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Barry Diller

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The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

And it wasn't mine.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

I mean, I worked for large enterprises.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

And like any good employee, believes and acts like it's theirs.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

But that's a delusion.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

It isn't theirs.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

It's someone else's.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

And that struck me and sat with me for...

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

once I realized that I had this yearn for independence, I was very comfortable.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

I was, as I said, you couldn't be more successful than I was at that time.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

We created the Fourth Network.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

You had the Simpsons.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

We had a very successful movie company, et cetera, et cetera.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

But it wasn't mine.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

And I thought, well...

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

What am I going to do about that?

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

And I came up with this thing in my brain that I couldn't get out of my brain, which was either you are or you're not.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

And you can do what most executives do, which is you rationalize and you live a pretty good life.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

So you rationalize your situation or you just say, well, this is what it is.

The Knowledge Project
Barry Diller: Building IAC

You don't have any yearn to be independent or on your own.