Sterling Hayden Quotes

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• I've always wanted to sail to the South Seas, but I can't afford it. What these men can't afford is not to go. They are…
• The years thunder by, The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it,…
• To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise, you are doomed to a routine…
• There's is not enough money in Hollywood to lure me into making another picture with Joan Crawford. And I like money.
• Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack.
• There's nothing wrong with being an actor, if that's what a man wants. But there's everything wrong with achieving an exalted status simply because one…
• A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten…
• Wind is to us what money is to life on shore.
• Wind to a sailor is what money is to life on shore.
• I don't think I'll have to kill her. Just slap that pretty face into hamburger meat, that's all.

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