I'm a heart surgeon, sure, but I'm just a mechanic. I go in and I fuck around and I fix things. Shit.

Raymond Carver
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When you are a mechanic, you are not the one who decides the course of the vehicle. You are not the one who decides if that vehicle will be on time or late. You are not the one who decides that there will be repairs. You are just a member of a team that is responsible for keeping your vehicle on the road.

If something goes wrong, it's your job to get it fixed. The same is true about being a heart surgeon. Your job is to keep people alive, not to pick out fine, intricate details of how they recover from surgery.

Source: Where Im Calling From: New And Selected Stories

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