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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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 have no way of knowing whether this is true so how is the client going to know?
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We prefer to do that in a non-public session.
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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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He's expected to be in the hospital for about 24 hours.
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Before, maybe one out of 10 knew what the AFL was. Now, maybe one out of 10 doesn't know.
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Before, maybe one out of 10 knew what the A.F.L. was. Now, maybe one out of 10 doesn't know.
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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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This is a very personal interactive sport. Autographs, balls into the stands that fans can keep, the proximity of fans to the action. And we've barely begun to scratch the surface of what we can be.
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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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The Chinese should be very proud of what they are accomplishing,
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In retrospect I realize that the threat was about ego rather than the validity of the music.
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But it seems to me that we ended up with the things that were able to fit in what had already been the tradition.
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I know sometimes Tim and I are put in an adverse position if and when I have to discipline him, but I will also say when my son (Sam, who played for Southern Cal) made the Associated Press All-American team, the first call congratulating me as a dad was from Tim Marcum. So, I respect him as a competitor. I think he has done as much as anyone to bring this league to the point it is today.