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We’re in a world now where it’s not enough to be smart. You have to be curious.

Barry Diller

I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.
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Surprise Want World
No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
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Economic Issues Models Solve
The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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Ability Air Signals
I’ve always said AOL is great opportunity for somebody.
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Great Opportunity Said Somebody
I’ve not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
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Conduct Service Smallness
The American public tunes in every night hoping to see two people screwing. Obviously, we can’t give them that but let’s always keep it in mind.
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Night Obvious People Screw Two
If you have too many epiphanies, you’re on some kind of drug.
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Drug Epiphany Kind
Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
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Dumb Feet Progression
Facebook’s the real deal. Nobody can buy Facebook now. Everybody has taken an angle at it. But Facebook may be the place that organizes everybody’s personal information. It’s got a very good chance of being that.
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May Real Taken
The only way anyone’s going to succeed is to build the product.
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Products Succeed Way
What I’ve learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
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Focus Purpose Years
People have paid for content. They always have.
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Always Content Paid People
The entertainment business hasn’t had a new idea in years.
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Entertainment Ideas Years
This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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Pain Reality World
You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.
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Advertising Trying Want
All forms of commerce are adversarial.
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Adversarial Commerce Form

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