“Be a duck, remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.”
Michael Caine (1933) English actor and author
“Don't show it and don't panic. Do like the ducks; on the surface stay calm, and below it paddle lile hell”
— Dan Brown, book The Lost Symbol
Source: The Lost Symbol
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