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If you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you'll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!

Barbara Corcoran

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Barbara Corcoran
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: March 10
Businessperson
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Edgewater
New Jersey
Barbara Ann Corcoran
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