Blank Slates Quotes

23 quotes by 22 authors

My loneliness...still comes over me sometimes...It's a liminal, lost sensation of having wandered wide, endless boulevards, among rows of orange trees, winter butterflies, seasons reversed… — Marco Roth
As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach,… — Jeanne Moreau
When a dancer comes onstage, he is not just a blank slate that the choreographer has written on. Â Behind him he has all the… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Whenever I finish a book, I start with a blank slate and never have ideas lined up. — Erik Larson
When absolutes are abandoned for principles, the U.S. Constitution becomes a blank slate for anyoneâ€™s graffiti. — Wayne LaPierre
Contrary to what some parents might believe or hope for, children are not born a blank slate. Rather, they come into the world with predetermined… — Jane Brody
Music is the chalk to the blackboard of life. Without it everything is a blank slate — Ray Charles
We are here to inscribe ourselves on the universe, and it is not inappropriate to remind ourselves of this when blank slates are given us. — Kim Stanley
I argued that the Bush administration, and the Coalition officials more recently, didn't understand Iraqi society. They thought it was a blank slate, that they… — Juan Cole
The brain is highly structured, but it is also extremely flexible. It's not a blank slate, but it isn't written in stone, either. — Alison Gopnik
I am a blank slate - therefore I can create anything I want. — Tobey Maguire
Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing… — Roshon Fegan
I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative. — Ben Kingsley
The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero. — Steven Pinker
The strongest argument against totalitarianism may be a recognition of a universal human nature; that all humans have innate desires for life, liberty and the… — Steven Pinker
What we need,' Henry says, 'is a fresh start. A blank slate. Let's call her Tabula Rasa. — Audrey Niffenegger
The desirable virgin is sexy but not sexual. She's young, white, and skinny. She's a cheerleader, a babysitter; she's accessible and eager to please (remember… — Jessica Valenti
Blank-slate friendships were thin and temperamental. She knew that. There was no history there to cement people together, for better or worse. — Sarah Addison Allen
A baby is such a blank slate, like training the understudy for a role you're planning to leave. You truly hope your replacement will do… — Chuck Palahniuk
My room is cleared. My head is cleared. Earlier, around dawn, I took out the last load of trash. I look around and see what's… — Julie Anne Peters

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