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The quote suggests that stories help people make sense of messy experience by turning it into something organized and usable. It frames storytelling as a practical tool for managing life rather than just entertainment.
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About Rick Perlstein
American historian, writer and journalist
Rick Perlstein is an American historian, writer, and journalist known for his accounts of the American conservative movement after the 1960s. He has 117 quotes on the site. He is the author of five bestselling books. His first book, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus, won the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History. Politico has described him as a careful chronicler of modern conservatism.
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Books by Rick Perlstein
The invisible bridge
2014
Before the storm
2001