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> [I have a perhaps naive point of view informed by my own kind of snowflake-in-the-unique-sense rather than the political sense, personal story. I mean I feel like my experiences are so hard to map onto any kind of generalized identity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/i-have-a-perhaps-naive-point-of-view-informed-by-my-own-kind-of/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

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## More by Lydia Polgreen

> [Anything that I'm doing I think I always come at it from an outsider perspective. The first like real front page story that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/anything-that-i-m-doing-i-think-i-always-come-at-it-from-an-outsider/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [To me the sort of like, the ethos, if you will, of like tabloid is like Daily News in the 1970s. It's a news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/to-me-the-sort-of-like-the-ethos-if-you-will-of-like-tabloid-is-like/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [I think everybody's talking about like facts and truth and you know like that 'We're here to fact check' and all of that, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/i-think-everybody-s-talking-about-like-facts-and-truth-and-you-know/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [Ideology to me is fundamentally is an elite pursuit. I mean most people are just not all that interested in single payer vs. government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/ideology-to-me-is-fundamentally-is-an-elite-pursuit-i-mean-most/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [My parents were adherents of the Baha'i faith, which is sort of, I can't think of the best way to describe it, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/my-parents-were-adherents-of-the-baha-i-faith-which-is-sort-of-i-can/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [I think all of us in the pursuit of more perfect version of the truth and the story need to reckon with what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/i-think-all-of-us-in-the-pursuit-of-more-perfect-version-of-the-truth/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [I've always been a sort of curious and restless person. I've always wrestled with ambition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/i-ve-always-been-a-sort-of-curious-and-restless-person-i-ve-always/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [Jim Rich is many different things but he has a great combination of a kind of old school tabloid reporter and editor's sense for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/jim-rich-is-many-different-things-but-he-has-a-great-combination-of-a/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [I have a perhaps naive point of view informed by my own kind of snowflake-in-the-unique-sense rather than the political sense, personal story. I mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/i-have-a-perhaps-naive-point-of-view-informed-by-my-own-kind-of/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [The level of dependence on government among rural populations is actually extraordinary. They suffer even more when that assistance is taken away because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/the-level-of-dependence-on-government-among-rural-populations-is/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [The New York Times I think really is the gold standard of a certain type of journalism and in some ways it's the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/the-new-york-times-i-think-really-is-the-gold-standard-of-a-certain/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [For us what we're trying to do is find the right balance of creating a space for emotion that leads to a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/for-us-what-we-re-trying-to-do-is-find-the-right-balance-of-creating/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [Once I came out in college I just have always been out and at work with pretty much everybody. My wife and I both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/once-i-came-out-in-college-i-just-have-always-been-out-and-at-work/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [To me the tabloid sensibility, in the best sense of the word, and I think people as like tabloids have receded as a kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/to-me-the-tabloid-sensibility-in-the-best-sense-of-the-word-and-i/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

> [I think, I just always carry this kind of happy sense of being able to come into any situation and know that I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-polgreen/i-think-i-just-always-carry-this-kind-of-happy-sense-of-being-able-to/)

[Lydia Polgreen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-polgreen/)

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