#constructed

Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's constructed on a day-to-day basis. That's my hopeful perspective on it. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

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And I sense it was a rather constructed, almost half narrative fiction film in some ways. A lot of it was staged and manipulated to get those things in there that I knew to be strong. ↗

— Terry Zwigoff

#be strong #constructed #fiction #film #get

I know it is common nowadays for artists to start labels but this is a thoroughly constructed vehicle for inspired talent. This is a market that we've been living, breathing and eating for our entire lives - one where a huge void currently exists. Favored Nations is a long-term commitment. ↗

— Steve Vai

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Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point. ↗

— Abdoulaye Wade

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I don't make my own schedule - it's constructed around my sons' school schedules. ↗

— Jane Haddam

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To be sure, no piece of social machinery, however well constructed, can be effective unless there is back of it a will and a determination to make it work. ↗

— Cordell Hull

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My view is that targets, properly constructed and applied across public services have been fundamental to past successes and will be an essential part of sustaining progress into the future. ↗

— John Hutton

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Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years. ↗

— Joseph Barbera

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Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which a sense of reality is constructed. ↗

— John Fiske

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The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life. ↗

— Helen Hayes

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