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" I'm not a scientist. If there is a risk to our environment, there will be no fracking. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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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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" 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. "

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" I am the granddaughter of an English woman. I love England and her people and, regardless of politics, consider you to be family... and always will. "

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" Haggis is delicious. It is wonderful. It's spicy, it's tasty, and you get vegetarian haggis as well. "

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" 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. "

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" Scottish politics, U.K. politics, is not really like American politics in this respect. Not everybody is absolutely obsessed with image. I'm not saying the United States is obsessed with image. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" Social media is natural to me, and it's a very immediate way of saying something. It's the way politics are done these days. In modern politics, you can't ignore that even if you wanted to. I can't imagine doing politics without it. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" Do I look like one of the most dangerous women in Britain? Come on! "

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" 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

" Our opposition to Trident is very clear, very firm, very long-standing, very principled, and we would seek to build an alliance to prevent the renewal of Trident. "

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" There's nothing in my background that would have said I was destined to be a senior politician. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

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" Any politician or campaigner trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the public won't get very far. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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

" Being a housewife is not important to me, but I'm never happier than when I come home and shut the door. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" We will never vote for the renewal of Trident; that's a decision which will fall to be made in the next Westminster parliament. We will never vote for that. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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

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

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" Tory governments are bad for Scotland. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" I don't know Ed Miliband as a person particularly well. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" I know you've got to earn people's trust, and you've got to earn it day after day after day. "

Nicola Sturgeon

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon