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Some of the brightest and best women in our society are stifled in their ambitions. — Nicola Sturgeon

I am quite hot-headed; I am quite impulsive. Fortunately, it doesn't last very long. — Nicola Sturgeon

I don't know Ed Miliband as a person particularly well. — Nicola Sturgeon

The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

Most politicians come into politics because they want to make a difference; we just have different ideas how to do it. — Nicola Sturgeon

For parents - women in particular - good quality, affordable childcare is vital. — Nicola Sturgeon

Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for. — Nicola Sturgeon

A minority government can't govern without support from other parties. — Nicola Sturgeon

Governments in countries across the world have a duty to do everything possible to keep the public safe from terrorist attacks. — Nicola Sturgeon

Tory governments are bad for Scotland. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax. — Nicola Sturgeon

One thing we've learned is that there's not anything that Nigel Farage won't blame on foreigners. — Nicola Sturgeon

Glasgow is a great city. — Nicola Sturgeon

The U.K.'s debt belongs legally to Westminster, so Scotland, by definition, can't default on it. — Nicola Sturgeon

I came into politics because of my opposition to what a Tory Government was doing to the community I grew up in. — Nicola Sturgeon

Many hard working people in low paid jobs get housing benefit. — Nicola Sturgeon

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. — Nicola Sturgeon

The Scottish Government will continue to do all it can to get people into work. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

I'll be arguing for Scotland to vote to stay in the E.U. — Nicola Sturgeon

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. — Nicola Sturgeon

I was studious and bookish. Not just as a child but also as a teenager. I took myself too seriously. — Nicola Sturgeon

I bow to no one in my ambition to see Glasgow be as successful as it possibly can be. — Nicola Sturgeon

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. — Nicola Sturgeon

I have huge respect for Nicola Sturgeon and for the SNP. — Martin McGuinness

I've not had a deliberate image makeover. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

I know you've got to earn people's trust, and you've got to earn it day after day after day. — Nicola Sturgeon

True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off. — Nicola Sturgeon

I am privileged to count many Muslims among my friends - some are amongst my closest friends. — Nicola Sturgeon

Would I love to think that one day I would be First Minister of an independent Scotland? Of course. — Nicola Sturgeon

I believe we should support people to live, and I am therefore in favour of good quality palliative care. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

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

Do I look like one of the most dangerous women in Britain? Come on! — Nicola Sturgeon

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

It is clear that my predecessor as First Minister is frightening the life out of the Tories and the Labour Party. Long may it continue. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

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

The U.K. government sets a cap on how much can be spent on discretionary housing payments. — Nicola Sturgeon

I love talking to the public, I love hearing what people have got to say. — Nicola Sturgeon

My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda. — Nicola Sturgeon

The importance of education is ingrained in Scottish history. — Nicola Sturgeon

I am the granddaughter of an English woman. I love England and her people and, regardless of politics, consider you to be family ... and always will. — Nicola Sturgeon

Men - the colour of their tie is the most difficult decision they have to make every day. — Nicola Sturgeon

English businesses would face massive transaction costs if Scotland, their second biggest export market, used a different currency. — Nicola Sturgeon

There's nothing in my background that would have said I was destined to be a senior politician. — Nicola Sturgeon

I am a believer in people succeeding on merit. — Nicola Sturgeon

An independent Scotland could afford pensions full stop - after all, it is our taxes and national insurance contributions that fund them now. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

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

The fact is Scottish Labour has lost its way. — Nicola Sturgeon

There can be no greater privilege in life than to be chosen to lead your country. — Nicola Sturgeon

The fact is that co-operation between independent countries - to our mutual advantage - is the way of the modern world. — Nicola Sturgeon

Poverty is on the increase - due to welfare cuts - and demand for food banks has rocketed. — Nicola Sturgeon

Scotland has a great deal to offer the world in terms of our approach to key economic and social issues. — Nicola Sturgeon

I take responsibility for everything that happens in the SNP as leader. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

I've got absolutely no desire or intention of damaging England. — Nicola Sturgeon

Being a housewife is not important to me, but I'm never happier than when I come home and shut the door. — Nicola Sturgeon

Personally, I can think of no greater privilege than to lead the party I joined when I was just 16. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

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

Clearly, any issues about breaching of expenses rules should be properly investigated. — Nicola Sturgeon

Too often in the past, Scotland has been sidelined and ignored in the Westminster corridors of power, but that doesn't have to be the case anymore. — Nicola Sturgeon

I'm the leader of the SNP. I think you would expect me to say I would vote SNP in whatever constituency I lived in. — Nicola Sturgeon

I think you should always aim for more. — Nicola Sturgeon

Scotland's voice has to be heard — Nicola Sturgeon

Instead of an end to austerity, Labour has made clear that it wants to impose more austerity cuts. — Nicola Sturgeon

The fact that healthier lifestyles and advances in medicine mean that we are living longer is actually something to be celebrated. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

It's very much the currency of discourse on social media where political disagreements very quickly become very personalised. — Nicola Sturgeon

Parties that win elections should form the government, not parties that lose elections. — Nicola Sturgeon

I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in the developed world. — Nicola Sturgeon

Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments. — Nicola Sturgeon

My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served by being a member. — Nicola Sturgeon

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. — Nicola Sturgeon

U.K. welfare cuts are pushing more children into poverty; that is beyond dispute. — Nicola Sturgeon

Maybe unlike a lot of people who join the SNP today, I never had any expectation of a political career. — Nicola Sturgeon

I'm not going to do anything that heralds in a Tory government. — Nicola Sturgeon

Talent is really important in politics, but experience is also really important. — Nicola Sturgeon

Twitter's probably my bad habit. — Nicola Sturgeon

I don't cook very often. Actually, I'd go further: I can't cook. — Nicola Sturgeon

I feel comfortable in a position of leadership, but that's not to say I feel complacent about it. I take it incredibly seriously. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

There was nothing in my childhood that said, 'She's going to be first minister of the country one day.' — Nicola Sturgeon

I like Indian takeaway. — Nicola Sturgeon

Haggis is delicious. It is wonderful. It's spicy, it's tasty, and you get vegetarian haggis as well. — Nicola Sturgeon

Is it not typical that we have a Tory Government that wants, just like its pals in the Labour Party, constantly to talk down Scotland's prospects? — Nicola Sturgeon

When I was growing up, I was lucky to benefit from a first class education. — Nicola Sturgeon

A whole range of things are done to ensure services remain safe and sustainable because that is the absolute paramount duty of the health board. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

I was fascinated, long before I joined the SNP, in the world around me; current affairs really interested me. — Nicola Sturgeon

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. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

The teachers who taught me at Dreghorn Primary and Greenwood Academy were fantastic. — Nicola Sturgeon

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

I drove my mum and dad mad. — Nicola Sturgeon