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Fixing things requires change and change always creates conflict. But that is why you are a leader.

Andy Stanley

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Andy Stanley
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 16
Pastor
Atlanta
Georgia
Conflict
Leadership
Leader
Church
Christian
Change
Fixing
Always
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