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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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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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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I think they're good teams. Being inconsistent doesn't mean they're bad teams. We're going to prepare like they're good teams.
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I don't know that that's a real complicated thing to figure out. Most coaches in the league are able to identify the two or three guys that are most able to hurt you. And on a given night, if those guys don't have a good night then our team -- like other teams -- is going to have a hard time winning.
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When something bad happens to you, I don't think you need to get too vivid in what happened, ... You move past it. I know it didn't feel good at the time, but other than that, I can't tell you much about it.
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Both pitchers were on top of their game tonight; we knew they were good and we had to keep it low scoring. Kellen had nice control and we made some tremendous defensive plays all over to hold them to one run.
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