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“- Из человека только тогда толк выйдет, когда он свое место знает... Я вот знаю свое место... Был подручным, потом слесарем, теперь в мастера вышел. Почему, скажем, я вышел, а другой не вышел? А потому, что он тары да бары. Работать ему, видишь, не нравится, он инженеру завидует. Ему бы сразу. Тебе, скажем, чего в школе не сиделось? Учился бы тихо на доктора или там на техника. Так нет вот... дай помудрю. От лени все это. А по-моему, раз уж человек определился к какому делу, должен он стараться дальше продвинуться. Потихоньку, полегоньку, глядишь - и вышел в люди. (Дядя Бориса Горикова - Николай Егорович Дубряков - Борису)”

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