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I never thought I was a very good manager.

Barry Diller

No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
BARRY DILLER

Economic Issues Models Solve
People have paid for content. They always have.
BARRY DILLER

Always Content Paid People
I still believe in synergy, but I call it natural law.
BARRY DILLER

Believe Law Natural
I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.
BARRY DILLER

Surprise Want World
We’re in a world now where it’s not enough to be smart. You have to be curious.
BARRY DILLER

Enough Smart World
Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
BARRY DILLER

Creative Different Internet
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.
BARRY DILLER

Night Obvious People Screw Two
I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.
BARRY DILLER

Firsts Publishing Transition
Well, the Internet is this miracle. It is an absolutely extraordinary idea that you can press a send button, and you are publishing to the world.
BARRY DILLER

Buttons Ideas Miracle
I never thought I was a very good manager.
BARRY DILLER

Good Man Manager
This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
BARRY DILLER

Pain Reality World
I’ve always said AOL is great opportunity for somebody.
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Great Opportunity Said Somebody
What I’ve learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
BARRY DILLER

Focus Purpose Years
Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
BARRY DILLER

Dumb Feet Progression
Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.
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Being Done Done Twenties
I’ve not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
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Conduct Service Smallness

I never thought I was a very good manager.

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