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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.


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This page presents the quote "Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.". Author of this quote is Michael Caine. This quote is about inspiring, encouragement, paddling, surface, bad day, dickens, calm,.