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Clouds overlaid the sky as with a shroud of mist, and everything looked sad, rainy, and threatening under a fine drizzle which was beating against the window-panes, and streaking their dull, dark surfaces with runlets of cold, dirty moisture. Only a scanty modicum of daylight entered to war with the trembling rays of the ikon lamp. The dying man threw me a wistful look, and nodded. The next moment he had passed away. Fyodor Dostoevsky
The process of elimination, combined with a modicum of common sense, will always assist us to arrive at the correct conclusion with the maximum of possible accuracy and the minimum of hard labor. Which being translated means: I guessed it. Margery Allingham
She had not the strength to come to life now, in England, so foreign, skies so hostile. She knew she would die like an early, colourless, scentless flower that the end of the winter puts forthmercilessly. And she wanted to harbour her modicum of twinkling life. David Herbert Lawrence
He cursed a little, not so much because he cared about the photographs as because he wanted to preserve his good spirits, his serotonin-rich mood, and to do this he needed a modicum of cooperation from the world of objects. Jonathan Franzen
George Murray quote: "I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety."
I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety. George Murray
Fred Thompson quote: "There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a..."
There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill. Fred Thompson
Dick Clark quote: "Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever..."
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law? Dick Clark
Julie Bowen quote: "It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of..."
It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad. Julie Bowen
Todd Rundgren quote: "You do have a modicum of peace of mind here, but it's as..."
You do have a modicum of peace of mind here, but it's as unsettled as any other place. Todd Rundgren
Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires not a modicum of the effort that suggestion requires. Chuck Jones

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