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


Nicola Sturgeon

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KELLY JONES And touching him - I would have to stop doing that as well. But not now. Later, perhaps.
KIMBERLY DERTING Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.
MICHELLE BACHELET I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than...
NEIL GAIMAN The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist.
APURVA GAGLANI don’t say you’se ole. You’se uh lil girl baby all de time. God made it so you spent yo’ ole ...
ZORA NEALE HURSTON The heart is deceitful and wicked in everyone; the Holy Spirit changes even the most wretched sinner...
NORM TOMLINSON The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrific...
NORM TOMLINSON I'm a coward when it comes to matters of the heart. That is my fatal flaw.
HARUKI MURAKAMI You should believe in prayers, even though there is no guarantee of success. Just like Love.
SARVESH JAIN I'll find you, don't worry. My body won't be with you all the time, but you'll always have my heart....
P.C. CAST Women have talent and intelligence but, due to social constraints and prejudices, it is still a long...
PRATIBHA PATIL One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide wom...
MICHELLE BACHELET My commitment to gender equality is rooted in the quintessentially American principle of equal justi...
ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the...
MICHAEL HARRIS People in life should not judge other people whoever they are whatever they do there religion or cre...
GARY F EVANS... The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
BEN OAK The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.
JOHN C. MAXWELL Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y...
THEHEALTHFOODGURU Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a mod...
PRANAB MUKHERJEE In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.
DAVID STEINDL-RAST He has stood for the inclusion of all segments of our society under the law; women, gender equality,...
JESSE JACKSON Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or posse...
JOHN LOCKE I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety fr...
JUDITH BUTLER What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global h...
CHARLOTTE BUNCH The only real equality is in the cemetery
GERMAN PROVERB We are used to thinking of Amazon myths in terms of violence against uppity women, but the ancient e...
ADRIENNE MAYOR I vow that from this day forward you shall not walk alone. My strength is your protection, my heart ...
DANA MARIE BELL Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C. The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a...
JEANETTE CORON Educational equality doesn't guarantee equality on the labor market. Even the most developed cou...
MICHELLE BACHELET How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
The Q...
LEWIS CARROLL The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the...
C. JOYBELL C. Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be stron...
EMMA WATSON She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.
DIANA WYNNE JONES The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a...
NEIL GAIMAN What is the Other?" they ask.
The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ...
PAULO COELHO What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger ...
CHARLOTTE BUNCH May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH In Sweden, there's a lot of talk of gender equality. That discussion isn't as prevalent in t...
JOEL KINNAMAN I've been a staunch advocate of women's empowerment, and I've worked hard throughout my ...
MADHURI DIXIT Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS... Gender equality is a precondition to overcoming starvation, poverty and epidemics.
KHALID MALIK The fact is that nothing is more difficult to believe than the truth; conversely, nothing seduces li...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL What a glorious day it is today; We are closer to Christ return than yesterday and a day closer to a...
JOHN M. SHEEHAN What happened on the road to gender equality? A lot of work happened.
SUZANNE BIANCHI Always Be Ready For Anything that Comes: Bananas, Chips, College, an Opportunity, so when it does yo...
DANIEL OJEDA Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, wi...
THE BOOK OF THE DEAD When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in t...
THE WORK OF THE CHARIOT In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I think sometimes there is no right thing.
ROSAMUND HODGE The kind of stillness of being nothing, and doing things from that emptiness, make one strong.
SHASHI Life can be tough & make you wanna give up. But baby keep your head up because you got all the time ...
LILLIAN S. VILORIA Here was one with an air of high nobility such as Aragorn at times revealed, less high perhaps, yet ...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, ...
NELSON MANDELA Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY I feel like a feminist is gender equality.
ILANA GLAZER Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do
SOTONYE ANGA Women are a great source of strength in creating human civilization, ... The promotion of gender equ...
HU JINTAO It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer ...
ANGELA CARTER The profound ability to use aural and written language has enabled our species to collectively explo...
KATHERINE VUCICEVIC No, sweet one. See, my precious: if we has it, then we can escape, even from Him, eh? Perhaps we gro...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN Then that's what the Northern Lights are. All the lives that we're not living.
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NICOLA AN Stars are important," I say, laughing.

"Sure, but why not more poems about the sun? The s...
NICOLA YOON You were right when you said I was holding onto April's apron strings even though she was trying to ...
NICOLA SINCLAIR You spend so much time hating the fact that April behaves more like a mother than a sister, but you'...
NICOLA SINCLAIR Into all lives a little turbulence must fall
NICOLA YOON When I was young, I used to watch videos of Ali boxing, with my dad. It set me on the road. I wanted...
NICOLA ADAMS as•ymp•tote (ˈasəm(p)ˌtōt) n. pl. -s. 1. A wish that continually approaches but never achiev...
NICOLA YOON I've read many more books than you. It doesn't matter how many you've read. I've read more. Believe ...
NICOLA YOON You can do every goddamn thing right, and your life can still turn to shit.
NICOLA YOON Everything's a risk. Not doing anything is a risk. It's up to you.
NICOLA YOON Olly: jesus. is there a girl on this planet who doesn't love mr.darcy
Madeline: All girls love ...
NICOLA YOON Love is worth everything, everything.
NICOLA YOON The trouble with getting your hopes too far up is: it's a long way down.
NICOLA YOON You can't predict the future. It turns out that you can't predict the past either. Time moves in bot...
NICOLA YOON The art of tea, whichever way you drink it, or whichever country you are from, has one underlining t...
NICOLA SALTER Sometimes your world shakes so hard, it's difficult to imagine that everyone else isn't feeling it t...
NICOLA YOON I can only say we were trying to do whatever we could to help Rachel's voice be heard, This is far t...
JAMES NICOLA We have asked ... if we can do the play next season.
JAMES NICOLA Late twenties, single, female. Do the math.
Flirty flings were fabulous until you hit the big t...
NICOLA MARSH You thought I didn’t notice the way you two looked at each other? I may be old but I’m not blind...
NICOLA MARSH All pomp and show.” Anjali’s glare at the house would’ve exploded bricks if she’d had superh...
NICOLA MARSH Ocean: The endless part of yourself you never knew but always suspected was there.
-Madeline (...
NICOLA YOON Maybe we can't predict everything, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going...
NICOLA YOON And she was really good at that: even since she was a little girl, she could eliminate the hours, kn...
NICOLA LECCA I've read many, many books involving heartache. Not one has ever described it as little. Soul-shatte...
NICOLA YOON Doomed love is a part of life.
NICOLA YOON I want to say something, not just something, but the perfect thing to comfort him, to make him forge...
NICOLA YOON Love is a terrible thing and its loss is even worse.
Love is a terrible thing and I want nothin...
NICOLA YOON There's more to life than being alive.
NICOLA YOON My heart is too bruised and I want to keep the pain as a reminder. I don't want sunlight on it. I do...
NICOLA YOON Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is ...
NICOLA YOON For the first time in a long time, I want more than I have.
NICOLA YOON Sometimes you do things for the right reasons and sometimes for the wrong ones and sometimes it’s ...
NICOLA YOON How can I live the rest of my life in this bubble now that I know all that I’m missing?
NICOLA YOON