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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I strongly encourage the parents to report any kind of activity they see. I would especially ask them to take a look at what your children are doing on the Internet.
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In Los Angeles once, we lost 39 footballs in a game. We were one football away from asking for one back.
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In searching for truth, I would hope that liberals and conservatives could work together. There are certainly areas where presuppositions will affect what questions might be asked and approaches that will be employed, and these are areas where different groups will do their own research and thinking.
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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.
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I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.
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I think we all realized that we had really been replicating things that had already been happening. I don't know if we were smart enough to realize that we were in a cul-de-sac, but we were curious.
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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.
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We have been left with no other choice.
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We are ready for any scenario and continue taking the necessary steps to prevent such a scenario.
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The Palestinians continue to remain totally indifferent and are not preventing terror attacks.
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The Palestinian Authority refuses on an ongoing basis to take the necessary steps to prevent terrorists from getting into Israel.
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