Aces Quotes

• He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.

  John Mason Brown

  Kings, Humorous, Play

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• And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.

  Bob Schieffer

  Writing, Years, Two

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• Try to be the king, but the ace is back.

  Dr. Dre

  Kings, Trying, Egotism

  Song: Still D.R.E.-Feat. Snoop Dogg, Album: Dr. Dre 2001

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• I may not be playing with a full deck but I don't need a full deck. I have four aces.

  Jonathan Winters

  Needs, Four, May

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• Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains.

  Mike Caro

  Gambling, Mountain, Larger Than Life

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• I mean maybe I was holding all the aces, but what was the game?

  Joan Didion

  Mean, Games

  Joan Didion (2011). “Play it as it Lays”, p.14, HarperCollins UK

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• Some people get dealt all the aces in life.

  Anne Mallory

  People

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• The Four Aces asked me if I'd like to sing with them as they didn't really have a lead singer.

  Desmond Dekker

  Four, Singers, Ifs

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Christian, Humorous

  Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.55, St. Martin's Press

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• They were at the wrong place at the wrong time naturally they became heroes

  George Lucas

  Hero, Brokeback Mountain, Vietnam War

  George Lucas (2011). “A New Hope: Star Wars: Episode IV”, p.2, Del Rey

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• My life would have been different without Paul Stanley or Ace Frehley. They would have to be the greatest on my list as an influence to my life at 11 years old.

  Mike McCready

  Years, Different, Lists

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• A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and an ace with four aces and a king.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Nature, Kings, Hands

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.164, University of Georgia Press

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• On the four aces doom'd to roll.

  Charles Churchill

  Four, Doom

  Charles Churchill, George Gilfillan (1855). “The poetical works of Charles Churchill: with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes / by the Rev. George Gilfillan”, p.102

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• We'd love to do Space Ace 3D. It has a lot of potential. But, it is really up to the publishers.

  Don Bluth

  Artist, Space, Publishers

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• In my opinion I do not think I am a better guitarist than Ace, I honestly think we're both different, and we both brought something unique to the musical.

  Vinnie Vincent

  Unique, Thinking, Musical

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• That's right, kid. Never play an ace if a two will do.

  Jeff Smith

  Kids, Play, Two

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• Ethical man: A Christian holding four aces.

  Mark Twain

  God, Christian, Men

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.34, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Christian, Religious

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• I love hitting aces. It's not easy, but it makes your life a lot easier.

  Serena Williams

  Hitting, Easy, Easier

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• Until Ace Ventura, no actor had considered talking through his ass.

  Jim Carrey

  Funny, Talking, Actors

  "Major in Success". Book by Patrick Combs and Jack Canfield, 2003.

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• Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

  Eddie Rickenbacker

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the bonus on top of what motivates me to be an actor. Not to realize they're an asset would be counterproductive to the cause; they serve the common good.

  Billy Zane

  Acting, Would Be, Tools

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• One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole or ace, than if one has never had a chance of winning it.

  William Hazlitt

  Failure, Winning, Games

  William Hazlitt (1822). “Table-talk Or Original Essays. - London, Colburn 1822”, p.149

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• Some of my colleagues want to be The Anchorman on the Mount. Others see themselves as the Ace Reporter. Because of 60 Minutes, there's a whole herd of them determined to be The Grand Inquisitor and a heady number want only to be The Friendliest Anchor on the Block. At least one wants to be Jesus.

  Linda Ellerbee

  Anchorman, Jesus, Block

  Linda Ellerbee (1987). “"And so it goes": adventures in television”, Berkley Pub Group

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• Mr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace.

  Eugene Field

  Kings, Fear, Play

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