title: simple formatting/parsing in markdown for blockquotes
body: <p>I'm using markdown in my site and I would like to do some simple parsing for news articles.</p>
  
  <p>How can I parse markdown to pull all blockquotes and links, so I can highlight them separately from the rest of the document</p>
  
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    <p>For example I would like to parse the first blockquote ( >) in the document so I can push it to the top no matter where it occurs in the document.  (Similar to what many news sites do, to highlight certain parts of an article.) but then de-blockquote it for the main body.  So it occurs twice (once in the highlighted always at the top and then normally as it occurs in the document).</p>
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