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Nicola Sturgeon

Profession : Politician

Birth : July 19, 1970

Sometimes things happen in life, sometimes they don't. Don't get me wrong: I have no regrets - if I could turn the clock back 10 or 20 years, I wouldn't want to fundamentally change the path my life has taken.

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My political awakening, if I can be as grand as to call it that, was all about what was happening around me. It wasn't some romantic, patriotic vision of Scotland going back to what it had been 300 years previously.

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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I like Indian takeaway.

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Politics is a very male-dominated, male-driven profession. I was not just a woman but a young woman, and I suppose you end up trying to behave in a way that you think is expected of you.

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I am quite driven. I know what I think, and I know what I want to achieve, but I also hope that people who are asked to describe me would describe me as pretty down-to-earth, loyal, friendly. The more experience I have got in politics, I think the more I have allowed me to shine through.

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I worry about the direction of the U.K. and U.K. politics and governance in the event of a Brexit.

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If there is a 'Leave' vote in England and across the U.K. as a whole, then we see the reins of power being seized by politicians who are on the right of the Conservative party.

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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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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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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.

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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.

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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?

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

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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.

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I have said repeatedly I do want to take longer to eliminate the deficit than the other parties. Because I want to see us have the ability to invest more in our economy, in our public services, and in lifting people out of poverty.

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