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# Official histories and personal histories are both...
> Official histories and personal histories are both selections. Intelligent interpretation asks whose perspective organized the record, what evidence is absent, and which present purpose the story is serving.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Releasing Anxiety by Reexamining the Stories We Carry - Workbook|Releasing Anxiety by Reexamining the Stories We Carry]]
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“Official histories and personal histories are both selections. Intelligent interpretation asks whose perspective organized the record, what evidence is absent, and which present purpose the story is serving.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-official-histories-personal-purpose-story-serving
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