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 old-school rule was, go to work and let them send you home. I disagree. If you have an infectious disease, don't come to work and make everyone else sick. Call in sick, but do it courteously. No matter what.
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After all, this is the place that brought us all together.
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During my lifetime greater and more spectacular progress has been made in the physical sciences than in many centuries that preceded it.
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Defensively, our philosophy is we can't get beat deep by a long pass, ... and then we've got to wrap up and tackle.
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If everyone does their best and we come out with a win, we're definitely going to have that much more confidence going into the final tournament.
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If I had to pick two, it would probably be them.
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If I had done my job better of preparing these guys, we would have done better. But (Freedom's) soccer, well, wasn't really soccer. They had to rely on free kicks and throw-ins. And for us to lose to a team that plays that type of soccer is very disappointing.
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I'd quite like to try all sorts of different things, whether it be theatre, TV or film.
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I don't think (the grand coalition) is going to prove that positive for the euro over the short, medium or longer run,
I'd never done anything as high profile or professional as 'Skins', so 'Skins' is where I've started.
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Collectors purchase these and they are used for target practice.
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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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It's difficult for some military personnel after five or six years who may be married, have kids and other financial obligations, ... If they haven't banked some on the side, it's tough.
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The last of the sniper teams dispatched by Robert Kennedy in 1963 to assassinate Fidel Castro were captured in Havana.