What does this quote mean we are what we pretend to be so we must be careful about what we pretend to be?

You might hear this quote used to express the power of the human mind or imagination and the danger of dreaming too much (…or method acting). It’s sort of a “be careful what you wish for” type of deal, where we begin to assume the qualities of the person we create for ourselves.

Are what we pretend to be so we must be careful about what we pretend to be?

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” Read more quotes from Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

What is the moral of Mother Night?

Vonnegut’s primary moral – be careful about what we pretend to be – is made explicit by Campbell’s Nazi father-in-law who points out that it doesn’t matter whether Campbell was a spy or not.

What we pretend to be meaning?

If you believe you are someone who has to pretend, you’re hiding yourself from yourself, as well as from the world. If you believe the real you isn’t good enough to show the world, you make yourself not good enough.

Who said we are who we choose to be?

Barry Manilow
Quote by Barry Manilow: “I believe that we are who we choose to be.

Is Mother Night a true story?

The novel takes the form of the fictional memoirs of Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American, who moved to Germany in 1923 at age 11, and later became a well-known playwright and Nazi propagandist.

How does Mother Night end?

But at the last minute, Wirtanen breaks the rules and writes a letter clearing Campbell’s name. Campbell is a free man again. He decides to kill himself. And, yeah, seriously—that’s the end.

What does we are who we choose to be mean?

You have control over putting things and doing things in your life that you want to do. Take the responsibility, take action, and just try. Back to blog.

Do we choose what we become?

This is the reality in which God gives us what we choose each day. If we choose to be angry and sad – that is what we will become. But, if we choose to be happy and caring, despite the sadness and challenges in our own lives – that is what we will become. We become what we choose.

Who is Mother Night DND?

Mother Night is one of the dark powers of Barovia, an ancient and powerful being bound to the land of Barovia and to the Amber Temple. For many years, she has been bound to a human body, joined with the human woman Lysaga to become Baba Lysaga, a powerful and innately magical being.

Is Mother Night based on a true story?

Who is Mother Night Curse of Strahd?

In Curse of Strahd, Mother Night is a deity of Barovian religion and the nocturnal counterpart to the Morninglord. She is depicted by the Megaliths near Old Bonegrinder to have, along with the Morninglord, dwellled in the mythical Four Cities at the beginning of time.