Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.
BARBARA CORCORANThe most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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I sat down and collected all of our eleven sales for the past six months and I added them all together and divided by eleven. I then took that average and presented it as the average price for a Manhattan apartment. The media ate it up.
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If you’re having fun, you wind up innovating.
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When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.
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Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.
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The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.
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That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.
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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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When you’re a big money earner and your husband isn’t, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or ‘Mrs. Higgins.
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I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There’s no way I can control him. I wouldn’t stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of ‘curb appeal.’
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Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.
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All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.
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If you want to be noticed, dress the part.
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