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Leaders, if you allow wonder to shut down in you, you will shut it down in everyone around you.

Andy Stanley

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Andy Stanley
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 16
Pastor
Atlanta
Georgia
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Wonder
Everyone
Around
Shut
Leaders
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