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" I desperately want Scotland to be an independent country. I cannot, though, sit here and tell you definitively that it will happen, and that it will happen on this timescale, because I have to respect the opinion of the people of Scotland. "

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" Too often in the past, Scotland has been sidelined and ignored in the Westminster corridors of power, but that doesn't have to be the case anymore. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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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. "

" I stand here today as the first woman first minister of our country. Every day I hold this office, I will work to ensure that every woman, every wee girl across this country, gets a chance to do what I've done and follow their dream. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Scotland has a great deal to offer the world in terms of our approach to key economic and social issues. "

" I have said repeatedly I do want to take longer to eliminate the deficit than the other parties. Because I want to see us have the ability to invest more in our economy, in our public services, and in lifting people out of poverty. "

" I think the Tories are doing - and are intent on doing - damage to things I hold dear. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The teachers who taught me at Dreghorn Primary and Greenwood Academy were fantastic. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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Teachers

" Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for. "

" I do struggle to identify an occasion when I was held back because I'm a woman... You don't think about it at the time, but looking back at it, of course. "

" People who think of a nationalist party sometimes think 'inward-looking and parochial.' The kind of nationalism I represent is the opposite of that. "

" For parents - women in particular - good quality, affordable childcare is vital. "

" The U.K.'s debt belongs legally to Westminster, so Scotland, by definition, can't default on it. "

" One of the attributes Glasgow is best known for all over the world is the friendliness of her people. "

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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Woman

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think Scotland will become an independent country. I've always believed that. It means that if I'm right on that, there has to be another referendum at some stage. But the timing and circumstances of that will require careful judgment. "

" 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. "

" Men - the colour of their tie is the most difficult decision they have to make every day. "

" Many hard working people in low paid jobs get housing benefit. "

" Most people would agree that the E.U. is too bureaucratic, not transparent or democratic enough and that it often interferes too much in matters that are best left to national governments. "

" There are lots of jobs and investment in Scotland dependent on our membership of the E.U. single market. "

" As a young woman in politics, with few women around, you start to subconsciously behave like men in politics. That comes across as quite hard, tough and humorless, but you're trying to be taken seriously. "

" I am privileged to count many Muslims among my friends - some are amongst my closest friends. "

" It is clear that my predecessor as First Minister is frightening the life out of the Tories and the Labour Party. Long may it continue. "