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If you have too many epiphanies, you’re on some kind of drug.

Barry Diller

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
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 entertainment business hasn’t had a new idea in years.
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Entertainment Ideas Years
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
Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
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Creative Different Internet
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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Believe Internet Promise
People have paid for content. They always have.
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Always Content Paid People
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
I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.
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Surprise Want World
Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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Artist Ticketmaster Tickets
We need an unambiguous rule – a law – that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
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Law Needs Steps
I still believe in synergy, but I call it natural law.
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Believe Law Natural
The only way anyone’s going to succeed is to build the product.
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Products Succeed Way
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
Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
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Dumb Feet Progression

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