Stephen J. Dubner

Set aside a half hour or an hour to rethink the way you make decisions, the habits you have, the biases you may have. And if you think of things, if you come with a little bit of a blank slate and be willing to acknowledge what you don't know, and you'd be willing to think like a child, I think it'll help not only individuals but society at large.

American Journalist

Christian Bale

I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me. If we don't know about the private lives of other actors, that leaves us as clean slates when it comes to playing characters. That's the point, they can create these other characters and I can believe them.

Welsh Actor

Nina Jacobson

I've been fortunate enough to match up the material I'm producing with the right buyer, the company that will make it and that wants it, and that isn't saying yes to be nice, but is saying yes because they want and need that movie and it's going to be important on their slate.

American Businesswoman

Tara Stiles

When we practice cleaning our slate and interacting without motive, what we actually 'get' in return is greater than what we might have expected. Life can open up and be full of surprises that blow past our narrow expectations.

American Model

James Wolcott

How can I impress strangers with the gem-like flame of my literary passion if it's a digital slate I'm carrying around, trying not to get it all thumbprinty?

American Critic

Jeanne Moreau

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, I feel clean.

French Actress

Erin Foster

What's important in any working relationship or working with someone in your family is you have to start with a clean slate.

American Writer

Jane Goldman

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.

English Writer

Evan Glodell

When things aren't working out for people, the end of the world seems like an easy way to wipe the slate clean.

American Director

Scott Rogowsky

I brought my personality to HQ. I injected my DNA into this thing. They gave me a blank slate to work with.

American Comedian

While 'slate' often refers to a gray color, 'slate' can also have various color shades.

Not Just Gray

'Slate' as a material is natural stone and often used in building for flooring and roofing.

Natural Material

In politics, 'slate' often refers to a team of candidates from the same party running together.

Election Context

The phrase 'clean slate' means starting over or forgetting past mistakes, often used metaphorically.

Clean Slate

To 'slate' something normally refers to planning future events or releases.

Future Events

Saying an event is 'slated' can sometimes imply it's not 100% confirmed, depending on context.

Uncertain Tone

'Slated' in a review context means the subject received very negative feedback.

Negative Critique

Using 'slated' to mean harsh criticism is usually informal and conversational.

Informal Usage

 pill let's take let's study some moral psychology and see where it takes us let's start at the beginning what is morality and where does it come from the worst idea in all of psychology is the idea that the mind is a blank slate at birth developmental psychology shown that kids come into the world already knowing so much about the

The moral roots of...

 Anyway, let's go with the red pill, study some moral psychology and see where it takes us. Let's start at the What is morality, where does it come from? The worst idea in all of psychology is the idea that the mind is a blank slate at birth. Developmental psychology has shown that kids come into the world

Jonathan Haidt: The...

 under the banner of a new philosophy called existentialism. Existentialists believed people were born as blank slates, each responsible for creating their life’s meaning amidst a chaotic world. But Camus rejected their school of thought. He argued all people were born with a shared human nature

Is life meaningless? And...

 There are a number of reasons to doubt that the human mind is a blank slate, and some of them just come from common sense. As many people have told me over the years, anyone who's had more than one child knows that kids come into the world with certain temperaments and talents;

Steven Pinker: Human...

 the water use isn't in the house it's in the yard and this house is no different it's time i did something about that this is your blank slate i love a blank slate i've enlisted the help of jackie serber an expert in sustainable gardening

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 that allowed me to return to the vertical world of rock and ice climbing. I quickly realized that the artificial part of my body is malleable; able to take on any form, any function -- a blank slate for which to create,

New bionics let us run,...

 And one of the most fascinating insights I took from this work is that we're all learning about the world even before we enter it. When we hold our babies for the first time, we might imagine that they're clean slates,

Annie Murphy Paul: What...

 is the new brain a blank slate? And boy, does that have implications. Second the new mouse recognizes Minnie Mouse. The new mouse remembers what it's afraid of, remembers how to navigate the maze, and if that is true,

What will humans look...

 In the middle of the day in an old, abandoned slate quarry. Such a wise and dignified animal, Just like other nocturnal owls like the barn owl. They have ears on different levels on their head.

Spotting the World's...

 for those of you that laughed thank you and for the eating my parasite second of all my intelligence is artificial ask anyone who knows me and nerd I was a blank slate and I came

Slate

A flat grey rock.

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A list of choices or candidates.

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To schedule or plan something.

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To criticize severely.

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