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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Biography of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British Politician who was pivotal figure in World War II. Unknown to some, he was also an accomplished writer. He became a Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1953, according to Nobel Prize website, "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values".

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Awards for Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

1953: Nobel Prize in Literature

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Quotes by Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

-on pain

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.