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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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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by lifting road blocks and increasing freedom of movement, and the terrorists have exploited these humanitarian measures.
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That is, the only reason salvation is necessary is to get us back to the garden. The Pentateuch not only presents where we began but also why we are not there any more, and why and how we need to get back.
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It's called taxation without representation. We'd be subject to paying the tax, but we couldn't vote on it.
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The budget was over $10 million this year. Next year it will be a little over $11 million.
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Evangelicals, through their own scholarship as well as the support and encouragement of such bodies as Tyndale Fellowship, the John Wesley Fellowship and, to a lesser extent, the Institute for Biblical Research, have been able to secure positions in academic institutions beyond those traditionally regarded as evangelical. This includes folks teaching at major public and private universities.
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It's the kind of activity that only a developed and well-organized industrial nation can pull off.
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It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.
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I understand that the pieces of weapon were in hand luggage, but there were bullets in the (aircraft's baggage) hold,
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This lawlessness will cease and we will do whatever we have to do to stop this.
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They're just apprehensive about 'the new,' ... They're very intelligent animals. They're creatures of habit just like we are.
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They were willing to talk to us and think this through for whatever reasons. This was a unique case.
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They were missing a trombone player and (Hughes) was hoping to have the chance to fill in, but unfortunately it didn't happen that night.
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It's been a while since I've won a race, ... It's about time.