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" Trespass, the outdoor clothing company based in the South Side, is run by two of the nicest guys and proudest Glaswegians you could meet, Afzal and Akmal Khushi. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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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. "

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

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

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

" I think the Tories are doing - and are intent on doing - damage to things I hold dear. "

" The assumption that people sometimes make is that I have made a cold, calculated decision to put my career ahead of having family, and that's not true. "

" Our opposition to Trident is very clear, very firm, very long-standing, very principled, and we would seek to build an alliance to prevent the renewal of Trident. "

" I've not hidden and I'll never hide the fact that I want Scotland to be an independent country. But as long as we're part of the Westminster system, it's really important to people in Scotland that we get good decisions coming out of Westminster. So we've got a vested interest in being a constructive participant. "

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

" Clearly, any issues about breaching of expenses rules should be properly investigated. "

" Talent is really important in politics, but experience is also really important. "

" There are lots of jobs and investment in Scotland dependent on our membership of the E.U. single market. "

" I'm not a scientist. If there is a risk to our environment, there will be no fracking. "

" I hope nobody in England is afraid of the SNP - there is absolutely no need to be. "

" For parents - women in particular - good quality, affordable childcare is vital. "

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

" Many hard working people in low paid jobs get housing benefit. "

" 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. "

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

" Maybe its time for politicians to fight back a little bit in terms of this notion that politicians are all in it for themselves, we're all the same, we're not driven by sincere motives. Because the fact of the matter is the vast majority are. "

" 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. "

" It is one of the little known facts about modern Scottish politics that it is not quite as cut-throat as people think it is. "

" 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. "

" Scotland is not a region of the U.K.; Scotland is a nation, and if we cannot protect our interests within a U.K. that is going to be changing fundamentally, then that right of Scotland to consider the options of independence has to be there. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "