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title: "3 Life Urge Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Life Urge quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Life Urge sayings and thoughts."
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> [The role of an artist is to awaken the deep life urge that is already in every person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-mortifee/the-role-of-an-artist-is-to-awaken-the-deep-life-urge-that-is-already/)

[Ann Mortifee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-mortifee/)

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> [All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than anybody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/all-of-my-life-i-have-always-had-the-urge-to-do-things-better-than/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/anonymous-1_life_all-of-my-life-i-have-always-had-the-urg_2903292.jpg)

> [“Desire by itself is not wrong. It is life itself, the urge to grow in knowledge and experience. It is the choices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-walsh/desire-by-itself-is-not-wrong-it-is-life-itself-the-urge-to-grow-in/)

[Roger Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-walsh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/roger-walsh-37782_desire_desire-by-itself-is-not-wrong-it-is-life_3057161.jpg)

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