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

Nicola Sturgeon

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" 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. "

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" It is hard to overstate the economic importance of the U.S.A. to Scotland, and that makes it essential that we engage with companies and potential investors and get the message across that we are open for business. "

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

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" 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. "

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" We already know that social security is more affordable in Scotland than it is in the rest of the U.K. - spending on social protection takes up a smaller share of our economic output and our tax revenues than is the case in the U.K. as a whole. "

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" Any politician or campaigner trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the public won't get very far. "

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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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" Scotland almost invented the modern world. I mean, all of these televisions, telephones, penicillin, we all - all of these things were invented in Scotland. "

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" I do struggle to identify an occasion when I was held back because I'm a woman... You don't think about it at the time, but looking back at it, of course. "

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

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" 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. "

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" Not once in my life has the Tory Party come anywhere close to winning an election in Scotland, and yet, for more than half my life, we have had a Tory government. That is wrong and undemocratic. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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" One of the attributes Glasgow is best known for all over the world is the friendliness of her people. "

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" Glasgow is a great city. "

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" Under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, it is possible for other parties to change the direction of a government without bringing a government down. "

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" Tax credits are designed to help people who work hard but who, through no fault of their own, don't earn enough to keep their families out of poverty. "

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

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" I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for. "

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" The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people. "

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

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" When I was growing up, I was lucky to benefit from a first class education. "

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

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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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" What a war in Iraq will not do is bring about peace in the Middle East or end the injustices that feed resentment and breed terrorists. "

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