David Baker
David Baker
American poet and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient whose poetry collections include Never-Ending Birds, Changeable Thunder, and The Truth about Small Towns. He also published several works of literary criticism.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth27 December 1954
CityBangor, ME
CountryUnited States of America
talk unique whatever willing
They were willing to talk to us and think this through for whatever reasons. This was a unique case.
falling fire good thousands time trees
We've got thousands and thousands of trees that could be falling in any good windstorm. They won't all come down at once it's just something to think about any time you're out in the fire area.
learned regular scales
What that book does for me is give me the tools in the same way that I had the tools when I learned the regular scales or the alphabet. If you give me the tools, the syntax, and the grammar, it still doesn't tell me how to write Ulysses.
choice left
We have been left with no other choice.
carry exploited measures order
Unfortunately, the Palestinians have exploited these measures in order to carry out these murderous attacks.
continue necessary prevent ready scenario steps taking
We are ready for any scenario and continue taking the necessary steps to prevent such a scenario.
agreed agreements beginning informed minister officially prime signed therefore until valid
The prime minister officially informed the Palestinians, as he did at the beginning of the negotiations, that nothing is agreed until everything has been agreed and therefore it is only signed agreements which are valid and binding.
ahead business looking
We?re here for the long haul, ... I don?t look back. I?m a business guy, always looking ahead to the future.
basis necessary ongoing prevent refuses terrorists
The Palestinian Authority refuses on an ongoing basis to take the necessary steps to prevent terrorists from getting into Israel.
continue preventing remain terror totally
The Palestinians continue to remain totally indifferent and are not preventing terror attacks.
prefer
We prefer to do that in a non-public session.
client knowing true whether
We have no way of knowing whether this is true so how is the client going to know?
time
When I look back now, it must have been like Paris was at the time of Le Sacre du Printemps.
growth incredible past seen
We've seen incredible growth in the past two years.