The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero.
Steven Pinker
GreatSimpleMindZeroSlateFact
We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.
Vinoba Bhave
ChildhoodSomethingCannotOffSlate
My mum's family are from Blaenau Ffestiniog, the slate town. My grandfather was Elis Humphreys Roberts, so that's quite Welsh isn't it?
Simon Fowler
FamilyGrandfatherSlateQuiteWelsh
It was actually nice to get a fresh, clean slate when I came to America.
Margot Robbie
AmericaNiceCleanFreshGetSlate
Every American wants a clean slate, but nobody wants to lose what they've got.
Rob Sheffield
AmericanLoseNobodyCleanSlate
I just cleared the slate and thought of her as a mother and went from there.
Marg Helgenberger
MotherThoughtHerJustSlate
Egypt under Hosni Mubarak had deteriorated to the status of a failed state. We must wipe the slate clean and start again.
Mohamed ElBaradei
StartEgyptCleanStatusMustSlate
Writing is still on my slate.
Jaleel White
WritingSlateStill
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
BrainStoneFlexibleSlateBlank
Within half an hour of posting a piece on 'Slate,' I get a direct, often hostile and personal, response from readers.
Jacob Weisberg
PersonalWithinHalfGetSlateHour
I miss a lot about England when I'm working away, even the slate grey skies.
Sean Bean
GreySkiesMissAwayWorkingSlate
Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
Tabitha Soren
PictureYouNewsNewAnalysisSlate
Having a blank slate is sometimes as daunting as it is exciting.
Joe Madureira
SometimesExcitingSlateBlank Slate
With me, everybody I meet always has a clean slate.
Tyronn Lue
MeMeetCleanAlwaysSlate
Twitter is an astounding platform for information, but it's a total blank slate - which means it's an astounding platform for disinformation, too.
Rachel Sklar
InformationSlateBlank SlateMeans
We have so many films that we can fit into the slate a year, and we spend $100 million on those films in order to make $400 million dollars. We don't spend $20 million in hopes of eking out $40 million.
Jeff Nichols
YearOutOrderSlateHopesMillion
You want, in a sense, to relate to the main character, so often, the main character POV is a bit more of a blank slate.
Jane Goldman
CharacterYouWantMoreSenseSlate
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