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" Governments in countries across the world have a duty to do everything possible to keep the public safe from terrorist attacks. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Everything
World
Safe
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" I love talking to the public, I love hearing what people have got to say. "
Nicola Sturgeon
People
Love
Hearing
" Twitter's probably my bad habit. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Twitter
Bad
Bad Habit
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
World
Authority
Good
" Literally every time I'm on camera, as well as there being commentary on what I've said, there'll be commentary on what my hair looked like, what I wear. Often it's written in the most hideous and quite cruel way. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Camera
Way
Time
" When I was growing up, I was lucky to benefit from a first class education. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Growing
Education
Growing Up
" I admire Obama. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Obama
Admire
" I thought if people were going to talk about what I wear, wouldn't it be good if they were talking about who designed it, who made it and if that's a Scottish company, so teaming up with Totty Rocks has been fantastic. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Talking
Thought
Good
" I've never had a voice coach, but I am about to name drop horrendously here: I did once get some advice on how to project my voice from Sean Connery, which was lovely. It's all about where you breathe. That's my claim to fame. "
Nicola Sturgeon
You
Name
I Am
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Vision
Back
Me
" Personally, I can think of no greater privilege than to lead the party I joined when I was just 16. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Think
Party
Lead
" 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
" 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
" I don't cook very often. Actually, I'd go further: I can't cook. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Very
Cook
Actually
" 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
" I am a believer in people succeeding on merit. "
Nicola Sturgeon
People
Succeeding
Merit
" It's not opinion polls that determine the outcome of elections, it's votes in ballot boxes. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Boxes
Elections
Opinion
" I'm not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We'll continue to argue the case. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Any
Secret
Fact
" My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served by being a member. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Not Perfect
Simple
Perfect
" I am quite driven. I know what I think, and I know what I want to achieve, but I also hope that people who are asked to describe me would describe me as pretty down-to-earth, loyal, friendly. The more experience I have got in politics, I think the more I have allowed me to shine through. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Shine
I Am
Hope
" I am quite a shy person. You say that to people, and they say, 'You do interviews, speeches. How can you be shy?' But, fundamentally, I am. "
Nicola Sturgeon
You
Shy
Say
" I am quite hot-headed; I am quite impulsive. Fortunately, it doesn't last very long. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Am
Last
Quite
" I've not hidden and I'll never hide the fact that I want Scotland to be an independent country. But as long as we're part of the Westminster system, it's really important to people in Scotland that we get good decisions coming out of Westminster. So we've got a vested interest in being a constructive participant. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Decisions
Important
Good
" A whole range of things are done to ensure services remain safe and sustainable because that is the absolute paramount duty of the health board. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Health
Duty
Safe
" I'm not going to do anything that heralds in a Tory government. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Anything
Government
Tory
" We already know that social security is more affordable in Scotland than it is in the rest of the U.K. - spending on social protection takes up a smaller share of our economic output and our tax revenues than is the case in the U.K. as a whole. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Tax
Know
Protection
" Vote SNP for a party that always stands up for Scotland, that is stronger for Scotland, and a government that will keep the country moving in the right direction. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Vote
Government
Direction
" The Scottish Government's international development work began in 2005 with a £3 million budget focused solely on Malawi, reflecting the historic links between our two countries. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Work
Government
Development
" A good education is the most important gift we can give our young people. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Gift
Good
Important
" The debate around the ageing population should, in my view, focus much more on how we grow the active, working population. "
Nicola Sturgeon
View
More
Debate
" Since I became First Minister, I have made clear my priority to alleviate poverty and tackle inequality in Scotland. Ensuring that everyone can do better in life will not only make Scotland fairer, but it will also make it a more prosperous place. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Poverty
Inequality
Life