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Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has power
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"Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself"

- Yancy Butler

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In this quote, Yancy Butler is asking the reader to put themselves in a hypothetical situation. She asks us to imagine waking up one day and finding a mysterious object on our wrist. This things is said to have powers, however we have no concept where it originated from or what it can do. Butler then confesses that she would be doubtful in this situation, and she assumes that many people would feel the very same method. This quote highlights the natural human propensity to question and doubt things that seem too great to be real. It also reveals the importance of important thinking and not blindly believing whatever we are told.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Yancy Butler somewhere between July 2, 1970 and today. She was a famous Actress from USA. The author also have 29 other quotes.

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