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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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" I think it is important the communities are listened to and that their voice is heard, particularly with local government boundaries more than parliamentary boundaries, because you are talking very much about communities. It can be a very emotive thing. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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" There are lots of jobs and investment in Scotland dependent on our membership of the E.U. single market. "

" Twitter's probably my bad habit. "

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

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

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

" The U.K. government sets a cap on how much can be spent on discretionary housing payments. "

" Vote SNP for a party that always stands up for Scotland, that is stronger for Scotland, and a government that will keep the country moving in the right direction. "

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

" At these big set-piece events like the leaders' debates, that exterior of calm and serenity is nothing compared to what's going on inside most of the time. "

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

" 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. "

" Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other. "

" The debate around the ageing population should, in my view, focus much more on how we grow the active, working population. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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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. "

" I'm not going to do anything that sees a Tory government be likely. "

" We've chosen to stay part of the Westminster system, but we don't want to be a forgotten, sidelined part of it. "

" There was nothing in my childhood that said, 'She's going to be first minister of the country one day.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Taxing people for having a spare bedroom and forcing them into rent arrears or the possibility of losing homes they have lived in for years has always been a cruel and heartless measure, and so it is good that the Scottish Parliament has been able to step in. "

" Labour long ago realised it could no longer automatically assume that it would win elections in Glasgow and other places where it has taken people's votes for granted for decades - as we have seen across Scotland at local council and Holyrood elections. "

" The assumption that people sometimes make is that I have made a cold, calculated decision to put my career ahead of having family, and that's not true. "

" 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. "

" Maybe its time for politicians to fight back a little bit in terms of this notion that politicians are all in it for themselves, we're all the same, we're not driven by sincere motives. Because the fact of the matter is the vast majority are. "

" Maybe unlike a lot of people who join the SNP today, I never had any expectation of a political career. "

" Sporting success doesn't happen by accident. It takes hard work and determination on the part of the individual athletes. And it also takes investment in facilities and training support. "