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." - Meaning and context.">
p. 14

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.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "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." in the context of "p. 14" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Eleanor Roosevelt

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (11 October 1884 – 7 November 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, social activist. and first lady (as the wife of US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt).