Fubar512 Posted January 16, 2010 Posted January 16, 2010 True or False: In 1965, the North Vietnamese announced that they had shot down and captured James Bond. Well? 1 Quote
Guest rscsjsuso5 Posted January 16, 2010 Posted January 16, 2010 i like games my final answer is true james bond=james bond stockdale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stockdale . thanks fubar enjoy the weekend 2 Quote
Fubar512 Posted January 16, 2010 Author Posted January 16, 2010 i like games my final answer is true james bond=james bond stockdale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stockdale . thanks fubar enjoy the weekend Good for you! 1 Quote
ezlead Posted January 16, 2010 Posted January 16, 2010 That was no Aston-Martin he was driving either. Good Question! 1 Quote
Capitaine Vengeur Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 i like games my final answer is true james bond=james bond stockdale http://en.wikipedia....James_Stockdale . thanks fubar enjoy the weekend Should count as double for a Trivial Pursuit score ! Quote
Slartibartfast Posted January 18, 2010 Posted January 18, 2010 Brave man which ever way you want to look at it... Quote
UnknownPilot Posted January 20, 2010 Posted January 20, 2010 Brave man which ever way you want to look at it... +1 In a business book by James C. Collins called Good to Great, Collins writes about a conversation he had with Stockdale regarding his coping strategy during his period in the Vietnamese POW camp. "I never lost faith in the end of the story, I never doubted not only that I would get out, but also that I would prevail in the end and turn the experience into the defining event of my life, which, in retrospect, I would not trade."When Collins asked who didn't make it out, Stockdale replied: "Oh, that’s easy, the optimists. Oh, they were the ones who said, 'We're going to be out by Christmas.' And Christmas would come, and Christmas would go. Then they'd say, 'We're going to be out by Easter.' And Easter would come, and Easter would go. And then Thanksgiving, and then it would be Christmas again. And they died of a broken heart." Stockdale then added: "This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.” I love that last part. Very similar to a philosphy I've long held, even though nothing I've ever been through can compare to what he went through. 1 Quote
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