Slate Quotes

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I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don't rely on some bag of acting tricks I've amassed over… — Christian Bale
So says the most ancient book of the Earth; thus it is written on its leaves of marble, lime, sand, slate, and clay: ... that… — Johann Gottfried Herder
Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion. — George MacDonald
Every child is simple, just a clean slate. Then the parents start writing on his slate - what he has to become. Then the teachers,… — Rajneesh
You propound a complicated arithmetical problem: say cubing a number containing four digits. Give me a slate and half an hour's time, and I can… — George Bernard Shaw
Developing countries present a real opportunity for sustainable consumption. There, we can start from a clean slate and develop appropriate products and services that serve… — Paul Meyer
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
For too long we've been told about 'us' and 'them.' Each and every election we see a new slate of arguments and ads telling us… — William J. Clinton
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
Orson Welles was a force of nature, who just came in and wiped the slate clean. And Citizen Kane is the greatest risk-taking of all… — Martin Scorsese
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
The Christians say, that among the ancient Jews, if you committed a crime you had to kill a sheep. Now they say 'charge it.' 'Put… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Whenever I finish a book, I start with a blank slate and never have ideas lined up. — Erik Larson
People attack Scientology, I never forget it, always even the score. People attack auditors, or staff, or organisations, or me. I never forget until the… — L. Ron Hubbard
When absolutes are abandoned for principles, the U.S. Constitution becomes a blank slate for anyoneâ€™s graffiti. — Wayne LaPierre
If women really want equality, we have to wipe the slate clean. It no longer matters in the largest sense what men did to us… — Nancy Friday
Even if you forget thatÂ´s not the same as if it never happened. The slate is not entirely wiped clean; you canÂ´t reclaim the person… — A.S.A. Harrison
Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will… — Peter Bart
If I don't think about anything, and start with a clean slate, in terms of what I have to do, a lot of different ideas… — Namie Amuro
So yesterday you fell off the wagon? Or maybe you blew your diet? Or lost your temper and shot off your mouth? Well, that was… — Abigail Van Buren

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