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You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes do that.


Abe Burrows

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ABE LEMONS In Japan, usually, once you become prime minister, you do not have a second chance.
SHINZO ABE There wasn't a single item of importance [in the newspaper]. A tower of illusion, all of it, made of...
KōBō ABE I believe it is important that we Japanese write a constitution for ourselves that would reflect the...
SHINZO ABE That, Your Excellency, is precisely the problem. As long as we are buying Russian oil, we are at the...
ATSUKO ABE Do not speak to me of law. Not after what you have told me.
ATSUKO ABE The government must speak for you, and the nation, which are the same. That is the law.
ATSUKO ABE You carry a very heavy burden, Prime Minister. You carry the hopes and dreams of every Japanese aliv...
ATSUKO ABE If you will give me a copy of the letter, I will have the foreign minister prepare a reply.
ATSUKO ABE You reign, I rule. That is the Japanese way.
ATSUKO ABE Your Excellency, I am aware of my responsibilities,
ATSUKO ABE Ignore it. No answer is necessary, Your Excellency. The president does not know his place.
ATSUKO ABE Your Highness, we are at a critical juncture in our nation's history. The disruption of our oil supp...
ATSUKO ABE But you have signed an agreement with the Russians! They will sell us oil.
ATSUKO ABE In every country and region, there are practices and ways of living and culture that have been hande...
SHINZO ABE Innovation and corporate governance are extremely important to improve the profitability of Japanese...
SHINZO ABE It was really fun. He's always thinking, so he has a lot to talk about. I had fun just listening to ...
JUNKO ABE There was no interest at all. My friend asked me to go, so I did. He must have been tired or somethi...
JUNKO ABE He's always happy, so that makes me really happy, too.
JUNKO ABE It was really a mix of our two cultures.
JUNKO ABE I was so surprised. I was hoping (he'd propose) sometime in the future, but not in February. I had j...
JUNKO ABE It was a really hard decision. But he was really wanting me to come to Canada, and it just felt like...
JUNKO ABE It's in the middle of both countries. I thought it would be a good idea ... And the weather is so ni...
JUNKO ABE We moved in the winter, so it was really bad. It was really depressing for me. It was really cold, a...
JUNKO ABE The dolphin fishing that takes place in Taiji town is an ancient fishing practice deeply rooted in t...
SHINZO ABE We welcome the Obama administration's policy called the 'pivot to Asia' because it is a ...
SHINZO ABE During the Koizumi administration, I served as the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary as well as the Chi...
SHINZO ABE Let's see, I'll be paying $3300 dollars next year if nothing changes.
MIKE ABE Something has to be done, but we need to be much more aggressive.
MIKE ABE I'm sure there are all sorts of solutions out there, but we need time to look at them and see how we...
MIKE ABE It's not like everyone's getting those types of raises every year, and some of us are even losing no...
MIKE ABE Well, in the last three years it's gone up 100 percent.
MIKE ABE