Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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Michael Caine Quote
“What a lot of people don't realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone.”
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