“Growing older gracefully means having a keen curiosity about learning things about the world that you didn’t know yesterday, no matter how many yesterdays you've had.”

Source: "Padma Lakshmi, 51, Shares Her Top Tip for ‘Growing Older Gracefully’" in Prevention https://www.prevention.com/beauty/a38151329/padma-lakshmi-aging-tip/ (4 November 2021)

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