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" As a veteran of many campaigns, I know how important it is not let up in the last few days. "
Nicola Sturgeon
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" I won't say I've never felt in Alex Salmond's shadow, but latterly, when Alex was leader, I didn't. It's more about my awareness of the fact I became First Minister during a parliamentary term. That means you're First Minister, but you haven't been elected in your own right as First Minister. "
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" My politics are wildly different from hers, but someone who has been good for women in politics, stamped her authority on European and world affairs, is Angela Merkel. "
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" An independent Scotland - like all countries - will face challenges, and we will have our ups and downs. But the decisions about how we use our wealth will be ours. "
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" I'm not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We'll continue to argue the case. "
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" Scottish politics, U.K. politics, is not really like American politics in this respect. Not everybody is absolutely obsessed with image. I'm not saying the United States is obsessed with image. "
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" I want there to be another independence referendum at some stage. I want Scotland to be independent, but I wouldn't choose to have it happen because England votes to come out of the E.U. "
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" Scotland's relationship with Malawi is perhaps unique - with almost every town or village in Scotland having some connection. "
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" I've had particularly unpleasant stuff, and it has been reported that I've had death threats. Twitter and Facebook give people who have always been out there a platform from which to hurl abuse, and all I can do is try to block it out and remind myself that tweets are transient and get lost in the ether after a few moments. "
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" Maybe its time for politicians to fight back a little bit in terms of this notion that politicians are all in it for themselves, we're all the same, we're not driven by sincere motives. Because the fact of the matter is the vast majority are. "
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" The teachers who taught me at Dreghorn Primary and Greenwood Academy were fantastic. "
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Who
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" I'm not going to do anything that heralds in a Tory government. "
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" I bow to no one in my ambition to see Glasgow be as successful as it possibly can be. "
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" I don't know Ed Miliband as a person particularly well. "
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