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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{183.0pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage[threshold=4]{csquotes}
%StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
He started his talk with the quotes
\blockquote[Umberto Eco][.]{Our life is full
of empty space} and
\blockquote[Douglas Adams]{Space is big. You
just won't believe how vastly, hugely,
mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may
think it's a long way down the road to the
\textelp*{drug store}, but that's just peanuts
to space \textelp{}}. Later on he finished with
\SetBlockThreshold{0}% -- force block quote
\blockquote[Albert Einstein]{God does
not play \textelp{}}.
\end{document}