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" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Development
Changes
World
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" Tory governments are bad for Scotland. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Scotland
Governments
Bad
" I'm manifestly not the same as Alex Salmond. I'm a different gender, for example... I'm being flippant, but maybe this is a partly gender-driven difference: I'm very keen that we find a way of reaching out across party divides to find things we agree on, as well as the things we disagree on. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Way
Find
Difference
" I've not had a deliberate image makeover. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Makeover
Deliberate
Had
" My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Heart
Gender
Equality
" Talent is really important in politics, but experience is also really important. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Experience
Important
Talent
" I am a believer in people succeeding on merit. "
Nicola Sturgeon
People
Succeeding
Merit
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Challenges
Wealth
Face
" When I was growing up, I was lucky to benefit from a first class education. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Growing
Education
Growing Up
" 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
" Maybe unlike a lot of people who join the SNP today, I never had any expectation of a political career. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Never
Political
Today
" True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Off
True
Way
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Women
Society
Men
" Let us put the normal divisions of politics aside. Let us come together as one country; let us seize this historic moment to shift the balance of power from the corridors of Westminster to the streets and communities of Scotland. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Moment
Seize
Power
" Haggis is delicious. It is wonderful. It's spicy, it's tasty, and you get vegetarian haggis as well. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Spicy
You
Wonderful
" I don't feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty comfortable in its identity. We won't need independence to preserve it... if we don't become independent, it won't disappear; it isn't under existential threat. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Think
Feel
Me
" 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
" 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
" I think the Tories are doing - and are intent on doing - damage to things I hold dear. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Intent
Think
Things
" 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
" I love talking to the public, I love hearing what people have got to say. "
Nicola Sturgeon
People
Love
Hearing
" I don't cook very often. Actually, I'd go further: I can't cook. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Very
Cook
Actually
" Many people from many different walks of life have marriages that break up, and those are deeply personal, deeply painful but ultimately private matters. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Matters
People
Personal
" Some of the brightest and best women in our society are stifled in their ambitions. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Stifled
Women
Society
" American companies based in Scotland employ large numbers of people - in fact, we are the best performing part of the U.K., outside London and the southeast of England when it comes to attracting foreign direct investment. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Fact
Best
American
" Scotch beef, salmon and shellfish are recognised the world over for their excellence and Scottish provenance. People recognise the Scottish brand. They associate the country with quality food and drink, and clearly other Scottish sectors, such as dairy, can benefit from that, too. "
Nicola Sturgeon
People
Food
Excellence
" I admire Obama. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Obama
Admire
" Poverty is on the increase - due to welfare cuts - and demand for food banks has rocketed. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Demand
Welfare
Poverty
" I'm not going to do anything that sees a Tory government be likely. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Going
Anything
Tory
" The fact that healthier lifestyles and advances in medicine mean that we are living longer is actually something to be celebrated. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Living
Fact
Something
" It's not opinion polls that determine the outcome of elections, it's votes in ballot boxes. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Boxes
Elections
Opinion