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" I don't know Ed Miliband as a person particularly well. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Well
Know
Particularly
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" I know you've got to earn people's trust, and you've got to earn it day after day after day. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Know
You
Trust
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
See
Want
Said
" 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
" Scotland has a great deal to offer the world in terms of our approach to key economic and social issues. "
Nicola Sturgeon
World
Economic
Great
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
People
Matters
Enough
" I worry about the direction of the U.K. and U.K. politics and governance in the event of a Brexit. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Worry
Politics
Governance
" Instead of an end to austerity, Labour has made clear that it wants to impose more austerity cuts. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Labour
End
Clear
" If your pal or neighbour is in the SNP, you're more likely to listen to them than if you just turn on the telly and see me or Alex. The growth of membership is building a politically engaged community base that hasn't been there in my lifetime. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Community
Growth
Building
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Life
Long
Out
" Some of the brightest and best women in our society are stifled in their ambitions. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Stifled
Women
Society
" 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 take responsibility for everything that happens in the SNP as leader. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Everything
Leader
Responsibility
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Change
People
Long
" For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it is a much rarer event. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Practice
Meetings
Government
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Living
Healthy
Growing
" A minority government can't govern without support from other parties. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Without
Support
Minority
" It would be a very serious mistake for the U.K. to vote to leave the European Union, and I think it would be democratically indefensible for Scotland, if we had voted to stay in, to face the prospect of being taken out. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Vote
Serious
Think
" I wish we lived in a world where how you looked or what you wore wasn't an issue for men or women, and it's by and large not an issue for men, so I wish it wasn't an issue for women, but it is. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Wish
World
Women
" Labour's support in Scotland depends on their ability to be electable. If they are divided and unelectable, what's the point? "
Nicola Sturgeon
Point
Ability
Support
" For me, personally, it has been humbling since I became First Minister to speak to women and girls and have them tell me how much it means to them to have a woman in the top job in politics in Scotland. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Me
Women
Woman
" People don't want to go back to the days, pre-referendum, when the Westminster establishment sidelined and ignored Scotland. They want Scotland's voice to be heard. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Want
Back
Days
" U.K. welfare cuts are pushing more children into poverty; that is beyond dispute. "
Nicola Sturgeon
More
Welfare
Beyond
" Because of lower life expectancy in Scotland - something that we are working hard to improve - the average woman will get £11,000 less in pension payments than counterparts in the rest of the U.K., even though she will pay exactly the same in contributions. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Rest
Life
Woman
" I think you should always aim for more. "
Nicola Sturgeon
More
Think
Always
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Politicians
Party
Vote
" 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
" Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Against
In The Past
Past
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Today
Chance
Day
" 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 quite hypercritical of myself. It's a very Scottish thing, always thinking that you've got to be that bit better than everyone else to be good enough. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Good
Better
You