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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I thought our kids really held their poise out there tonight. Our kids worked hard all week. The only goal we have now is to stay alive every week.
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We just worked hard at it, ... They had the car set up on the edge. If something had happened and I had to hit the brakes, I wouldn't have had any. They were pushing everything to the limit, using special grease in the wheel bearings and things like that - stuff you wouldn't really need today, but you did then.
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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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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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There's so much in there. ... I'm thrilled to see the final product.
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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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I think we were pretty fortunate. Not many kids get to play basketball together for that long. We had such good chemistry. We pretty much knew what the other guys were going to do -- or at least we knew long before the other team did.
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I think training is the key ... of the conference, ... One of the biggest things is being able to network with people from all over.
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We're a far better team. We'd played and beat better teams than that.
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We had never seen one before, Ben is the one who makes the decisions.
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We've got seven returning starters on offense and seven returning on defense,
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Our problem, then, so easy to state, so hard to solve, is how to bring about a creative peace and a security which will have a strong foundation.
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Our goal here is to help people prepare, not to panic. Through preparation people can gain peace of mind knowing they've done what they can do.