"In the last five years I used to go to Zen practice once a month, but since I assumed the post of prime minister it's been much harder."

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Source : "Postcard From Japan: Talking Zen, Abenomics, Social Networking and the Constitution With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe". Interview with Arianna Huffington, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 9, 2013.

Shinzo Abe

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“I think jazz is a beautiful, democratic music. It encourages musicians with very strong, and many times, very different points of view to work together as a team while, at the same time, giving them the space to express their individuality. It's a very important art form and can be used as a model for different cultures to work together.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The energy that moves across the ocean connects all surfers who ride it.”
“Life, a good life, a great life is about "Why not?" May we never forget it.”
“That is the great contribution of Reformed thinking to the Christian church: theology for a life well-lived.”
“Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of the Philippines. From the current projection of 3.3 million tourist arrivals in 2010, our aim is to eventually attract 6 million tourists. In the process, we expect to create 3 million jobs in the next six years.”
“God can never entrust His Kingdom to anyone who has not been broken of pride, for pride is the armour of darkness itself.”
“Every young person is going to be inspired to be a maker from now on. It's like how everyone used to want to be a musician, an actor, an athlete -- but a maker is what people are going to want to be.”
“Honestly, I just like to make movies. The funnier the better.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: Allen Covert Gets Lost in the Strange Wilderness!". Interview with B.Alan Orange, movieweb.com. December 12, 2007.

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