Be like a duck. Calm on the ...

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

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
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