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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

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

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

Law Needs Steps
Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
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Dumb Feet Progression
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
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.
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Focus Purpose Years
This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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Pain Reality World
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
Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
BARRY DILLER

Artist Ticketmaster Tickets
We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.
BARRY DILLER

Able Vision Want
The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
BARRY DILLER

Ability Air Signals
I’ve not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
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Conduct Service Smallness
I don’t want to set the world up for surprises.
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Surprise Want World
If you have too many epiphanies, you’re on some kind of drug.
BARRY DILLER

Drug Epiphany Kind
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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Anything Right Sure Want

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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