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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.
Here are the best quotes we heard from our sources today. (Click through to read the full stories.)
Joe Biden, vice president of the United States: “If I could be anything, I would have wanted to be the president that ended cancer, because it’s possible.”
Jim Loewen, who studies American history, on what gets taught in history classes: “We’re not teaching the forest—we’re not even teaching the trees. We are teaching twig history.”
Cindy Padnos, a founder of a tech venture capital firm, on being unreachable: “No one should use their communication device in the bathroom, please!”
(Previous quotes from our sources here)
About the Author
Rosa Inocencio Smith is a former assistant editor at The Atlantic.