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HTML

<blockquote>
 After Paris-Nice I will also do Milano-Sanremo for the first time. Then the usual races with the E3 Harelbeke, Gent-Wevelgem, De Ronde and Paris-Roubaix are next.
</blockquote>

CSS

blockquote {
  background: #fafcfc;
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(41,137,216,0) 0%,rgba(37,131,210,0) 42%,rgba(37,131,210,1) 42%,rgba(36,129,208,1) 58%,rgba(36,129,208,0) 58%,rgba(32,124,202,0) 99%);
  background-position: top;
  background-size: 100% 8px;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  border-top: 1px solid #dfe7e9;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #dfe7e9;
  color: #747392;
  font-size: 19px;
  font-style: italic;
  line-height: 1.8;
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: 300;
  padding: 45px 40px;
  margin: 35px 0;
}

blockquote:before, blockquote:after {
    content: "“";
    display: inline-block;
    transform: scale(2);
    color: #dfe7e9;
}

blockquote:after {
    content: "”";
}