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If someone doesn't fit in your company, you have an obligation to get rid of them, because you're holding them back from excelling elsewhere.

Barbara Corcoran

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Barbara Corcoran
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: March 10
Businessperson
Businesswoman
Journalist
Television Producer
Edgewater
New Jersey
Barbara Ann Corcoran
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