca
Floor
Her
I almost got kidnapped trying to find a taxi in the street. In Saudi Arabia, it's not normal for a woman to walk in the street alone, and I don't cover my face, so I am an open target.
Manal al-Sharif
Alone
Woman
Walk
Face
Kidnapped
Arabia
Find
Open
Almost
Got
Am
Cover
Normal
Target
Trying
Taxi
Street
Saudi
Saudi Arabia
In Saudi Arabia, they always tell us we are queens. We are pistachios. You know the nut? Like something that is protected. So even if you have a very good education, restraints are put on women.
Manal al-Sharif
Education
Good
You
Women
Nut
Tell
Arabia
Something
Put
Like
Know
Protected
Always
Queens
Very
Us
Even
Good Education
Saudi
Saudi Arabia
All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
Manal al-Sharif
Rights
Drive
Country
Oppose
System
Attack
Said
Authority
Did
Anyone
Ask
Harass
Why
Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.
Manal al-Sharif
Positive
Day
Me
Change
Women
Believe
Positive Change
Tell
Since
Arrested
May
Different
Now
I always say that countries that keep women in the backseat will always end up on the wrong side of history.
Manal al-Sharif
History
Women
Will
Side
Say
Backseat
Wrong
Countries
Wrong Side
Always
End
Up
Keep
I'm a normal woman, a normal person, and I just want to drive.
Manal al-Sharif
Woman
Drive
Normal
Normal Person
Person
Just
Want
For me, driving - or the right to drive - is not only about moving from A to B; it's a way to emancipate women. It gives them so much liberty. It makes them independent.
Manal al-Sharif
Me
Women
Liberty
Drive
Way
Emancipate
Independent
About
Only
Gives
Driving
Makes
Moving
Them
Much
Right
I measure the impact I make by how harsh the attacks are. The harsher the attacks, the better I am doing.
Manal al-Sharif
Better
Harsh
Impact
Attacks
Make
How
Am
Doing
Measure
My father's generation of Saudi men are more liberal than the men of my generation. But with women, it's the opposite.
Manal al-Sharif
Generation
Women
Father
Men
Liberal
My Generation
More
Opposite
Than
Saudi
The Saudi ideal of a woman is a religious mother who rarely ventures out: She shouldn't work with men, she should be completely covered, and she shouldn't go out alone to run errands.
Manal al-Sharif
Work
Alone
Woman
Mother
Men
Out
Run
Religious
Rarely
Ideal
She
Ventures
Go
Covered
Should
Who
Saudi
I love my sons, I love my husband, and I love my country. But in kingdoms of men, there are few - if any - choices for women. Or the choices are such that there is no greater pain than having to choose.
Manal al-Sharif
Love
Women
Men
Husband
Country
Few
Pain
Kingdoms
Having
Sons
Greater
Than
Any
Choices
Choose
Where there are difficulties, there will always be opportunities.
Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber
Opportunities
Will
Difficulties
Always
Where
I can't tell you the amount we plan to invest in new acquisitions because that will depend on the opportunities that become available to us.
Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber
You
Opportunities
Will
Become
Depend
Tell
Invest
New
Because
Available
Plan
Us
Acquisitions
Amount
Every life - regardless of background or gender - has equal value.
Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber
Life
Value
Gender
Every
Background
Equal
Regardless
Everyone should have the freedom and opportunity to shape their own destiny.
Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber
Freedom
Opportunity
Own
Everyone
Destiny
Shape
Should
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