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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.

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
Salesmanship
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Maximizing
Negative
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