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At a certain stage in his evolution, man himself had been able to lay hold upon a higher order of things, which raised him above the level of the beasts that perish, and enabled him to see, at least in the distance, the shining towers of the City of God.


Alfred Noyes


#above #beasts #been #certain #city

Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.


Barack Obama


#actually #afghanistan #ago #al #attacked

Portugal is a high hill with a white watch tower on it flying signal flags. It is apparently inhabited by one man who lives in a long row of yellow houses with red roofs, and populated by sheep who do grand acts of balancing on the side of the hill.


Richard H. Davis


#apparently #balancing #flags #flying #grand

After a hundred years the son of the King then reigning, who was of another family from that of the sleeping Princess, was a-hunting on that side of the country, and he asked what those towers were which he saw in the middle of a great thick wood.


Charles Perrault


#another #asked #country #family #great

Currently, I am overseeing the construction of the new Trump Tower in Chicago. I am involved in meeting with the construction crews, architects and sales teams. I am learning a lot and working with some of the best in the business.


Bill Rancic


#architects #best #business #chicago #construction

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.


Logan P. Smith


#come #downstairs #gutter #idealists #into

Watching the completed version of The Two Towers for example, I was very conscious of scenes - sometimes whole sequences - that I had seen being filmed or edited but which hadn't made it into the final cut.


Brian Sibley


#completed #conscious #cut #edited #example

I was in my office when - on 9/11. I think I had a number of meetings scheduled. I was just getting to know the bureau. And somebody walked in and said the first plane had - or a plane had struck the World Trade Center, one of the towers.


Robert Mueller


#center #first #getting #had #i

Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers.


Max Muller


#church #cross #even #far #golden

Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.


James Keller


#ago #bear #carved #cell #condemned






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