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
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It's been a while since I've won a race, ... It's about time.
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It's great to support us and all that, but $1-million a year is a heck of a support. Children's Hospital has been very supportive and it's not on the board radar to close us down right now. But if we lose a couple hundred thousand dollars more in funding, I don't know if they can support us any more. It's getting to the straw that breaks the camel's back.
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The Chinese should be very proud of what they are accomplishing,
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I believe without exception that theory follows practice. Whenever there is a conflict between theory and practice, theory is wrong. As far as I'm concerned, we make theories for what people have done.
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I feel very bad about it. It's not something that I necessarily wanted to do, we were forced into a corner by the state and didn't have a choice.
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He's always been provocative. He may not be willing to change with the times, and the times change - that's something we know from the lessons of history.
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We need to ask ""what are our common goals, and how can we work together toward solving problems and meeting needs."" In the past we too often have said that because we differ from each other in points A and B, we can't work together at all.
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We wouldn't miss this. This is the best thing since sliced bread.
ask leading musicians possessed teaching
The instructors were often neophytes at teaching us, but they possessed the information. We used the Socratic method. We had to ask them about the things we wanted to know, but there were other musicians who were interacting with us all the time, each leading a group.