Pattie Mallette Quotes

• When you hit rock bottom, you have nowhere to go but up.

  Pattie Mallette

  Rocks, Nowhere To Go, Nowhere To Go But Up

  Pattie Mallette, A. J. Gregory (2012). “Nowhere but Up: The Story of Justin Bieber's Mom”, p.76, Baker Books

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• When you get knocked down you get knocked down in Round 1 of life, there's Round 2.

  Pattie Mallette

  Knocked Down, Rounds

  "Justin Bieber's Mom Has Her Own Story To Tell". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I really want to help people. I really want to give somebody that hope that they need to keep going.

  Pattie Mallette

  People, Giving, Needs

  "Justin Bieber's Mom Has Her Own Story To Tell". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• My son is not a public figure to me, he is my son. I can't predict what's going to be in the headlines. Justin has always been someone who has to do things his way. And I have to be able to believe he will do the right thing and he will come out on top.

  Pattie Mallette

  Believe, Son, Able

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• It's hard to be vulnerable in front of the whole world because everyone's a critic.

  Pattie Mallette

  World, Vulnerable, Critics

  "Justin Bieber's Mom Has Her Own Story To Tell". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I know some people need counseling but not everyone can afford it.

  Pattie Mallette

  People, Needs, Counseling

  "Justin Bieber's Mom Has Her Own Story To Tell". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• Those that are the hardest to love, need it the most.

  Pattie Mallette

  Needs, Peaceful Warrior, Hardest

  Twitter post from Oct 06, 2012

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• Getting into my teen years, I was filled with so much shame and pain that I got really involved with drugs and alcohol. I was hanging out with the wrong people and getting involved in the wrong relationships and everything just sort of spun out of control.

  Pattie Mallette

  Pain, Years, People

  "Justin Bieber's Mom Has Her Own Story To Tell". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• My spiritual high naturally dissipated. At some point you've got to come out of the clouds and live real life. Again, it's just like falling in love. The feeling of euphoria is only temporary.

  Pattie Mallette

  Spiritual, Falling In Love, Real

  Pattie Mallette, A. J. Gregory (2012). “Nowhere but Up: The Story of Justin Bieber's Mom”, p.84, Baker Books

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• Oh my God ... YOU are real. Oh my God ... You ARE real. OH MY GOD ... You are REAL! Oh my God ... You're really real!

  Pattie Mallette

  Real

  Pattie Mallette, A. J. Gregory (2012). “Nowhere but Up: The Story of Justin Bieber's Mom”, p.78, Baker Books

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• No matter what projects I'm taking on, I want to (do) things to help other people.

  Pattie Mallette

  Helping Others, People, Want

  "Justin Bieber's Mom Has Her Own Story To Tell". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I went through a lot of abuse and a lot of really difficult things growing up - depression, anxiety, attempted suicide.

  Pattie Mallette

  Suicide, Growing Up, Anxiety

  "Justin Bieber's Mom Has Her Own Story To Tell". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• To my abusers: I forgive you.

  Pattie Mallette

  Forgiving, I Forgive You, Abusers

  Pattie Mallette, A. J. Gregory (2012). “Nowhere but Up: The Story of Justin Bieber's Mom”, p.242, Baker Books

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• At 3, I played an innocent game of doctor, minus the stethoscope and medicine bag.

  Pattie Mallette

  Doctors, Games, Medicine

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• One day I was 17 years old and I ended up trying to commit suicide and I ended up in the hospital. As a teenager, that was a really scary thing.

  Pattie Mallette

  Suicide, Teenager, Years

  "Justin Bieber's Mom Has Her Own Story To Tell". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• My dad abandoned me when I was about two years old. So, he wasn't around to protect me the way I needed to be protected. I started getting sexually abused from the time I was about five years old to the time I was ten. It really messed with my sense of self worth and my sense of all that was good with the world, almost.

  Pattie Mallette

  Dad, Self Worth, Years

  "Justin Bieber's Mom Has Her Own Story To Tell". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I think it's hard for any parent to see anything negative said or done against your child and, when you can't directly do something about it, it's hard.

  Pattie Mallette

  Children, Thinking, Parent

  "Justin Bieber's Mom Has Her Own Story To Tell". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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