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ivory tower

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ivory tower

Phrase coined by French poet Gérard de Nerval as an imaginary goal for poets away from direct political involvement pour nous isoler de la foule, ‘to keep us apart from the crowd’.



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``The whole homeless advocacy world is busy talking about governance and structure and things that I guess, in an ivory tower, a university campus is very important to study up on the 11th floor of a social science building,'' Yaroslavsky said.
As Prince El Hassan bin Talal said, "A healthy exchange between scholars and experts can only strengthen our ties and interests in regional issues, but I would like to see our ivory tower discussions translate into practicable solutions on the ground.
They're a bunch of suits in an ivory tower trying to decide what we should see, what we shouldn't see.
 
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