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Don't get cocky just because you've had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you've earned it.
Barbara Corcoran
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Barbara Corcoran
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: March 10
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Edgewater
New Jersey
Barbara Ann Corcoran
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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it's there.
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