People Behave the way Other People want them To Behave

There are plenty of exceptions to this, but these exceptions prove the rule.

There are not many criminals, but everyone knows who they are.

I once mentioned Al Capone when I was in Costa Rica (thousands of miles away) and everyone knew who he was.

People's reputation spreads far and wide very quickly (almost the speed of light).

But who they really are may be unknown, even to themselves.