"Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed.…" — Clifford Geertz

More Constructed Quotes

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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
• Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We're putting… — Gael Garcia Bernal
• The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed… — Bono
• Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation. — Charlotte Bronte
• I never will have peace of mind. I'm not constructed that way. Some things in life can be horrible. — Julie Christie
• Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a… — Sidney Altman
• Learning to see love and to express that love is the purpose of living this life. What's real has love… — Fred Alan Wolf
• G is for Green, that's constructed to roll in every direction away from the hole. — Richard Armour
• Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it. — Bertrand Russell
• It is interesting to contemplate an entangled bank clothed with many plants of many kinds with birds singing on the… — Charles Darwin
• Now the images and temples constructed by mechanics are made of inert matter, so that they too are inert, material,… — Clement of Alexandria
• Even one well-made observation will be enough in many cases, just as one well-constructed experiment often suffices for the establishment… — Emile Durkheim

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