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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.»
«Anyone can be an ACE: Attitude + Commitment = Excellence»
Author: Robert Inman | About: Mankind | Keywords: ace, aces, commitment, excellence
«He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.»
Author: John Mason Brown (Critic) | Keywords: ace, aces
«Smith and Wesson or a Colt always beat four aces.»
«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.»
«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.»
«It will start in here in November and rain about four, and sometimes as much as seven days on a stretch; after that, you may loan out your umbrella for twelve months, with the serene confidence which a Christian feels in four aces»
«An ethical man is a Christian holding four aces»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | About: Religion | Keywords: ace, aces, ethical, Four Aces
«Mr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace.»
«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»
Author: William Hazlitt (Writer) | About: Chance, Winning | Keywords: ace, aces, game of chance, vexed

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