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I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.

Barry Diller

What I’ve learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
BARRY DILLER

Focus Purpose Years
All forms of commerce are adversarial.
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Adversarial Commerce Form
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
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
I still believe in synergy, but I call it natural law.
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Believe Law Natural
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
We’re in a world now where it’s not enough to be smart. You have to be curious.
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Enough Smart World
We need an unambiguous rule – a law – that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
BARRY DILLER

Law Needs Steps
Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.
BARRY DILLER

Being Done Done Twenties
We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.
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Able Vision Want
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
If you have too many epiphanies, you’re on some kind of drug.
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Drug Epiphany Kind
Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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Artist Ticketmaster Tickets
I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.
BARRY DILLER

Surprise Want World

I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.

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