"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
...Mark Twain

Mark Twain always proves that he is in fact the man. The quotes he makes famous always hit home with me. This line can relate to our life in many situations; most recently in events here on campus or Saturday after the buzzer sounded. There is a lot of power behind this line and that's awesome. As for his diction; the sentence is easy to understand so that's cool. By putting commas around 'too' it gives the feeling of an emphasis to the reader. The reader can feel that the sentence really does apply to their life and they can take it to heart. This quote stays with me, but I remember the gist in my own words with it.

"Stay away from the people that want to pull you down. Some people are like that, but we can be more than them. We can surpass what they have become and what they would have us become.