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Ordinarily, I'd claim that I'd never write directly about my children, but the opening conversation of 'Peter Elroy' is a verbatim conversation that my children had that I just loved: morbid, funny, passionate, and obsessed with the truth of things - all natural qualities of children that I'd like my work to contain. - Elizabeth McCracken

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There was a break in the proceedings when Peter Greste was deported, and that was considered sufficient then to allow the executive to intervene. - Amal Clooney
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