Sentences with phrase «but lucky breaks»

Those kinds of accomplishments are anything but lucky breaks.

But the lucky break that takes the cake, and that all the restaurants are literally built on, came before Diner even opened, when Tarlow returned home from a bar shift one night to find a random Irish guy sleeping on his couch: Ken Reynolds.

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Chances are they didn't get where they are because of a lucky break, but rather because they possess characteristics or a state of mind that sets them apart from people leading average lives.

A lucky break can come with work but stay positive to see it through.

There are a lot of people who are much smarter than I am, who are much more visionary thinkers, and who worked a lot harder, but who just didn't get the lucky breaks.

But seeing a 60 % rise in an already expensive home was not my biggest lucky break.

Dzagoev has been a long time target of several clubs across Europe since breaking onto the scene as a 16 - year - old with Akademiya Tolyatti, but CSKA were the lucky ones that managed to sign him up.

We had a short spell where we could have nicked a goal before the interval, but we will have to consider ourselves lucky to have made it to the break on level on terms, with Petr Cech certainly being our player of the match thus far.

The Arsenal team that Arsene Wenger picked for the match at Anfield yesterday were absolutely awful in the first half and were extremely lucky to be only 2 goals down at the break, but although some players have complained that they just weren't ready, Wenger believes that the slow start was because they didn't play a game last week, and suffered from «a lack of competition».

wow are we sterile up top, goals need to come from defense again, ozil & cech were great, mert once again taking the brunt of bad comments meanwhile a clean sheet and did nothing wrong, open goal that was saved was kos out of position and monreal caught up the pitch too high, giroud has great ball skills, issue is his position on the pitch, watched the match again focused on giroud, he tends to camp behind the defender from the ball, this only works when you have the quickness to break, he does nt, I have screen shots where ozil is 25 yrds farther up the pitch then giroud, thisis the problem, he is rendered useless unless ozil holds up, and thats not ozils strength, thus very few sog's from giroud on the run, when giroud gets lucky w space in front of the defender, he is lethal, but needs to get into that space,

We'd be lucky to sign Pedro, the only better winger who might be on the move is Reus - but we might have to break our transfer record for him — still got hope for Theo though anyway.

They're still getting chances, but Italy are by far the better side right now, and even when Germany get lucky breaks — like the Thomas Müller - Marco Reus one - two that nearly set them up for a goal — the Italians can recover, with Balzaretti saving the day with an excellent slide tackle.

It took nine different teams and ultimately a lucky break, but it happened for the 14 - year veteran.

We all have a pop at maureen but he is a master tactician... look at the way he set up united last night against ajax... got the lucky break then sat back behind the ball and conceeded possesion and their kids couldnt break them down.

But OU combined a lucky early break and more than a half - mile of yardage to overcome a bowlful of adversity (some self - made) and a relentless rival.

ok we might have been lucky but job done 3 pts on our return from the international break, the season is a long one with loads of ups & downs, twists we just need to regroup, recover and on to the next game, special mention to koss & santi!!

They found Ferguson — but nearly succumbed to the pressure of their own version of AAA to sack him, before he got a lucky break, and then moved forwards.

The challenge could have easily broken Sandro's leg, but lucky for Gagliardini, it did not and he was not booked for the attempt.

We simply arent single minded enough goin forward, that is the big difference between us and the teams that will contest the PL this year, Chelsea go straight for goal, they do nt tie themselves up in knots or pass the responsibility on to someone else when in front of goal, this in turn leads to scrambles, or they win a corner or get a lucky deflection and score but what does nt happen is their attack breaks down meekly with 7 men committed forward and wide open for counter attacks, I thought we could have been beat 3 or 4 yesterday and thats not being unfair.

The cry «Lucky Arsenal» started in the Herbert Chapman days when after 10 - 15 minutes of nothing but defending we luckily broke away and scored.

I regret greatly that the game wasn't televised in Uganda here i only had 2 follow the game on wap but is good to read it soundind good a game it was by Spanish Fry and you were lucky to predict the hoodoo break, when i read the starting lineup including Eboue and song i was like why did i put my money on arsenal 3 - 1 is ok i hope we get our revenge on sunday with blazing guns.

Spurs were lucky to go into the break level after Monaco missed a penalty, but fell behind after 48 minutes.

But take nothing away from Dembele's strike; he really put his foot through it, and got the lucky break he deserved!

I've been very lucky so far in my life and managed not to break anything, but my son has sprained... Read More

But every now and then I'll look at a working mom, in her lovely, unstained work clothes, talking about how she was able to grab a manicure on her lunch break, posting pictures of her business trip to London, and I'm like, «OMG THEY ARE SO LUCKY!»

Yes, breast milk is best, but sometimes it just won't happen, and then the bottle is the best thing, nature sometimes makes mistakes, I was lucky to be able to breastfeed all three of my kids, and they are now all adults but my heart breaks for you, I'm so very sorry this happened to you and your beautiful baby boy Landon......

For instance: they're that broke; they're single mothers working two jobs and lucky to squeeze in a few hours of sleep at night; they make lunches but have already left for work in the morning and aren't around to make sure that they get out the door (just to toss out a few).

This is why Jim contacted me, Joel was lucky and survived his broken neck but faced many months in the hospital.

Serious injuries, but for Michael Beyer, a 44 - year - old Prospect Heights plumber, they seem to be something of a lucky break considering he was hit by a section of a large steel crane that buckled at a downtown Arlington Heights construction site early Wednesday.

But for all the skill a person might have in either Westminster or Hollywood, like in a casino, it is often simply a lucky break that sorts the winners from the losers.

But that's also because she's lucky: A brutal Republican primary is bound to leave her future foe broke and bruised 10 weeks before Election Day.

Not only is most of the clientele for casinos the working poor and the elderly hoping for an impossibly «lucky break,» but studies show that casinos increase the risk of overindebtedness, credit delinquency and bankruptcy.

But it took one lucky family of four to break the record.

But due to a couple of lucky breaks, they and their co-authors are the first to document the material's remarkable properties.

«It is difficult, but I have always had extremely lucky breaks,» concludes Duhig.

It was definitely a test of my patience — but I'm so lucky I tackled this one over Christmas break.

He was a bit confused at first, but then told me about his lucky break.

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In the denoument, the film doesn't suddenly break your heart, but, rather, it suddenly heals it — with a moment of such delicacy and sincerity that you feel lucky to witness it.

But I think we were very lucky with getting the rights to Casino Royale and recalibrating the franchise; making it more relevant for the times, and the biggest lucky break we got was Daniel Craig, because with him we've been able to do so much with the character because he's just such a spectacular actor.

It doesn't exactly break new ground («Logan Lucky» even did one of their ideas a year prior) but it's fun and executed well enough to be enjoyable in the moment.

Whether Neil Burger's The Lucky Ones will break the jinx is anyone's guess, but as a story it's more convincing and substantial than Stop - Loss or Home of the Brave.

It's a lucky break for Haynes, but more so for us, as I'm Not There is a burst of fresh air in filmmaking.

You'll enjoy Elite, it's a great game, but I was lucky to be broken away from the addiction very early.

Maybe DOA will be your lucky break, but judging from the fact it went to DVD in the time it took to watch the trailer on YouTube, I'd say not.

South Korean student, Jun - ho Kwak, who won the grand prize for his Green Lane Diary, said: «People say that it is hard to break old habits, but I was lucky to have the good ones and that is why I was given a big present.

I've been lucky enough to feel that natural high in road cars, race cars and record - breaking cars, but nothing approaches the stimulant - like effects of the Venom GT's all - out performance.

The speed limit is 35, but you're lucky to break 39.

I hope to break my highest sales number, but I will only 2 books out maybe three if I am lucky.

As I mentioned in an interview with Joanna Penn over at the Creative Penn, I haven't experienced any major «lucky breaks» or spent any time at the tippy tops of the bestseller charts (lately, my debuts have been hanging out in the Top 20 of the Epic Fantasy category for a couple of weeks over at Amazon, but that's about as close as I can get to claiming to be a «bestseller»).