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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
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Hollywood
Tops
Cutting
Absorbing
Stay
Norm
Learning
Shallow
Show
Rejection
Oddity
Business
Acceptance
Rejections
Shows
Lows
Oddities
Truth
Sorry
Highs

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