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" Would I love to think that one day I would be First Minister of an independent Scotland? Of course. "
Nicola Sturgeon
Independent
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" I am a believer in people succeeding on merit. "
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" I'll be arguing for Scotland to vote to stay in the E.U. "
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" I want there to be another independence referendum at some stage. I want Scotland to be independent, but I wouldn't choose to have it happen because England votes to come out of the E.U. "
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" I'm a politician, and as you know, politicians are rarely very funny. "
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" In particular, I want to set a challenge to public bodies and private companies to improve gender balance on their own boards. "
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" I desperately want Scotland to be an independent country. I cannot, though, sit here and tell you definitively that it will happen, and that it will happen on this timescale, because I have to respect the opinion of the people of Scotland. "
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" Scotland has a great deal to offer the world in terms of our approach to key economic and social issues. "
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" Personally, I can think of no greater privilege than to lead the party I joined when I was just 16. "
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" Many hard working people in low paid jobs get housing benefit. "
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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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" For parents - women in particular - good quality, affordable childcare is vital. "
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" There is nothing in your background that inherently holds you back or means you can't achieve what others can achieve. You are the master of your own fate, and if you work hard, you can do what you want. "
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" Men - the colour of their tie is the most difficult decision they have to make every day. "
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Men
" Haggis is delicious. It is wonderful. It's spicy, it's tasty, and you get vegetarian haggis as well. "
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You
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" I am quite a shy person. You say that to people, and they say, 'You do interviews, speeches. How can you be shy?' But, fundamentally, I am. "
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" I and Alex Salmond are not in competition - we are on the same side; we are on the same team, working together. "
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Together
" I drove my mum and dad mad. "
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Dad
Mum And Dad
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" 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. "
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True
People
" The fact is that co-operation between independent countries - to our mutual advantage - is the way of the modern world. "
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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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" Clearly, any issues about breaching of expenses rules should be properly investigated. "
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Should
Clearly
" I think the first decision I took when I became a government minister was to reverse the planned closure of Monklands Accident and Emergency. It's an issue close to my heart. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" The debate around the ageing population should, in my view, focus much more on how we grow the active, working population. "
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" Labour's support in Scotland depends on their ability to be electable. If they are divided and unelectable, what's the point? "
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" I'm not a scientist. If there is a risk to our environment, there will be no fracking. "
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" I think the Tories are doing - and are intent on doing - damage to things I hold dear. "
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