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" English businesses would face massive transaction costs if Scotland, their second biggest export market, used a different currency. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Different
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Market
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" When I was growing up, I was lucky to benefit from a first class education. "
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Growing Up
" Maybe unlike a lot of people who join the SNP today, I never had any expectation of a political career. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Never
Political
Today
" If there is a 'Leave' vote in England and across the U.K. as a whole, then we see the reins of power being seized by politicians who are on the right of the Conservative party. "
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Party
Vote
" I'm not going to do anything that sees a Tory government be likely. "
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" My political awakening, if I can be as grand as to call it that, was all about what was happening around me. It wasn't some romantic, patriotic vision of Scotland going back to what it had been 300 years previously. "
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Vision
Back
Me
" Politics is a very male-dominated, male-driven profession. I was not just a woman but a young woman, and I suppose you end up trying to behave in a way that you think is expected of you. "
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Woman
End
Politics
" 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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" It still annoys me when I read really derogatory things about how a woman looks because you would usually not read these things about a man, and that still has the potential to put women off public life. "
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Man
Woman
Me
" I was fascinated, long before I joined the SNP, in the world around me; current affairs really interested me. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Me
World
Long
" I'll be arguing for Scotland to vote to stay in the E.U. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Stay
Arguing
Vote
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
American
Respect
Saying
" The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Down
Scottish
Decision
" We've chosen to stay part of the Westminster system, but we don't want to be a forgotten, sidelined part of it. "
Nicola Sturgeon
System
Forgotten
Stay
" An independent Scotland could afford pensions full stop - after all, it is our taxes and national insurance contributions that fund them now. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Now
Stop
Taxes
" Men - the colour of their tie is the most difficult decision they have to make every day. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Day
Decision
Men
" I think it is important the communities are listened to and that their voice is heard, particularly with local government boundaries more than parliamentary boundaries, because you are talking very much about communities. It can be a very emotive thing. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Government
Think
Important
" Trespass, the outdoor clothing company based in the South Side, is run by two of the nicest guys and proudest Glaswegians you could meet, Afzal and Akmal Khushi. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Meet
Two
Clothing
" I'm a politician, and as you know, politicians are rarely very funny. "
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You
Very
Politicians
" I'm the leader of the SNP. I think you would expect me to say I would vote SNP in whatever constituency I lived in. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Me
Vote
You
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Own
Say
You
" The fact that healthier lifestyles and advances in medicine mean that we are living longer is actually something to be celebrated. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Living
Fact
Something
" Scotland has been re-energized, and people all over the country have become involved in - and informed about - politics and government in a way that I have never known before. In short, we have put ourselves firmly in control of our country. "
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Government
Way
" As First Minister, I will always act in the best interests of the country. As party leader, I will always act in the best interests of the party, and if that sometimes means taking difficult, unpalatable decisions, I will never shy away from that. "
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Decisions
Country
Leader
" Haggis is delicious. It is wonderful. It's spicy, it's tasty, and you get vegetarian haggis as well. "
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Spicy
You
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" I am a social democrat - I believe in pursuing greater equality and tackling social justice - but... you can't do that unless you have got a strong economy, unless you have got a vibrant business base earning the wealth that makes that possible. "
Nicola Sturgeon
I Am
Believe
Business
" If there are healthy - and growing - numbers of people working and paying taxes, we are better able to pay the costs of people living longer. "
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Living
Healthy
Growing
" I feel comfortable in a position of leadership, but that's not to say I feel complacent about it. I take it incredibly seriously. "
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Say
Seriously
Take
" 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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Back
Matter
Time
" Our opposition to Trident is very clear, very firm, very long-standing, very principled, and we would seek to build an alliance to prevent the renewal of Trident. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Opposition
Clear
Build
" I hope nobody in England is afraid of the SNP - there is absolutely no need to be. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Nobody
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Hope