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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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Saying

Social Media

Media

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

Nicola Sturgeon

Who

Teachers

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

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

" 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

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

" It's very much the currency of discourse on social media where political disagreements very quickly become very personalised. "

" I've got absolutely no desire or intention of damaging England. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

Nicola Sturgeon

Come

Door

" Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments. "

" 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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Women

Woman

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