"It's money that brings trouble. It always has and it always will."

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Source : Mary Roberts Rinehart (2013). “The Great Mistake”, p.282, Overamstel Uitgevers

Mary Roberts Rinehart

#Trouble Quotes

“The first rule of my speaking is: listen!”
“Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.”
“What caricature is in painting, burlesque is in writing; and in the same manner the comic writer and painter correlate to each other; as in the former, the painter seems to have the advantage, so it is in the latter infinitely on the side of the writer. For the monstrous is much easier to paint than describe, and the ridiculous to describe than paint.”
“To see what is in front of oneâ€™s nose needs a constant struggle.”
“I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons.”
“Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on.”
“When I first submerged my feet into frigid water, they hurt so badly I yanked them out again. I persisted, dunking them for longer and longer periods, until the cold finally blistered.”
“I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It's art that will re-define public space in the 21st Century. We can make our cities diverse, inspirational places by putting art, dance and performance in all its forms into the matrix of street life.”

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