Pull yourself up kiddo, you have bootstraps dontcha?

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None of the possible contenders, though, can claim the pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps, Greatest Generation personal story that shaped Frank Lautenberg's years of public service.

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But "to this day, 'Thatcherism' is used all over the world to describe a brisk, unsentimental, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps approach, " he writes.

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Pull up a chair, pour yourself a glass, and don some plastic beads.

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Sometimes, you need to decide for yourself when it's time to pull up stakes and fold your cards.

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