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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_statements(self):
 """Returns a list of SQL statements as strings, stripped"""

        statements = []
        for statement in self._parsed:
            if statement:
                sql = str(statement).strip(' \n;\t')
                if sql:
                    statements.append(sql)
        return statements