The only way anyone’s going to succeed is to build the product.
BARRY DILLERThe 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.
More Barry Diller Quotes
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Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
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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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I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.
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I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.
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Hollywood is a community that’s so inbred, it’s a wonder the children have any teeth.
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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.
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You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.
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We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.
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What I’ve learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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I’ve not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
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No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
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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.
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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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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.
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