Scottish - Politician | July 19, 1970 -
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.
Nicola Sturgeon
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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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It would be a very serious mistake for the U.K. to vote to leave the European Union, and I think it would be democratically indefensible for Scotland, if we had voted to stay in, to face the prospect of being taken out.
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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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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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