Sentence examples for why we tell from inspiring English sources

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The Night Listener asks why we tell stories, and to whom, and why we listen to them.

What Lit Hum is about, she said, "is how and why we tell stories to others and to ourselves".

I was led back to Aubrey by a deep fascination with how and why we tell the stories of earlier lives.

"I was interested in a hero who's a warrior statesman," Mr. Wyle said on the set, where between scenes he played chess or read the book "The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories," by Christopher Booker.

"That's why we tell our families, if they're ever in any kind of trouble, pull a firebox, because you'll get a fire truck faster than a police car," Mr. Lavin said.

Just in case all that wasn't sufficient to make you regret ever asking me this question: I also had to write "Swamplandia!" because I wanted to better understand why we tell stories in the first place — what separates the good, ennobling, life-saving stories from the kinds of dangerous fantasies that can ruin an ecosystem or a family.

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That is why he is one of the claimants in absentia – and why we told the Government that having Shaker back was more important to us than any settlement amount they were offering.

Why do we tell these stories?

Why do we tell them?

Sure, we knew what happened, but why would we tell?

Why do we tell them you're staying in the race?' And tonight, there's no good answer for that".

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