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I was absorbing a sorry truth of show business - rejection is the norm and acceptance the oddity. I was learning to cut the tops off my highs and stay with the lows where the rejections and letdowns would be shallow.

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Joan Rivers
Age: 81 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 8
Died: 2014
Died: September 4
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Journalist
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Personality
Brooklyn
New York
Joan Alexandra Molinsky
Shows
Lows
Oddities
Truth
Sorry
Highs
Would
Hollywood
Tops
Cutting
Absorbing
Stay
Norm
Learning
Shallow
Show
Rejection
Oddity
Business
Acceptance
Rejections

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