What is a quote that captures something you've learnt through living your life? (lemmy.ml)

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Edit: while I'm at it, does anyone know what I should do when I'm waiting for a coincidence/adventure to happen, but it never comes? I can't really go outside and arrange for it to happen because I don't know what I'm looking for.

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[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."

ETA, same thing a different way: "That's the thing. I don't think I believe in 'deep down'. I kind of think all you are is just the things that you do."

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

I feel like your personality is largely the sum of what you communicate to others.

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

Oof, this feels unintentionally personal. The stories those quotes come from are about doing bad things while thinking of yourself as actually a good person "deep down." For me, though, it was realizing that people can like you for who you are only if you communicate to them who you are.

[-] Crewman@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

I like this. What are each of the quotes from?

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago

The first one is from Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night, which is the story of the American Nazi propagandist, Howard Campbell, who briefly appears in the more well-known book, Slaughterhouse Five. The second is from the show BoJack Horseman, specifically episode 12 of the first season.

[-] papalonian@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure the second one is from Bojack horseman

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