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Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
Barbara Corcoran
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Barbara Corcoran
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: March 10
Businessperson
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Television Producer
Edgewater
New Jersey
Barbara Ann Corcoran
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