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title: "3 Group Action Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Group Action quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Group Action sayings and thoughts."
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> [To have a discussion about the plusses and minuses of various forms of group action, though, is going to require discussing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clay-shirky/to-have-a-discussion-about-the-plusses-and-minuses-of-various-forms/)

[Clay Shirky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clay-shirky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/clay-shirky-3364_action_to-have-a-discussion-about-the-plusses-a_104792.png)

> [The major job was getting people to understand that they had something within their power that they could use, and it could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-baker/the-major-job-was-getting-people-to-understand-that-they-had/)

[Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-baker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/ella-baker-10989_action_the-major-job-was-getting-people-to-unde_130906.jpg)

> [Group action - yes; group thinking - no](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lamm/group-action-yes-group-thinking-no/)

[Norman Lamm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lamm/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63c/norman-lamm-25646_action_group-action-yes-group-thinking-no-86839_868391.jpg)

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