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Eliot</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="hp__whitespace-illo-figure js-whitespace-figure" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo-mod" style="padding-top"> <img class="hp__whitespace-illo" data-src="https://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sickdragon_446-400x302.jpg" alt=""> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo__placeholder" style="padding-top: 75.560538116592%;"></div> </div> <figcaption class="hp__whitespace-illo__caption">“It is invaluable to have a friend who shares your interests and helps you stay motivated.“ - Maryam Mirzakhani</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="hp__whitespace-illo-figure js-whitespace-figure" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo-mod" style="padding-top"> <img class="hp__whitespace-illo" data-src="https://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/moon_cows1-400x249.jpg" alt=""> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo__placeholder" style="padding-top: 62.333333333333%;"></div> </div> <figcaption class="hp__whitespace-illo__caption">“All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas.” <br> - Stephanie Kwolek</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="hp__whitespace-illo-figure js-whitespace-figure" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo-mod" style="padding-top"> <img class="hp__whitespace-illo" data-src="https://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img043-e1534796912851-400x278.jpg" alt=""> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo__placeholder" style="padding-top: 69.545957918051%;"></div> </div> <figcaption class="hp__whitespace-illo__caption">“Almost nothing important that ever happens to you happens because you engineer it.” - David Foster Wallace </figcaption> </figure> <figure class="hp__whitespace-illo-figure js-whitespace-figure" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo-mod" style="padding-top"> <img class="hp__whitespace-illo" data-src="https://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img027-e1534796865926-400x404.jpg" alt=""> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo__placeholder" style="padding-top: 101.11448834853%;"></div> </div> <figcaption class="hp__whitespace-illo__caption">“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it.” <br> - Alan Watts </figcaption> </figure> <figure class="hp__whitespace-illo-figure js-whitespace-figure" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo-mod" style="padding-top"> <img class="hp__whitespace-illo" data-src="https://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cow001b-400x367.jpg" alt=""> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo__placeholder" style="padding-top: 91.873589164786%;"></div> </div> <figcaption class="hp__whitespace-illo__caption">“In this world simplicity and kindness are the only magic wands that work wonders.” - L. 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We are shaped by where we come from.” <br> - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="hp__whitespace-illo-figure js-whitespace-figure" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo-mod" style="padding-top"> <img class="hp__whitespace-illo" data-src="https://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/0cow0071-400x361.jpg" alt=""> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo__placeholder" style="padding-top: 90.285714285714%;"></div> </div> <figcaption class="hp__whitespace-illo__caption">“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” - Madeleine L'Engle</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="hp__whitespace-illo-figure js-whitespace-figure" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo-mod" style="padding-top"> <img class="hp__whitespace-illo" data-src="https://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/don-quixote-400x317.png" alt=""> <div class="hp__whitespace-illo__placeholder" style="padding-top: 79.357021996616%;"></div> </div> 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