Plus short stories, nonfiction and historical novels. But stephen king is most known for his horror books, which hes the queen iconic figures to pop culture. Well, the evil clown pennywise the rabbit dog, who jo and he, himself became a character in the simpsons. 400000000 copies of his books have been sold worldwide. And yeah, shakespeare is well above that with 1000000000 and even more. Harry potter books have been sold, but 400000000 is still a lot of readers. Thats more readers than the entire population of the united states. Meaning that you could make an entire nation out of stephen king readers, and it would out number all of the u. S. Americans on the planet. Maybe thats a concept for a new novel. Stephen king has one just about every award there is to win, and in 2014 president obama presented him with the National Metal parts. But theres one thing i dont think well ever see. Ah, this years noble prize and literature is awarded to speak with, lets just go with the thought expe
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Decided to become an advocate for anyone, anywhere who was facing the kind of fear that comes with standing up for yourself and your fellow men and women. So we honor two great men by being here today, two men with uncomfortable souls. We also have just acknowledged other brave human rights activist who received this prize and who stand before us. Because each of them has also known what its like to come up against governments and powerful forces who are determined to squeeze the hope from your heart to imprison your mind, to break your spirit. Chung stood. To that kind of oppression. Escaped from it as tom escaped from the holocaust and ran towards freedom. Im very proud that the United States is a place he ran toward. That it was our country thanks to people like tom lantos who others who might see in this audience who held high the banner of human rights as not being something given to you but something you are endowed with. Paul, thank you because you stood your ground. You stood i
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