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Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
Carmen Smith, who has diabetes, on buying insulin without a prescription: “It’s not like we go in our trench coat and a top hat, saying, ‘Uh, I need the insulin.’ The clerks usually don’t know it’s a big secret.”
Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader: “Evidently, the Republican deficit hawks are an endangered species now.”
Ronald Mason, who designed a scholarship program aimed at boosting the number of black male teachers: “We take these young men who were expected to go to jail or graduate at only a 20 percent clip. And they’re succeeding.”
(Previous quotes from our sources here)