“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.”

—  Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

December 2006, Interview with Jordan Business magazine entitled “The Grass is Greener … On Both Sides”.

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