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If you're going to sell stock and somebody wants to buy it at a price and that price is not a price you dictate, but demand dictates, sell it to them now.

~Barry Diller

Topics: Buy Demand Dictate Dictates Going Now Price Sell Somebody Stock Them Wants You

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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

Topics: Approach Best Businesses Focus Learned Over Purpose Singular Years

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Twenty years ago, there were dozens and dozens of independent television producers. There are a couple now, at the most. Mark Burnett, Endemol. It's gone. Everybody works for the Man now. And it's natural law, how that happened: Nobody prescribed it, but it's how things worked out and how it has been for decades, period.

~Barry Diller

Topics: Been Burnett Couple Decades Dozens Everybody Gone Happened How Independent Law Man Mark Most Natural Nobody Now Out Period Prescribed Producers Television Things Twenty Were Worked Works Years Years Ago

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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.

~Barry Diller

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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

Topics: Carry Changing Companies Envision Established Highly Networks Overhead Room Run Services Specific Strategy Tightly Will Without World

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We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.

~Barry Diller

Topics: Able Any Anything Anywhere Sell Time Want You

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Sometimes it seems like there's more footnotes than text. This isn't something we're proud of, and over time we'd like to see our footnotes steadily shrink.

~Barry Diller

Topics: Like More Our Over Proud See Seems Shrink Something Sometimes Steadily Text Than Time

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I'm just saying if you want to reach large audiences, then rely on professionals, meaning people who are in the industry and are trained for it, rather than just idiot savants.

~Barry Diller

Topics: Audiences Idiot Industry Just Large Meaning People Professionals Rather Reach Rely Saying Than Then Trained Want Who You

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If we're going to talk about our businesses, we're going to have to talk about them within the constraints of the disclosure rules, without giving guidance, because we're not going to give guidance, because we don't believe that it is a sensible game to play.

~Barry Diller

Topics: About Because Believe Businesses Constraints Disclosure Game Give Giving Going Guidance Our Play Rules Sensible Talk Them Within Without

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There's no way you can predict what is going to happen in six months or two years in most businesses, and certainly not for businesses that are growing at the rate that we have grown.

~Barry Diller

Topics: Businesses Certainly Going Growing Grown Happen Months Most Predict Rate Six Two Way Years You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: February 2nd, 1942

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