Inbreeding Quotes

• I'm 100% Norwegian. Three generations removed and all continuous inbreeding of Norwegian of Minnesota and Iowa, so I traveled to Norway before.

  Eric Christian Olsen

  Iowa, Three, Generations

  "Eric Christian Olsen On Set Interview THE THING". Interview, collider.com. October 8, 2010.

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• Be reflective...and stay away from the theater as much as you can. Stay out of the theatrical world, out of its petty interests, its inbreeding tendencies, its stifling atmosphere, its corroding influence. Once become

  Minnie Maddern Fiske

  Atmosphere, World, Influence

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• Which brings us to the least sexy word in the English language, kids," Dad said, kicking back in his chair. "Inbreeding. Avoid it.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Sexy, Dad, Kids

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2012). “Unspoken”, p.266, Simon and Schuster

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• Seems fairly clear that you fix a breed by LIMITING the amount of alien infiltration. You make a race by homogeneity and by avoiding INbreeding.... No argument has ever been sprouted against it. You like it in dogs and horses.

  Ezra Pound

  Dog, Horse, Race

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• If you look at most of the Royal Houses in Europe, the inbreeding was pretty outstanding.

  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

  Europe, House, Looks

  "Nikolaj Coster-Waldau: Jaime isn’t a psychopath. He’s a realist". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. May 13, 2011.

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• Eccentricity, to be socially acceptable, had still to have at least four or five generations of inbreeding behind it.

  Osbert Lancaster

  Luck, Generations, Four

  Osbert Lancaster (1963). “All done from memory”, John Murray

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• There was a great deal of inbreeding between the Indians and the slaves. Genetically speaking, black people are some part black, some part European.

  Alex Haley

  People, Black, Slave

  Source: bookpage.com

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• Too often cartoonists just look at other cartoonists and, after a lot of inbreeding, everyone has the same funny look. The challenge of drawing is that there is no one right way to visually describe something. It's a good thing to confront your limitations and preconceptions every so often.

  Bill Watterson

  Drawing, Challenges, Looks

  Source: www.tcj.com

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• The differences you perceive between Humans-between groups of Humans-are the result of isolation and inbreeding, mutation, and adaptation to different Earth environments

  Octavia Butler

  Differences, Groups, Different

  Octavia E. Butler (2012). “Lilith's Brood: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago”, p.334, Open Road Media

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• The whole family is a bunch of dangerous freaks...Most are ex-cons or junkies or deranged from inbreeding. Five have died violently, three are back in prison, two have gone insane from untreated venereal disease, and one writes book reviews.

  Tim Dorsey

  Book, Writing, Two

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