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God didn't make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.

Bill Hybels

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Bill Hybels
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 12
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Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Kalamazoo
Michigan
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