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So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.

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
Finishing
Starts
Many
Good
People

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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately...it's everything.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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My mother's genius was to put her finger on the gifts she saw in each of us, and make every one of us believe that that gift was uniquely ours.
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I like to wake up and just feel gratitude. Gratitude for waking up, for my health, for my kids, for my family. A lot of times in the evening, I'll write down what my goals are for the next day When I wake up, I look at that list again. I meditate.
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