Performs Public Executions

Famous quotes containing the words performs, public and/or executions:

    “Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience the poet like an acrobat climbs on rime to a high wire of his own making.”
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    “Modern dancers are inconvenienced by a local ordinance requiring the passage of visible light between partners.”
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    “[Asserting] important First Amendment rights ... why should [executions] be the one area that is conducted behind closed doors?... Why shouldn’t executions be public?”
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