ivory towers
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n. pl.Noun (plural)A place or situation that is separated from the concerns of ordinary people; an impractical, unrealistic, or overly intellectual environment.
The problems of the real world are far removed from the ivory towers of academia.
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Accepted (10/10) Movie CLIP - Bartleby's Speech (2006) HD
- You can have your grades and your rules and your structure and your ivory towers,
You can have your grades and your rules and your structure and your ivory towers,
- and your structure, and your ivory towers,
and your structure, and your ivory towers,
“Church & State” - Brandi Carlile (LIVE on The Late Show)
- And when the blackness slowly parted, I saw the ivory towers before the revolution started.
And when the blackness slowly parted, I saw the ivory towers before the revolution started.
- And when the blackness slowly parted, I saw the ivory towers before the revolution started.
And when the blackness slowly parted, I saw the ivory towers before the revolution started.