“One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you.”

Source: You Learn by Living (1960), p. 14
Context: One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. … All you need to do is to be curious, receptive, eager for experience. And there's one strange thing: when you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.

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American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady… 1884–1962

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