Use it if you're quoting a person, a song or whatever.
foo
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- foo
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bar
- baz
- Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text 1
- Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text 2
- Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text 3
Use it if you're quoting a person, a song or whatever.
You can use italic or lists inside them also.
> You can use *italic* or lists inside them also.
And just like with other paragraphs,
all of these lines are still
part of the blockquote, even without the > character in front.
To end the blockquote, just put a blank line before the following
paragraph.
* foo
> This is a blockquote
> inside a list item.
* bar