5 Quotes & Sayings By Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden was born in Detroit, Michigan, and spent his childhood and early adult years there. He worked as a model and movie extra and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Hayden landed his breakthrough role in the 1956 film "The Young Lions." After appearing in several B-movies, he played the lead in John Cassavetes' "Shadows" (1959), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Read more

Hayden also appeared with Cassavetes in A Woman Under the Influence (1974). His final film role was as a rogue hit man in Robert Altman's 1980 crime-riffic "Popeye."

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The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked with dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed. Sterling Hayden
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The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dimwhere they liecaked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed. Where, then lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be: Bankruptcy of Purseor Bankruptcy of Life? Sterling Hayden
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Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack. Sterling Hayden
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Wind to a sailor is what money is to life on shore. Sterling Hayden