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title: "3 Ambition Small Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“Stay away from people who belittle your ambition, small people do that, but great people make you like to be great!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twian/stay-away-from-people-who-belittle-your-ambition-small-people-do-that/)

[Mark Twian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twian/)

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> [“This was our ambition: to be small and clear and free. Alas, the summer’s energy wanes quickly, A moment and it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/this-was-our-ambition-to-be-small-and-clear-and-free-alas-the-summer/)

[John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/)

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> [I think fiction is about small ambition, small failed ambition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-canin/i-think-fiction-is-about-small-ambition-small-failed-ambition/)

[Ethan Canin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-canin/)

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