Will Pearson
Will Pearson
William E. Pearsonis the co-founder of mental floss, a bi-monthly magazine, which he started with Mangesh Hattikudur when both were students at Duke University. Pearson graduated from Duke in 2001, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Describing himself, Pearson noted his penchant for eating two M&M's at the same time, on different sides of the mouth, "making both sides of the mouth equally happy". Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met as freshmen at Duke University and in their...
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The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war.
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Everybody's looking for people. I need a handful of people.
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I'm really looking forward to showing the store off to the community and seeing their reaction. It's an exciting time for the associates who have worked so hard.
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Come Sept. 11, I plan to run out of that tunnel and be the starter on the left side; that's how I've approached this ever since I started my rehabbing, ... I've said all along: I'm not looking to hit a home run or do this and that. I just want to be here and be here for a long time.
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Even for middle-income and upper middle-income clients, when I tell them they are looking at sometimes half a million dollars or more they'll need to leave behind, they usually say they don't have it,
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People do get sick on these days, but when this behavior repeats, that's when it starts looking suspicious.
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It's good training for a writer, ... entertaining people, telling them about your life, listening as they tell you about theirs.
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There's so much in there. ... I'm thrilled to see the final product.
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Our goal from the beginning has been to blur the line between education and entertainment, ... why not have one with our goal of education?
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Mental Floss is what it is. It's about people learning information they always thought they should know.
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Plus, it's a physical conference, so we are pretty much ready for the playoffs by the time the season's over.
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It was very difficult at times. The workers were forced to pull back from some roads as high winds were causing trees and branches to fall.
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It helps because we see a lot of different defenses and a lot of different offenses,
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Telling everybody, 'Oh, my boyfriend and I went to ' is a no-no. It's ridiculous. You skipped work and now everybody, including your boss, knows it, because you actually told them.