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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

I never thought I was a very good manager.
BARRY DILLER

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.
BARRY DILLER

May Real Taken
No one can solve an issue where there is no economic model yet.
BARRY DILLER

Economic Issues Models Solve
We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.
BARRY DILLER

Able Vision Want
What I’ve learned over the years is that focus and singular purpose is the best approach for businesses.
BARRY DILLER

Focus Purpose Years
We’re in a world now where it’s not enough to be smart. You have to be curious.
BARRY DILLER

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

Children Community Hollywood
I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing.
BARRY DILLER

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

Great Opportunity Said Somebody
I still believe in synergy, but I call it natural law.
BARRY DILLER

Believe Law Natural
All forms of commerce are adversarial.
BARRY DILLER

Adversarial Commerce Form
People have paid for content. They always have.
BARRY DILLER

Always Content Paid People
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
This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
BARRY DILLER

Pain Reality World
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
Put one dumb foot in front of the other and course-correct as you go.
BARRY DILLER

Dumb Feet Progression

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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