Sentences with phrase «coming out of the ivory towers»

Scientists need to come out of their ivory towers and listen to what others have to say.

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I don't want to rewrite this article in english, but basically, I came to the following conclusions 1 - that Scriptures ought to be used in close interaction with daily reality (not out the blue, in abstraction, or in academic ivory tower) 2 - it ought to be interpreted by what we could call «crucified» christians 3 - and that «crucified» christian should interpret in the context of a «crucified» community / church (because being in a close knit church is a very good way to actually be «crucified» and sanctified, and because I need insight from others in my interpretations.

It requires coming down out of the ivory tower, leaving the quiet study, closing the dusty books, and entering into the real lives of real people who have real problems.

At the end of a year when its main competitors, Netflix and Hulu, took significant chunks out of TV's ivory towers, Betas and Alpha House come across as blunted attacks.

That isn't going to come out of traditional publishing unless all the ivory towers suddenly collapse and someone crawls out of the rubble of the mail room to take over.