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" 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. "

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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. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Work

Government

Development

" I've had particularly unpleasant stuff, and it has been reported that I've had death threats. Twitter and Facebook give people who have always been out there a platform from which to hurl abuse, and all I can do is try to block it out and remind myself that tweets are transient and get lost in the ether after a few moments. "

" Labour's support in Scotland depends on their ability to be electable. If they are divided and unelectable, what's the point? "

" As a veteran of many campaigns, I know how important it is not let up in the last few days. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Days

Last

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

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

" 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. "

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

" It still annoys me when I read really derogatory things about how a woman looks because you would usually not read these things about a man, and that still has the potential to put women off public life. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Man

Woman

" An independent Scotland - like all countries - will face challenges, and we will have our ups and downs. But the decisions about how we use our wealth will be ours. "

" Glasgow is a great city. "

" It's not opinion polls that determine the outcome of elections, it's votes in ballot boxes. "

" Scotland's relationship with Malawi is perhaps unique - with almost every town or village in Scotland having some connection. "

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

" I think Scotland will become an independent country. I've always believed that. It means that if I'm right on that, there has to be another referendum at some stage. But the timing and circumstances of that will require careful judgment. "

" I'm not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We'll continue to argue the case. "

" As a young woman in politics, with few women around, you start to subconsciously behave like men in politics. That comes across as quite hard, tough and humorless, but you're trying to be taken seriously. "

" If you have a Tory government at Westminster that takes us out of Europe against our will, there may be people in Scotland who think, 'You know what, we might be better off independent.' "

" I think you should always aim for more. "

Nicola Sturgeon

Think

Always

" 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. "

" I do not want to see, for any reason, the Tories resurgent in any way. "

" 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. "

" The Scottish Government will continue to do all it can to get people into work. "

" I and Alex Salmond are not in competition - we are on the same side; we are on the same team, working together. "

" I've not had a deliberate image makeover. "

" If something can be proven to work, we should try it... Making sure that our young folk get the best education is the only thing that matters to me, and if something can be shown to work in doing that or if something's worth trying to do that, then I'll certainly be in the market for it. "

" Scotland never voted for Margaret Thatcher. "

" 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'm manifestly not the same as Alex Salmond. I'm a different gender, for example... I'm being flippant, but maybe this is a partly gender-driven difference: I'm very keen that we find a way of reaching out across party divides to find things we agree on, as well as the things we disagree on. "