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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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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We just kind of put the word out there, and the people who came together were really wonderful. Several of us have different carpentry skills.
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From what I've seen, Newman is a talented race car driver and knows how to go fast, ... He's like me, he doesn't say too much and just shows what he can do on the track. That's the way I was and the way the Woods liked doing it. We let the success we had on the race track speak for us.
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It was almost a reflex reaction. If you have a good friend who can use your help, you just do it. It's all about coming to the aid of someone you care about deeply.
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People think dealers are making $10,000 a car but these guys are actually battling. The opportunities to make money come from other things than the sale of the vehicle.
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The big problem is to find suitable hats. I don't care for them all that much, but you have to wear them in politics.
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Wayne was one of the worst drivers Finn had ever met. The bus nearly sideswiped two cars, then veered left and scraped its wheels against the curb, before smashing back down the roadway.
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What do you care more about? The kids or your hair?
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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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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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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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