Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.    From LearnThat.org.  [Josh Billings]

Then it's, 'OK - I'm not playing well, I need to find some form, I'm ­playing in a struggling team at ­Newcastle,' or whatever it is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk] Reference

I first came across the term playing Ultima IV on my Apple IIe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead Metaphor Walking] Reference

This kind of playing is what I call playing with emotion, from the soul.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference

UTA also is repping domestic rights to "Fubar 2," a sequel to the Canadian cult pic and another title playing in Midnight Madness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Variety.com] Reference

Your playing is the worst approach to the game I've seen yet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference

Adams agrees that Cesc is this term playing his best football.    From Wordnik.com.  [tribalfootball.com] Reference

He also started well this term playing as a right-sided forward.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Cultured Left Foot] Reference

You think he has a chance to win a title playing with Eddie Curry in New York?.    From Wordnik.com.  [MVN] Reference

KING: And blasting his opponent for what he called playing politics on foreign policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2008] Reference

And if not every solo stint glitters, the overall quality of the playing is astonishing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Berlin in Lights: Youth and Mahler - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

The England striker has scored nine goals this term playing in his favoured centre-forward role.    From Wordnik.com.  [Football.co.uk news feed] Reference

'' If that's what you call playing once in 10 games, '' fellow Sixers reserve Kareem Rush joked.    From Wordnik.com.  [A1 HOME - Top Stories] Reference

Warning you of what I intend to do if, in my view, you unjustifiably delete my comments is what I call playing fair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ken Starr wants 18,000 divorces to happen] Reference

That was what they called playing at being men and women, and there was nothing wrong in it for they were only playing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs] Reference

"Do you call playing poker swindling?" said the Judge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference

Film actress who made her name playing rebellious teenagers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Clooney, 47, made his name playing Dr Ross between 1994 and 1999.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evening Standard - Home] Reference

McCray brothers call playing together at UCF ` a dream come true '.    From Wordnik.com.  [SplicedFeed] Reference

“That’s what I call playing the game firm,” continued the son.    From Wordnik.com.  [Castle Richmond] Reference

Engaging in this fallacy is sometimes known as playing the Nazi card.    From Wordnik.com.  [Next Big Future] Reference

Eastwood, who made his name playing the man with no name, has prov.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allison Silver: We All Live in Clint Eastwood's America] Reference

Justin and John Fashanu are brothers who made their name playing football.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voice Online] Reference

Eastwood, who made his name playing the man with no name, has prov ... digg.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allison Silver: We All Live in Clint Eastwood's America] Reference

Ross won a national title playing AAA hockey in St. Louis his freshman year.    From Wordnik.com.  [JournalStar.com - News Articles] Reference

She captured the Pacific Coast League doubles title playing with Melissa Matsuoka.    From Wordnik.com.  [KFDM.com Breaking News : News] Reference

You Can Count On Me, he made his name playing a drifter damaged by family tragedy.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

McCain missed his calling playing a target in a Monty Python 'Spot the Looney' skit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Election Central Sunday Roundup] Reference

Two of the titles playing day and date are Tarik Saleh's "Metropia" and Dev Benegal's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Variety.com]

Rapace made her name playing computer hacker Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home] Reference

He took up piano at 3, and by 7 he was earning serious coin playing in silent film houses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Ninety-Nine] Reference

Smith made her name playing solid defense, an area where she could be critical next season.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

No team wins the Premier League title playing brilliantly every week, yet sir alex ferguson.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference

Well, the phrase playing politics will take on an entirely new meaning in a new video game this summer.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2004] Reference

The Brazil international shot to prominence last term playing for Fiorentina but has found the going tougher in Turin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Football.co.uk news feed] Reference

Doctors told Cutler his condition should not affect his long-term playing future as he long as he monitors it properly.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Eastwood, who made his name playing the man with no name, has proven to be a keen analyst of the mood of the American public.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Pacino is more the natural hero - or anti-hero, while De Niro has made his name playing mostly troubled, unsympathetic characters.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Farr: Best Movies By Farr -- Celebrating Pacino and De Niro] Reference