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

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

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

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

From Nicola Sturgeon

At these big set-piece events like the leaders' debates, that exterior of calm and serenity is nothing compared to what's going on inside most of the time.

From Nicola Sturgeon

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

From Nicola Sturgeon

If your pal or neighbour is in the SNP, you're more likely to listen to them than if you just turn on the telly and see me or Alex. The growth of membership is building a politically engaged community base that hasn't been there in my lifetime.

From Nicola Sturgeon

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.

From Nicola Sturgeon

I've had particularly unpleasant stuff, and it has been reported that I've had death threats. Twitter and Facebook give people who have always been out there a platform from which to hurl abuse, and all I can do is try to block it out and remind myself that tweets are transient and get lost in the ether after a few moments.

From Nicola Sturgeon

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

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