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    <blockquote>
      <p>Which is worse, that everyone has his price, or that the price is always so low.</p>
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    <h3>Sue Shei</h3>
    <h5>Founder</h5>
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<figure class="snip1574"><img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/331810/sq-sample37.jpg" alt="profile-sample7" />
  <figcaption>
    <blockquote>
      <p>I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.</p>
    </blockquote>
    <h3>Will Barrow</h3>
    <h5>Web Designer</h5>
  </figcaption>
</figure>
<figure class="snip1574"><img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/331810/sq-sample35.jpg" alt="profile-sample6" />
  <figcaption>
    <blockquote>
      <p>The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life. </p>
    </blockquote>
    <h3>Indigo Violet</h3>
    <h5>Public Relations</h5>
  </figcaption>
</figure>
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@import url(https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.4.0/css/font-awesome.min.css);
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.snip1574 blockquote {
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  font-family: 'Oswald';
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  font-weight: 400;
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$(".hover").mouseleave(
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