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" 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

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" Some of the brightest and best women in our society are stifled in their ambitions. "

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" 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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" People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor. "

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" It's very much the currency of discourse on social media where political disagreements very quickly become very personalised. "

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" I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in the developed world. "

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" I've not had a deliberate image makeover. "

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" The total impact of the Tory/Liberal tax, welfare and public spending changes has hit the poorest 10% in society disproportionately hard - and women have been affected even more badly than men. "

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" Twitter's probably my bad habit. "

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" I and Alex Salmond are not in competition - we are on the same side; we are on the same team, working together. "

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" 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. "

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

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" I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for. "

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" If Scotland was independent, we'd be the 14th richest country in the developed world. "

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" Tax credits are designed to help people who work hard but who, through no fault of their own, don't earn enough to keep their families out of poverty. "

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" The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history. "

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" Is it not typical that we have a Tory Government that wants, just like its pals in the Labour Party, constantly to talk down Scotland's prospects? "

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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. "

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

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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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