Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Quotes

• We can never be certain about the future and therefore we must continue to be flexible and adaptable so that we can react quickly to the needs of our clients and our market place.

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  Change, Needs, Clients

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• I wanted to be the exception to the other kids, but in the right way.
  We have a lot of suffering in our part of the world, but that suffering is, in a way, a blessing.
  Obviously, I could not afford to go to school without a scholarship, so that meant I had to excel in order to get one.

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  Inspirational, Pain, Ambition

  "The Grass is Greener... On Both Sides". Jordan Business Magazine Interview, December 2006.

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• I believe that I was lucky to have suffered.
  Some people don't realize that in suffering there is great potential, because if you are deprived for any reason.
  Politically, financially, socially or otherwise and if you set your mind in the right direction, you will find that the only way to survive is for you to excel, by being better so you can be treated better.

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  Inspirational, Pain, Business

  "The Grass is Greener ... On Both Sides". Jordan Business magazine, December 2006.

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• You will not be able to enjoy a good night's sleep unless you've worked hard during the day

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  Good Night, Sleep, Able

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• How do you achieve success? By two words: Correct decisions

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  Two, Decision, Achieve

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• Human experience throughout the ages has been enhanced through learning, information and communication.

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  Communication, Age, Information

  Speech on the World Bank Video Series, Amman, Jordan, January 06, 2004.

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• An efficient telecommunications network is the foundation upon which an information society is built.

  Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

  Foundation, Information, Efficient

  Speech at Arab ICT Regulators Forum, Movenpick Dead Sea, Jordan, March 21, 2004.

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• The information revolution will lead us through a knowledge revolution to the wisdom revolution.

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  Information, Revolution

  Speech at the First Arab Conference on Arabizing the Internet, Amman, Jordan, April 01, 2001.

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• Making the future and the road to the future wealth lies in the youth of the present and future, and rebuilding the nation's institutions based on knowledgeable scientific foundations that require promising human capacities derived from college graduates. Universities are the makers of men, we are proud of their role and of the efforts of their administrators.

  Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

  Lying, Men, College

  Speech at the First Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Commerce - Islamic University of Gaza, May 08, 2005.

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• The goal of providing basic literacy and education to all the world's people is still the most basic development challenge.

  Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

  People, Goal, Challenges

  Speech at the World Congress - Engineering and Digital Divide, Tunisia, October 14, 2003.

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• The foremost challenge is that of the knowledge revolution. Economic power will depend on creativity and innovation. Creation of wealth will move from traditional resources to the one asset: knowledge.

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  Moving, Creativity, Innovation

  Speech at Crans Montana Forum, Switzerland, June 27, 1999.

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• Technology is not simply additive; it is more often exponential. An invention usually triggers other inventions.

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  Technology, Invention, Triggers

  First Arab Conference on Arabizing the Internet, Amman, Jordan, April 01, 2001.

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• Internet literacy must become universal within the Arab world.

  Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

  World, Internet, Literacy

  Speech at the First Arab Conference on Arabizing the Internet, Amman, Jordan, April 01, 2001.

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• Business can constitute an enormous force for goodness in society. Through its commitments to corporate citizenship and to the principles of the UNGC, the global business community can continue to create and deliver value to society.

  Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

  Commitment, Community, Principles

  Speech at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit, at the Palais de Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, July 05, 2007.

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• Intellectual capital is the main determining factor and the base for economic and social development to any country.

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  Country, Intellectual, Development

  "Meeting the Challenges of Electronic Business" in Muscat, Oman, October 09, 2000.

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• Despite the immense challenges that we have faced and continue to face, we refuse to indulge in negativity or pessimism.
  We are an organization that believes in empowering people to be their best.

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  Inspirational, Encouragement, Business

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• We call ourselves a "capacity building" organization; self-motivated and self-initiated capacity building. For example, in 30 years, I don't think I have signed a check for the company.

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  Motivational, Thinking, Self

  "The Grass is Greener ... On Both Sides". Jordan Business magazine, December 2006.

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• Moving to the forefront of advanced nations is not a choice but a national duty. This requires, among other things, erecting the best industrial property protection systems despite all challenges, particularly in the transition phase that we must endure.

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  Moving, Choices, Challenges

  Speech at the National Seminar on Industrial Property and Technology Transfer in Arab States, Amman, Jordan, November 28, 1999.

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• With support from institutions like the United Nations as well as the donor community, governments can strengthen their national technological and scientific capacities by devising policies to link up to research networks, encourage technology transfer, and build indigenous capabilities through education and collaborative projects.

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  Technology, Government, Community

  Speech at the Eighth Session of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Palais de Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, May 23, 2005.

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• Governments should be role models of leadership and improve the utilization of ICT in all the governmental departments in order to improve the efficiency of governmental services and motivate ICT industries.

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  Order, Government, Role Models

  Speech at ESCWA Team of Experts Meeting, Amman, Jordan, May 15, 2000.

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• Throughout all the years and in everything we do, we have focused most of all on the development of human capacity, beginning with our own professional staff, and leveraging their expertise to enrich the Arab community. We have embraced the concept of the 'knowledge worker' and have sought to empower our people and the Arab world's people to dream, to imagine, and to create.

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  Dream, Knowledge, Power

  National Seminar on Industrial Property and Technology Transfer in Arab States, Amman, Jordan, June 18, 2007.

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