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" I consider myself a selfie specialist. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Myself
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" I think the fact that people are even talking about the prospect of the Tories coming second is less about anything the Tories have done and more about the failures of Labour to set out, in any kind of coherent sense, what it's for anymore. "
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" Sporting success doesn't happen by accident. It takes hard work and determination on the part of the individual athletes. And it also takes investment in facilities and training support. "
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" Labour's support in Scotland depends on their ability to be electable. If they are divided and unelectable, what's the point? "
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" The fact is Scottish Labour has lost its way. "
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" There was nothing in my childhood that said, 'She's going to be first minister of the country one day.' "
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" I don't feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty comfortable in its identity. We won't need independence to preserve it... if we don't become independent, it won't disappear; it isn't under existential threat. "
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" I worry about the direction of the U.K. and U.K. politics and governance in the event of a Brexit. "
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" Personally, I can think of no greater privilege than to lead the party I joined when I was just 16. "
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" Most politicians come into politics because they want to make a difference; we just have different ideas how to do it. "
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" I don't know Ed Miliband as a person particularly well. "
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" I drove my mum and dad mad. "
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" Our MPs will take decisions on how they're voting on a day-to-day basis. But I'm the leader of the party, and in terms of our overall strategy and how we vote on key issues, then ultimately, those decisions will be mine. "
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" The SNP became a minority government in 2007, then a majority one in 2011. But Labour viewed what was happening as some kind of aberration. They felt the problem wasn't theirs: they didn't have to change; the Scottish people had just gone down this wrong road, and if they waited long enough, they would find their way back. "
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" I'll be arguing for Scotland to vote to stay in the E.U. "
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" Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments. "
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" 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. "
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" To every woman out there who thinks that they might like to get involved in politics or stand for parliament, I say go for it. If I can do it, so can you. "
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" 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. "
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Vote
You
" The truth of the matter is that countries the world over have deficits. Let us remember this about Scotland's deficit: it was not created in an independent Scotland; it was created on Westminster's watch. "
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Truth
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" Taxing people for having a spare bedroom and forcing them into rent arrears or the possibility of losing homes they have lived in for years has always been a cruel and heartless measure, and so it is good that the Scottish Parliament has been able to step in. "
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Step
" Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other. "
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" Not once in my life has the Tory Party come anywhere close to winning an election in Scotland, and yet, for more than half my life, we have had a Tory government. That is wrong and undemocratic. "
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Life
" Scotland is not a region of the U.K.; Scotland is a nation, and if we cannot protect our interests within a U.K. that is going to be changing fundamentally, then that right of Scotland to consider the options of independence has to be there. "
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Protect
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" Do I look like one of the most dangerous women in Britain? Come on! "
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" I do not want to see, for any reason, the Tories resurgent in any way. "
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" 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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" People who think of a nationalist party sometimes think 'inward-looking and parochial.' The kind of nationalism I represent is the opposite of that. "
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Think
Sometimes
People
" 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. "
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Camera
Way
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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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