Because it started as an offshoot of al Qaeda in Iraq, ISIL has long been subject to U.N. sanctions, and all countries have a legal obligation to freeze its assets and prohibit its business dealings. But countries around the world need to do more to make these sanctions work.


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After my second-to-last record, 'The Greatest', I had gone on tour for a while, and I didn&#...
CAT POWER
Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up l...
CAT POWER
I have no doubt in my mind that we were able to make contact with the spirit of John Lennon.
JOE POWER
I have no doubt in my mind that we were able to make contact with the spirit of John Lennon. John wa...
JOE POWER
He's coming through very strongly. He owned most of the restaurants around here. I'm feeling this ma...
JOE POWER
He is extremely enthusiastic. He loves to be part of the team. For us, it such a mutual, beneficial ...
PAUL POWER
It doesn't surprise me, unfortunately.
NIALL POWER
Christmas is a huge thing in my family. We usually start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. We s...
SAMANTHA ISLER
All I want to do when I have time off is to have a laugh with my school friends and go down the pub.
SAMANTHA MUMBA
Well, I asked him who would start the war first.
SAMANTHA SMITH
And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.
SAMANTHA SMITH
If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.
SAMANTHA SMITH
He said that if we were going to have a war, they would never be the first ones to start it.
SAMANTHA SMITH
Sometimes I still worry that the next day will be the last day of the Earth.
SAMANTHA SMITH
Well, I just hope we can have peace, and I hope it'll do some good.
SAMANTHA SMITH
God made the world for us to live together in peace and not fight.
SAMANTHA SMITH
London had so much death in its history, it was hard to find a spot without spirits. They formed a s...
SAMANTHA SHANNON
My silver cord - the link between my body and my spirit - was extremely sensitive. It was what allow...
SAMANTHA SHANNON
I had lived in that part of London that used to be called Islington since I was eight. I attended a ...
SAMANTHA SHANNON
I was born in 1991, and 'Harry Potter' came out in '97, so, you know, I was really obses...
SAMANTHA SHANNON
I often look at places and kind of mentally convert them to fantasy versions of themselves.
SAMANTHA SHANNON
I've never had a supernatural experience. I've been tempted to maybe have a tarot-card readi...
SAMANTHA SHANNON
Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the ol...
SAMANTHA SHANNON
I wanted to write a sci-fi story that would appeal to young women. Loads of girls like sci-fi, but i...
SAMANTHA SHANNON
I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkien's legendarium after studying Old English literature...
SAMANTHA SHANNON
I'm not going to give it the big 'I am' now that I'm a New York Times bestseller.
SAMANTHA SHANNON