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If you walk into the front hallway of the CIA, you will see, on your left, a statue of William 'Wild Bill' Donovan. Bill Donovan was the person who created the OSS, the Office of Strategic Services, which was America's spy agency during World War II and then kind of morphed into what's now the CIA.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Agency America Bill Cia Created Front Hallway Kind Left Now Office Person See Services Spy Statue Strategic Then Walk War Which Who Wild Will William World World War World War Ii You Your

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Experts say that Britain and France have strong spy agencies; Germany's is competent but afraid to level with its public; the rest are relatively weak, and there is no Europe-wide spy agency.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Afraid Agencies Agency Britain Competent Experts France Germany Level Public Relatively Rest Say Spy Strong Weak

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CIA officers aren't idiots. They knew they were heading into deep water - legally and morally - when they signed up for the interrogation program. That's part of the agency's ethos - doing the hard jobs that other departments prudently avoid.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Agency Avoid Cia Deep Departments Doing Ethos Hard Heading Idiots Interrogation Jobs Knew Legally Morally Officers Other Part Program Signed Up Water Were

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Information design has been around since the 1970s. Pioneers like Yale University design guru Edward Tufte and design agency Pentagram have long known and used its power. But now with the rise of the Internet, it's having something of a second birth.

~David Mccandless

Topics: Agency Around Been Birth Design Edward Guru Having Information Internet Known Like Long Now Pioneers Power Rise Second Since Something University Used Yale 1970S

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As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

~David O. Mckay

Topics: Agency Free Free Agency Freedom Gift God-Given Heritage Individual Individual Freedom Itself Life Man Our Precious

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The relationship between a manufacturer and his advertising agency is almost as intimate as the relationship between a patient and his doctor. Make sure that you can life happily with your prospective client before you accept his account.

~David Ogilvy

Topics: Accept Account Advertising Advertising Agency Agency Almost Before Between Client Doctor Happily His Intimate Life Make Manufacturer Patient Prospective Relationship Sure You Your

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If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but don't let it worry you; nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else's advertising.

~David Ogilvy

Topics: Advertising Agency Another Brand Built Campaign Create Else Ever Fortune Good Good Fortune Great Imitating Irritating Nobody See Somebody Soon Steal Will Worry You

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Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot The Messenger,' 'Five Days,' 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,' 'Born Equal' and now 'Small Island' - was another highlight for me. And filming in Jamaica was great, too.

~David Oyelowo

Topics: Agency Another Born Days Detective Done Drama Equal Fifth Filming Five Getting Great Highlight Island Jamaica Ladies Me Messenger Now Shoot Small Think Too I Think Bbc

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The agency was desperate to get started with the commercials in 1976, but I was working on Star Wars.

~David Prowse

Topics: Agency Commercials Desperate Get Star Star Wars Started Wars Working

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I don't have an agent - I have the William Morris Agency.

~Debbie Reynolds

Topics: Agency Agent Morris William

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