Barry Diller on obvious
Barry Diller31 quotes“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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Hollywood is a community that’s so inbred, it’s a wonder the children have any teeth.
Barry DillerBarry Diller My opinion, young people go to the Internet. To the Internet distribution system right now, you put it up there and it’s accessed by the world.
Barry DillerBarry Diller You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.
Barry DillerBarry Diller What I’ve learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
Barry DillerBarry Diller I still believe in synergy, but I call it natural law.
Barry DillerBarry Diller I never thought I was a very good manager.
Barry DillerBarry Diller We need an unambiguous rule – a law – that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
Barry DillerBarry Diller 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.
Barry DillerBarry Diller I’ve not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
Barry DillerBarry Diller If you have too many epiphanies, you’re on some kind of drug.
Barry DillerBarry Diller The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry.
Barry DillerBarry Diller Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.
Barry DillerBarry Diller Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
Barry DillerBarry Diller Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
Barry DillerBarry Diller We’re in a world now where it’s not enough to be smart. You have to be curious.
Barry DillerBarry Diller I absolutely believe the Internet is passing from its free days into a paid system. Inevitably, I promise you, it will be paid.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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There’s the acting side of it so you work with a coach. Dissect a script. If it’s a character, then obviously a character study. Just depends on if there is training needed.
Scott EastwoodScott Eastwood I know, a lot of the films I’ve done, it’s obvious I’m going to beat up six guys and just walk out the door. There’s not a lot of motivating factors – it’s just action for the sake of action.
Jason StathamJason Statham The right thing isn’t always real obvious. Sometimes the right thing for one person is the wrong thing for someone else. So…good luck figuring that out.
Stephenie MeyerStephenie Meyer Jim Bakker spells his name with two k’s because three would be too obvious.
Bill MaherBill Maher I didn’t want to do the obvious role that you see in Hollywood most of the time, which is the heartbroken girl who’s waiting to be rescued by the guy, blah, blah, blah. I wanted to do something different.
Gal GadotGal Gadot The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.
Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso I don’t think there’s a specific science you can put on dream psychology. I think that it’s up to the, obviously, the individual.
Leonardo DiCaprioLeonardo DiCaprio
