#towers

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

I do have a regard for the musicality of language that came from BBC sitcoms like 'Fawlty Towers.' ↗

— Russell Brand

#came #i #i do #language #like

Now he tried to find strength to tear himself away and go on a lonely journey -- for vengeance. If once he could go, his anger would bear him down all the roads of the world, pursuing, until he had him at last: Gollum. Then Gollum would die in a corner. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#two-towers #anger

How shall a man judge what to do in such times?' 'As he ever has judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear...It is a man's part to discern them, as much in th Golden Wood as in his own house. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#evil #good #judgement #lord-of-the-rings #two-towers

I've been spending this last month trying to find four outfits to wear to the different premieres of The Two Towers. It's hard work. ↗

— Liv Tyler

#different #find #four #hard #hard work

I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants to, including the twin towers. I have made small references to 9/11 in my past two books. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#anything #books #boundaries #free #i

The reason bin Laden staggered the planes going into the towers was so every camera would be focused on the second tower when the plane hit. It was not only the murder, but the perpetual image of the horror that permeated into people's consciousness. ↗

— John Cusack

#camera #consciousness #every #focused #going