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Your talent and giftedness as a leader have the potential to take you farther than your character can sustain you. That ought to scare you.

Andy Stanley

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Andy Stanley
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 16
Pastor
Atlanta
Georgia
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Talent
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