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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.

Barry Diller

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

Law Needs Steps
Hollywood is a community that’s so inbred, it’s a wonder the children have any teeth.
BARRY DILLER

Children Community Hollywood
I never thought I was a very good manager.
BARRY DILLER

Good Man Manager
Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
BARRY DILLER

Creative Different Internet
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
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
People have paid for content. They always have.
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Always Content Paid People
I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.
BARRY DILLER

Surprise Want World
I’ve not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
BARRY DILLER

Conduct Service Smallness
The only way anyone’s going to succeed is to build the product.
BARRY DILLER

Products Succeed Way
All forms of commerce are adversarial.
BARRY DILLER

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

Focus Purpose Years
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.
BARRY DILLER

Rooms Running World
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
The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
BARRY DILLER

Ability Air Signals

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’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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