Sentences with phrase «by her bootstraps even»

However, when he's murdered and she's forced to leave the country, Teresa pulls herself up by her bootstraps even more, eventually becoming the leader of her own drug empire.

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I think it's pretty rare that everything just happens to line up just right so that a person can even claim that they pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps..

Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty v. Pillsworth (32 A.D. 3rd 568 [3rd Dept.]-RRB-- Order of the Supreme Court granting broker's motion for summary judgment affirmed; in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the broker's right to a commission is not contingent upon performance of the underlying real estate contract, receipt by the seller of the sale price, transfer of title, or even a formal execution of a legally enforceable sales contract; seller could not utilize the provisions of a subsequently executed sales contract wherein seller agreed to pay broker's commission «if and when title closes» as a bootstrap to avoid her obligation to the broker under the clear and unambiguous provisions of the listing agreement as such language was contained in the contract of sale prepared by counsel and to which broker was not a party; provisions in listing agreement that seller would accept a binder or purchase contract contingent upon purchaser's ability to obtain conventional financing and provided any other contingencies in the binder or purchase agreement are acceptable to the seller speak only to the type of purchase offer that seller was obligated to accept and does not alter or otherwise qualify broker's right to a commission