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" There are lots of jobs and investment in Scotland dependent on our membership of the E.U. single market. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Single
Investment
Membership
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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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Sea
Oil
Support
" I worry about the direction of the U.K. and U.K. politics and governance in the event of a Brexit. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Worry
Politics
Governance
" The U.K.'s debt belongs legally to Westminster, so Scotland, by definition, can't default on it. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Westminster
Definition
Debt
" Scotland has a great deal to offer the world in terms of our approach to key economic and social issues. "
Nicola Sturgeon
World
Economic
Great
" Since I became First Minister, I have made clear my priority to alleviate poverty and tackle inequality in Scotland. Ensuring that everyone can do better in life will not only make Scotland fairer, but it will also make it a more prosperous place. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Poverty
Inequality
Life
" The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Down
Scottish
Decision
" People who think of a nationalist party sometimes think 'inward-looking and parochial.' The kind of nationalism I represent is the opposite of that. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Think
Sometimes
People
" I think the fact that people are even talking about the prospect of the Tories coming second is less about anything the Tories have done and more about the failures of Labour to set out, in any kind of coherent sense, what it's for anymore. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Talking
Done
Kind
" I bow to no one in my ambition to see Glasgow be as successful as it possibly can be. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Glasgow
Successful
See
" When I was growing up, I was lucky to benefit from a first class education. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Growing
Education
Growing Up
" Ed Balls has made it crystal clear that, left to its own devices, a Labour government would simply carry on with the same budget policies as the Tories. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Balls
Crystal
Own
" For parents - women in particular - good quality, affordable childcare is vital. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Parents
Women
Good
" Equality and prosperity shouldn't be seen as enemies of each other, but as partners. One reinforces the other. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Enemies
Seen
Prosperity
" People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Being
Scotland
Take
" In particular, I want to set a challenge to public bodies and private companies to improve gender balance on their own boards. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Own
Want
Balance
" 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
Government
Think
Important
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Hard Work
Success
Work
" I am quite hot-headed; I am quite impulsive. Fortunately, it doesn't last very long. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Am
Last
Quite
" I wish we lived in a world where how you looked or what you wore wasn't an issue for men or women, and it's by and large not an issue for men, so I wish it wasn't an issue for women, but it is. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Wish
World
Women
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Fact
Best
American
" The fact is that co-operation between independent countries - to our mutual advantage - is the way of the modern world. "
Nicola Sturgeon
World
Way
Modern
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Vote
Government
Direction
" My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Political
Years
Were
" I drove my mum and dad mad. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Dad
Mum And Dad
Mum
" The teachers who taught me at Dreghorn Primary and Greenwood Academy were fantastic. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Me
Who
Teachers
" 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. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Winning
Election
Life
" A minority government can't govern without support from other parties. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Without
Support
Minority
" 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
Me
" Would I love to think that one day I would be First Minister of an independent Scotland? Of course. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Independent
Day
Think
" The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history. "
Nicola Sturgeon
History
Scottish
Importance