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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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

People

Government

Way

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" London has a centrifugal pull on talent, investment and business from the rest of Europe and the world. That brings benefits to the broader U.K. economy. "

" 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? "

Nicola Sturgeon

Government

Party

" 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

" It is clear that my predecessor as First Minister is frightening the life out of the Tories and the Labour Party. Long may it continue. "

" 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. "

" The fact is that co-operation between independent countries - to our mutual advantage - is the way of the modern world. "

" 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. "

" As First Minister, I will always act in the best interests of the country. As party leader, I will always act in the best interests of the party, and if that sometimes means taking difficult, unpalatable decisions, I will never shy away from that. "

" 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. "

" The teachers who taught me at Dreghorn Primary and Greenwood Academy were fantastic. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Who

Teachers

" 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. "

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

" I was studious and bookish. Not just as a child but also as a teenager. I took myself too seriously. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Nicola Sturgeon

Said

Renewal

" Most politicians come into politics because they want to make a difference; we just have different ideas how to do it. "

" This government and the party that I lead will continue to argue an alternative to the Tory-Labour austerity. "

" I'm a politician, and as you know, politicians are rarely very funny. "

" It would be a very serious mistake for the U.K. to vote to leave the European Union, and I think it would be democratically indefensible for Scotland, if we had voted to stay in, to face the prospect of being taken out. "

" True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off. "

" I take responsibility for everything that happens in the SNP as leader. "

" 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. "

" Poverty is on the increase - due to welfare cuts - and demand for food banks has rocketed. "

" 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. "