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  <img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/331810/sample108.jpg" alt="sample108" />
  <figcaption>
    <h3>Inverness McKenzie</h3>
    <p>The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life.</p>
  </figcaption>
  <a href="#"></a>
</figure>
<figure class="snip1543 hover"><img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/331810/sample100.jpg" alt="sample100" />
  <figcaption>
    <h3>Alan Fresco</h3>
    <p>The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.</p>
  </figcaption>
  <a href="#"></a>
</figure>
<figure class="snip1543"><img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/331810/sample101.jpg" alt="sample101" />
  <figcaption>
    <h3>Indigo Violet</h3>
    <p>But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice! </p>
  </figcaption>
  <a href="#"></a>
</figure>
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