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" If something can be proven to work, we should try it... Making sure that our young folk get the best education is the only thing that matters to me, and if something can be shown to work in doing that or if something's worth trying to do that, then I'll certainly be in the market for it. "

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" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Man

Woman

" I'll be arguing for Scotland to vote to stay in the E.U. "

" 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. "

" Scotland never voted for Margaret Thatcher. "

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

" I worry about the direction of the U.K. and U.K. politics and governance in the event of a Brexit. "

" I am quite hot-headed; I am quite impulsive. Fortunately, it doesn't last very long. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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" I am a believer in people succeeding on merit. "

" Talent is really important in politics, but experience is also really important. "

" 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. "

" Clearly, any issues about breaching of expenses rules should be properly investigated. "

" Personally, I can think of no greater privilege than to lead the party I joined when I was just 16. "

" Would I love to think that one day I would be First Minister of an independent Scotland? Of course. "

" As a veteran of many campaigns, I know how important it is not let up in the last few days. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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

" 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. "

" Scotland almost invented the modern world. I mean, all of these televisions, telephones, penicillin, we all - all of these things were invented in Scotland. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments. "

" My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served by being a member. "

" It is hard to overstate the economic importance of the U.S.A. to Scotland, and that makes it essential that we engage with companies and potential investors and get the message across that we are open for business. "

" I do not want to see, for any reason, the Tories resurgent in any way. "

" Of course, aid is only one small part of international development. Some of the greatest benefits to the world's poorest can be achieved through policy changes by developed countries. "

" I bow to no one in my ambition to see Glasgow be as successful as it possibly can be. "

" I want there to be another independence referendum at some stage. I want Scotland to be independent, but I wouldn't choose to have it happen because England votes to come out of the E.U. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "