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" One of Ed Miliband's shadow ministers has said he would never vote for the renewal of Trident. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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" There can be no greater privilege in life than to be chosen to lead your country. "

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" I was fascinated, long before I joined the SNP, in the world around me; current affairs really interested me. "

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" I love talking to the public, I love hearing what people have got to say. "

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" 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. "

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" The Scottish Government's international development work began in 2005 with a £3 million budget focused solely on Malawi, reflecting the historic links between our two countries. "

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" Parties that win elections should form the government, not parties that lose elections. "

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" Many people from many different walks of life have marriages that break up, and those are deeply personal, deeply painful but ultimately private matters. "

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

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" 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. "

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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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" My politics are wildly different from hers, but someone who has been good for women in politics, stamped her authority on European and world affairs, is Angela Merkel. "

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" It is one of the little known facts about modern Scottish politics that it is not quite as cut-throat as people think it is. "

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

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" In particular, I want to set a challenge to public bodies and private companies to improve gender balance on their own boards. "

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" Since I became First Minister, I have made clear my priority to alleviate poverty and tackle inequality in Scotland. Ensuring that everyone can do better in life will not only make Scotland fairer, but it will also make it a more prosperous place. "

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

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" Scotland has been re-energized, and people all over the country have become involved in - and informed about - politics and government in a way that I have never known before. In short, we have put ourselves firmly in control of our country. "

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" 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. "

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" I am quite a shy person. You say that to people, and they say, 'You do interviews, speeches. How can you be shy?' But, fundamentally, I am. "

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" 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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" I hope nobody in England is afraid of the SNP - there is absolutely no need to be. "

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" I've never had a voice coach, but I am about to name drop horrendously here: I did once get some advice on how to project my voice from Sean Connery, which was lovely. It's all about where you breathe. That's my claim to fame. "

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

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" The oil and gas sector in the North Sea does have a strong future if we do the right things now, but we've got to make sure that the infrastructure is right to support the sector, but also to support, over the next few years, diversification as well. "

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" I'm not going to do anything that heralds in a Tory government. "

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" Tory governments are bad for Scotland. "

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" Polls can change; people's opinions can change. Voting intentions can change, and I think it would be a silly leader, a silly political party, that would assume that we have it sewn up. "

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