I was prepared; Mum wasn't.


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As my mum still candidly says, I was the runt of the litter.
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Mercedes does beautiful work, absolutely.
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Mercedes is a pretty princess
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Mercedes, their most important unit, disappointed significantly.
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Where does a werewolf sleep? Anywhere he wants to.
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I was terrified of being a mum because I didn't think I'd ever be grown up enough.
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Sometimes I feel older than my mum.
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This time around, I was much more prepared to play.
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I don't know that she was quite prepared for it.
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I do not remember my mum at all,
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Mum, have I sung at the Hollywood Bowl?
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Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.
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Mum and Dad paid me 50 pence, which was a lot of money when I was 8 years old, not to dye my hair.
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That's the real fast Mercedes, ... Don't print that -- you can't say that!
SERGIO GARCIA
Christmas garland and a rock?" he said, a smile in his voice. "Why not an ornament?"

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PATRICIA BRIGGS
I think I just had a message from my mum,
BILLIE PIPER
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SUE MILLER
What I wrote... wasn't crazy... or a bullshit... or nonsense... it was what I saw!
DEYTH BANGER
Bir mum, bir kitap ve barışçıl bir adam dünya için üç mum demektir!
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I enjoy trying to develop a car and Mercedes are one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world.
LEWIS HAMILTON
I love drama - mum calls me a Drama Queen!
TAHYNA TOZZI
My mum and I do cardio kickboxing classes together.
VANESSA HUDGENS
That's the real fast Mercedes, Don't print that -- you can't say that!
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If you stay in Beverly Hills too long you become a Mercedes.
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I was prepared for the theatre, but not for the nuts and bolts.
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Didn't matter, I was prepared to go to $2 million for the horse.
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I just came out prepared -- mentally and physically. I was ready to go to work.
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