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There are many things I can do, but I have to narrow it down to the one thing I must do. The secret of concentration is elimination.

Andy Stanley

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Andy Stanley
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 16
Pastor
Atlanta
Georgia
Secret
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Thing
Things
Elimination
Narrow
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