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

Barry Diller

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

Great Opportunity Said Somebody
People have paid for content. They always have.
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Always Content Paid People
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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Opinion People World
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
Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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Artist Ticketmaster Tickets
If you have too many epiphanies, you’re on some kind of drug.
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Drug Epiphany Kind
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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Buttons Ideas Miracle
I never thought I was a very good manager.
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Good Man Manager
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
All forms of commerce are adversarial.
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Adversarial Commerce Form
The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry.
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Rooms Running World
Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
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Dumb Feet Progression
I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.
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Surprise Want World
I still believe in synergy, but I call it natural law.
BARRY DILLER

Believe Law Natural
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 absolutely believe the Internet is passing from its free days into a paid system. Inevitably, I promise you, it will be paid.
BARRY DILLER

Believe Internet Promise

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