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<div class="container">
  <div class="block">
    <div class="overlay"></div>
    <div class="block--text">
      <div class="text--head">Dreams</div>
      <div class="text--quote">“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”</div>
      <div class="text--person">Walt Disney</div>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="block">
    <div class="overlay"></div>
    <div class="block--text">
      <div class="text--head">Never Give Up</div>
      <div class="text--quote">“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”</div>
      <div class="text--person">Babe Ruth</div>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="block">
    <div class="overlay"></div>
    <div class="block--text">
      <div class="text--head">Do it</div>
      <div class="text--quote">“Do one thing every day that scares you.”</div>
      <div class="text--person">Eleanor Roosevelt</div>
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* {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
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.container {
  width: 100vw;
  height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  padding: 20px;
  font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
}

.block {
  width: 300px;
  height: 300px;
  margin: 20px;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: 2px 2px 15px 2px #111;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  background-position: center;
  background-size: cover;
}

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}

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}

.overlay {
  z-index: 5;
  width: 80%;
  height: 100%;
  background-color: rgba(139, 135, 135, 0.5);
  transform: rotate(45deg) scaleY(2) scaleX(0);
  transition: all 500ms cubic-bezier(0.68, -0.55, 0.265, 1.55);
  border-left: #fdca40 2px solid;
  border-right: #fdca40 2px solid;
}

.block:hover .overlay {
  transform: rotate(45deg) scaleY(2) scaleX(1);
}

.block--text {
  position: absolute;
  top: 25%;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  padding: 20px;
  color: antiquewhite;
  transform-origin: bottom center;
  transition: all 300ms ease-in;
  z-index: 100;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: all 300ms 200ms ease-in;
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.block:hover .block--text {
  opacity: 1;
}

.text--head {
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: 2px;
  padding-bottom: 15px;
  font-size: 20px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #fdca40;
}

.text--quote {
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 150%;
}

.text--person {
  padding-top: 15px;
  position: relative;
  text-align: end;
  color: #fdca40;
}

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