Sentences with phrase «but blank slates»

Calling Link a blank state is like saying Mario's nothing but a blank slate; even without an expansive back - story we know he's got personality now, even if his beginnings were far more humble and less detailed.

It might not have been much to start with, but a blank slate is always an opportunity to make an improvement.

Not exact matches

But as opposed to Brown, who as a federal backbencher brought a relatively blank slate to his Ontario bid, Kenney needs no introduction to the national scene.

As I wrote in June 2017, the Alberta Party is a blank slate with a great name, but whether or not this latest group to wander over will translate that name into electoral success is yet to be determined.

Boseman's T'Challa is a blank slate, but that's in service to his charming supporting cast of cohorts.

YOU: If I was a blank slate and had never been exposed to Christianity, and my first encounter was on this forum, you would be one of the reasons that I would say — thanks, but no thanks.

If I was a blank slate and had never been exposed to Christianity, and my first encounter was on this forum, you would be one of the reasons that I would say — thanks, but no thanks.

The spelt flatbread dough recipe I provide here is one of my favorites — basic, made up of few ingredients, but easy to roll and a great blank slate for any toppings.

In this recipe, the poached chicken is shredded and serves as a perfect blank slate for the salad, which combines simple but flavorful ingredients, such as red onions, chili powder, garlic, and lime juice.

Obviously, the Knicks aren't exactly a juggernaut going into» 09, but after that they're pretty much a blank slate.

Sure, he was a camp body but Locker made the smart and human decision to leave on a blank slate and became someone who he was meant to be.

The premium property facing the south end of Grant Park is a blank slate, but not for long as its owner makes plans for the site.

You claim: «It's also highly inconsistent to tell me all voters start with a blank slate, but then to insist that LibDems are more likely to second preference Labour.»

But rather than operating with a predetermined strategy, a Boston group chose to begin its hunt for new therapies with a blank slate.

But even more far - ranging treatments may be possible with embryonic stem cells, the blank - slate cells that give rise to all organs and tissue types and that (theoretically) can repair all forms of organic damage and disease.

«Mercury wasn't completely a blank slate, but it was nearly so,» says principal investigator Sean Solomon of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Naïve stem cells are blank slates that form the basis for not only all the cells of the human body, but cells that make up the placenta to support an embryo as well.

But playdough is truly a blank slate.

The whole collection started with a blank slate and not going to lie, of course there were dresses that reminded me of her Valentino days but I'm excited to see a woman creative director at Dior and the message she's bringing to the house.

But this cake can be a blank slate to show off your creativity.

Thankfully our builder is taking care of the front yard, but we will be starting with a blank slate in the back.

Here, he tries to explain Coppola through similarities to other projects («Lost In Translation's» similar «blank slate» male protagonist in hotel rooms) but doesn't show any wear for her view.

To Guerrilla's character team, the massive open world of Horizon Zero Dawn was a giant blank slate with unlimited potential, but from another perspective it provided a host of new challenges.

The cast manage to wrangle as much as possible from the material, Woodley in particular bringing some raw nerves to an otherwise blank slate, but it is ultimately not enough to rise above the film's many flaws — weird science and henchman myopia but minor among them.

The heroine of Safe (95) is named Carol White; it's not just a metaphor (blank - slate anti-essentialism) but a meta - metaphor (what do you mean by «meaning»?)

The movie wants to have tension, but it paints itself into a corner — Lance is unlikable, so we don't care what happens to him and the stranger is a blank slate, so we don't care about his motives.

There's nothing particularly unusual about him, but that's intentional; it allows him to be our viewpoint character — and we do get a pretty good feel for him as the movie goes on, so it's not like he's a blank slate or anything.

That's not to say that there isn't potential for them to grow in the future but the whole concept exists as a kind of blank slate now and none of it is particularly compelling.

Moretz sometimes seems like a blank slate, given that the wallflower nature of the character gives her little to do in her own scenes, but she manages to inject Carrie with a wide eyed sense of longing.

But unlike Arnold, his Cyber-wood vehicle embodies not «Star» but «Studio,» an ostensibly blank slate spouting several foreign languages, an unthinking knowledge of music - video beats and martial arts, with a Swiss bank account implanted near its crotBut unlike Arnold, his Cyber-wood vehicle embodies not «Star» but «Studio,» an ostensibly blank slate spouting several foreign languages, an unthinking knowledge of music - video beats and martial arts, with a Swiss bank account implanted near its crotbut «Studio,» an ostensibly blank slate spouting several foreign languages, an unthinking knowledge of music - video beats and martial arts, with a Swiss bank account implanted near its crotch.

«Over the years we've continually changed little pieces of the formula and oftentimes it's just to affect a problem in one or two school districts, but too many times when you fix one problem in one place it causes a problem somewhere else,» he said, adding he wants to start with a blank slate and go «in any direction that the evidence leads us.»

Commission member Julie Underwood, a school law professor at UW - Madison and the former dean of the university's School of Education, said she wants the commission's work to build not from a total blank slate, but from the state Constitution's requirement of providing a «uniform system of education.»

Districts are not blank slates, but rather places with particular histories and competing forces that shape the implementation of any new policy.

It's a largely empty commercial van — almost literally a big box on wheels — but, more importantly, it's a blank slate.

But after putting hundreds of miles on a Civic Hybrid, we think Honda would have done better by starting with a blank slate.

Anyways, we had dog therapy twice a week and I went each time, but they kept bringing these dopey, blank slate labs and hyperactive little dogs that just made my heartbreaking separation from my own guys that much worse.

But when you have a blank slate, you can take action that will either head off possible negative associations to sudden events (management) or, if you are lucky, work towards creating a positive association.

Handling, socialization, and early environment play a major role, but bunnies are not blank slates.

You see, everyone in Amalur has already had their fate decided, but your recent death experience has left you as a blank slate, capable of deciding your own destiny and even altering the threads of fate itself, which is a concept I'm looking forward to seeing more of the finished product.

Nanashi is effectively a blank slate in order to insert yourself into the situation, but the allies he makes are varied and enjoyable, as are the various enemies.

But as fun as his games were, and despite his Italian plumber background, the mustachioed hero has always been a blank slate.

They're also very well designed; distinct, iconic, adorable, but still androgynous blank slates (As a side note, this and FF 3 are the only FF games that use unnamed protagonists with next to no backstory).

The player enters the shoes of a character that is more than just a blank slate, somewhat at odds with the going trend of VR design philosophy but none the worse for it.

Drake wasn't a blank slate like old Lara, but genuinely likeable — a funny, loveable mate who charms ladies, tells great stories in the pub and occassionally steals artefacts.

She gains more personality during cutscenes and as she interacts more with the supporting cast — they too take some time to grow on you — but she reverts to being a blank slate a little too often.

Your characters start out as blank slates, but as you progress throughout the game you gain the ability to change classes to suit your needs.

But with «St. Sebastian,» a blank - slate approach was unexpectedly easy, primarily because, for all the image's familiarity, I realized how different the painting looked, or rather felt, in the flesh... It's the painting's endearingly strange comedy — especially the bottom half of the body, which seems to flap away (and bring to mind the flagellation of St. Bartholomew)-- that rescues it from post-adolescent self - pity and actually, in an odd way, ennobles it, as if invested with an amused stoicism.»

It makes a fine object on its own, but whether the material will become a blank slate for a neighborhood art project wasn't clear to me.

A reminder that Britain before the 16th century was not entirely an artistic blank slate would have been useful, but this exhibition reflects the strengths in a collection whose starting - point is 1545, and it should change for ever how people talk about the history and identity of British art.

I've redesigned / renovated / replaced about 75 % of my space but if I was working with a blank slate it would all be coherent; more natural light, a variety of interior lighting, new construction materials (like frosted acrylic walls that change color).