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Barry Diller

I never thought I was a very good manager.
BARRY DILLER

Good Man Manager
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 DILLER

Opinion People World
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 DILLER

May Real Taken
The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
BARRY DILLER

Ability Air Signals
I’ve always said AOL is great opportunity for somebody.
BARRY DILLER

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
We need an unambiguous rule – a law – that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
BARRY DILLER

Law Needs Steps
I still believe in synergy, but I call it natural law.
BARRY DILLER

Believe Law Natural
All forms of commerce are adversarial.
BARRY DILLER

Adversarial Commerce Form
Hollywood is a community that’s so inbred, it’s a wonder the children have any teeth.
BARRY DILLER

Children Community Hollywood
This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
BARRY DILLER

Pain Reality 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
You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.
BARRY DILLER

Advertising Trying Want
The entertainment business hasn’t had a new idea in years.
BARRY DILLER

Entertainment Ideas Years
I’ve not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
BARRY DILLER

Conduct Service Smallness
I’m never absolutely sure of anything, and I don’t want to be. You’re either right and you’ll pull through, or you’re not. We’re never going to be right about everything, and we’ve certainly been wrong.
BARRY DILLER

Anything Right Sure Want

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