"Just 8% of the $409bn spent on fossil-fuel subsidies in 2010 went to the poorest 20% of the population."

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Source : "Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies 'could provide half of global carbon target'" by Duncan Clark, www.theguardian.com. January 19, 2012.

Fatih Birol

#Population Quotes #Fuel Quotes #Subsidies Quotes

“Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I rise. Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear, I rise.”
“With modelling, you provide an image that is fake; with acting you have to provide an image that's real.”
“People get jealous and stuff. I guess its natural.”

Source : Source: www.thestarscoop.com
“It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.”
“I think there have always been funny women, from Carol Burnett to Joan Rivers. When the audience sees a woman, they innately know she's worked twice as hard to get there, she's had to prove that she can be the leader, first, and then be funny on top of it. She has to emit a confidence that she's in control.”
“More than any single action by the government since the end of the war, this one would change the face of America with straightaways, cloverleaf turns, bridges, and elongated parkways. Its impact on the American economy-the jobs it would produce in manufacturing and construction, the rural areas it would open up-was beyond calculation.”
“When a sonnet is mediocre it is bad, for it should be sublime.”
“For what mission can be greater than that of giving to the world hours of exaltation in which it may forget the misery of the present, the cares of everyday life and lose itself in the eternally pure world of harmony. . .”

Source : Lotte Lehmann (2013). “More Than Singing: The Interpretation of Songs”, p.17, Courier Corporation

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