| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
130.57 |
1.1198 |
0.1512 |
247 |
13 |
102.47 |
2009-05-20 |
| 2. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
120.98 |
1.1093 |
0.0632 |
220 |
17 |
98.77 |
2009-04-16 |
| 3. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
112.25 |
1.1086 |
-0.0156 |
233 |
12 |
98.64 |
2009-04-06 |
| 4. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
106.71 |
1.1070 |
-0.0697 |
265 |
7 |
89.01 |
2009-08-06 |
| 5. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
103.90 |
1.0969 |
-0.0838 |
303 |
2 |
102.77 |
2009-10-27 |
| 6. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
108.72 |
1.0960 |
-0.0338 |
315 |
12 |
94.00 |
2009-02-11 |
| 7. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
119.17 |
1.0901 |
0.0723 |
288 |
20 |
99.05 |
2009-05-30 |
| 8. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
108.35 |
1.0881 |
-0.0375 |
210 |
13 |
92.77 |
2009-02-14 |
| 9. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
134.70 |
1.0877 |
0.2213 |
129 |
16 |
97.37 |
2008-11-26 |
| 10. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
122.46 |
1.0873 |
0.1023 |
243 |
13 |
98.18 |
2009-04-06 |
| 11. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
116.04 |
1.0867 |
0.0386 |
171 |
14 |
93.03 |
2009-04-06 |
| 12. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
112.95 |
1.0865 |
0.0128 |
237 |
10 |
98.07 |
2009-05-12 |
| 13. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
107.63 |
1.0845 |
-0.0382 |
212 |
2 |
106.63 |
2009-05-12 |
| 14. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
96.91 |
1.0800 |
-0.1445 |
129 |
7 |
81.19 |
2008-11-22 |
| 15. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
97.62 |
1.0800 |
-0.1335 |
213 |
7 |
88.05 |
2008-11-22 |
| 16. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
120.44 |
1.0777 |
0.0930 |
226 |
12 |
100.62 |
2009-05-20 |
| 17. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
89.07 |
1.0755 |
-0.2092 |
243 |
1 |
89.07 |
2012-05-26 |
| 18. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
104.10 |
1.0743 |
-0.0603 |
297 |
14 |
86.95 |
2009-01-10 |
| 19. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
102.31 |
1.0736 |
-0.0757 |
350 |
20 |
95.38 |
2009-08-06 |
| 20. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
104.13 |
1.0686 |
-0.0519 |
354 |
8 |
94.11 |
2009-08-06 |
| 21. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
100.89 |
1.0682 |
-0.0857 |
266 |
4 |
87.67 |
2008-11-17 |
| 22. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
106.45 |
1.0676 |
-0.0271 |
456 |
8 |
85.16 |
2009-01-04 |
| 23. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
112.49 |
1.0672 |
0.0266 |
239 |
11 |
97.00 |
2009-02-11 |
| 24. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
106.36 |
1.0669 |
-0.0287 |
379 |
14 |
91.81 |
2008-12-08 |
| 25. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
103.14 |
1.0654 |
-0.0644 |
247 |
14 |
91.55 |
2009-04-06 |
| 26. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
114.00 |
1.0639 |
0.0470 |
303 |
18 |
95.78 |
2009-02-11 |
| 27. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
104.73 |
1.0638 |
-0.0468 |
247 |
8 |
91.83 |
2009-02-10 |
| 28. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
108.57 |
1.0628 |
-0.0042 |
363 |
13 |
93.00 |
2009-05-12 |
| 29. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
100.55 |
1.0617 |
-0.0855 |
171 |
1 |
100.55 |
2009-02-10 |
| 30. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
99.09 |
1.0616 |
-0.0909 |
304 |
1 |
99.09 |
2010-10-21 |
| 31. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
118.46 |
1.0615 |
0.0889 |
201 |
12 |
93.65 |
2008-11-27 |
| 32. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
100.06 |
1.0607 |
-0.0846 |
357 |
9 |
93.56 |
2009-02-10 |
| 33. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
96.11 |
1.0601 |
-0.1287 |
256 |
9 |
86.93 |
2009-02-03 |
| 34. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
107.57 |
1.0600 |
-0.0129 |
351 |
10 |
90.67 |
2009-02-11 |
| 35. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
102.21 |
1.0590 |
-0.0658 |
250 |
16 |
92.70 |
2009-02-10 |
| 36. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
113.81 |
1.0588 |
0.0492 |
281 |
17 |
89.72 |
2009-06-02 |
| 37. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
106.66 |
1.0582 |
-0.0234 |
180 |
11 |
87.68 |
2009-05-20 |
| 38. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
104.46 |
1.0576 |
-0.0440 |
231 |
14 |
89.92 |
2009-02-11 |
| 39. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
118.35 |
1.0567 |
0.0953 |
314 |
13 |
95.34 |
2009-02-10 |
| 40. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
88.02 |
1.0562 |
-0.1956 |
360 |
1 |
88.02 |
2012-05-26 |
| 41. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
110.11 |
1.0561 |
0.0137 |
227 |
14 |
92.17 |
2008-11-29 |
| 42. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
115.65 |
1.0557 |
0.0714 |
289 |
18 |
94.11 |
2009-02-03 |
| 43. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
129.27 |
1.0543 |
0.2072 |
360 |
14 |
96.11 |
2009-04-14 |
| 44. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
107.55 |
1.0540 |
-0.0124 |
184 |
25 |
90.89 |
2009-06-04 |
| 45. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
113.26 |
1.0529 |
0.0522 |
373 |
12 |
90.87 |
2009-06-04 |
| 46. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
109.62 |
1.0521 |
0.0092 |
197 |
8 |
88.59 |
2009-06-02 |
| 47. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
110.18 |
1.0511 |
0.0231 |
252 |
11 |
91.98 |
2008-11-27 |
| 48. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
107.20 |
1.0506 |
-0.0078 |
259 |
17 |
94.75 |
2009-06-04 |
| 49. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
115.11 |
1.0498 |
0.0720 |
261 |
9 |
94.82 |
2009-05-20 |
| 50. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
111.96 |
1.0495 |
0.0398 |
323 |
14 |
93.76 |
2009-02-11 |
| 51. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
114.32 |
1.0487 |
0.0620 |
253 |
16 |
100.34 |
2009-04-14 |
| 52. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
106.35 |
1.0482 |
-0.0003 |
407 |
1 |
106.35 |
2010-10-21 |
| 53. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
115.41 |
1.0481 |
0.0678 |
255 |
14 |
96.32 |
2010-05-10 |
| 54. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
115.93 |
1.0479 |
0.0792 |
205 |
16 |
95.56 |
2010-10-21 |
| 55. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
110.99 |
1.0476 |
0.0233 |
110 |
4 |
100.68 |
2009-06-02 |
| 56. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
105.72 |
1.0472 |
-0.0248 |
149 |
10 |
86.81 |
2008-12-28 |
| 57. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
97.04 |
1.0466 |
-0.1033 |
230 |
6 |
88.89 |
2008-12-11 |
| 58. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
111.47 |
1.0464 |
0.0436 |
294 |
11 |
94.20 |
2009-02-11 |
| 59. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
106.19 |
1.0462 |
-0.0099 |
340 |
13 |
88.15 |
2009-04-16 |
| 60. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
103.82 |
1.0461 |
-0.0338 |
318 |
16 |
92.59 |
2009-03-25 |
| 61. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
101.08 |
1.0450 |
-0.0564 |
358 |
15 |
93.13 |
2009-04-16 |
| 62. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
110.12 |
1.0432 |
0.0292 |
276 |
15 |
92.67 |
2009-02-11 |
| 63. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
107.65 |
1.0427 |
0.0058 |
269 |
2 |
107.56 |
2009-04-14 |
| 64. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
99.87 |
1.0426 |
-0.0752 |
131 |
11 |
87.16 |
2009-01-04 |
| 65. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
105.41 |
1.0419 |
-0.0131 |
341 |
9 |
92.28 |
2009-08-06 |
| 66. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
104.37 |
1.0418 |
-0.0255 |
214 |
17 |
90.51 |
2009-06-27 |
| 67. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
116.09 |
1.0414 |
0.0879 |
234 |
14 |
97.24 |
2009-06-02 |
| 68. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
112.12 |
1.0411 |
0.0521 |
341 |
20 |
94.41 |
2009-04-06 |
| 69. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
106.61 |
1.0404 |
0.0019 |
406 |
12 |
89.53 |
2009-06-04 |
| 70. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
106.05 |
1.0403 |
-0.0101 |
234 |
10 |
95.61 |
2009-08-06 |
| 71. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
92.19 |
1.0387 |
-0.1382 |
333 |
1 |
92.19 |
2009-02-10 |
| 72. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
108.55 |
1.0372 |
0.0188 |
249 |
15 |
94.70 |
2008-12-28 |
| 73. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
113.92 |
1.0370 |
0.0718 |
262 |
1 |
113.92 |
2009-02-11 |
| 74. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
104.84 |
1.0362 |
-0.0098 |
437 |
8 |
90.03 |
2009-02-10 |
| 75. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
117.50 |
1.0351 |
0.1128 |
276 |
16 |
97.84 |
2009-04-06 |
| 76. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
115.97 |
1.0341 |
0.0943 |
273 |
17 |
96.03 |
2009-06-02 |
| 77. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
103.27 |
1.0334 |
-0.0293 |
261 |
13 |
91.13 |
2009-01-03 |
| 78. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
102.32 |
1.0333 |
-0.0430 |
176 |
8 |
82.47 |
2009-10-27 |
| 79. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
101.25 |
1.0332 |
-0.0488 |
267 |
10 |
95.56 |
2009-02-11 |
| 80. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
104.85 |
1.0320 |
-0.0058 |
401 |
10 |
93.89 |
2009-04-14 |
| 81. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
104.22 |
1.0301 |
-0.0174 |
268 |
5 |
98.39 |
2009-06-02 |
| 82. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
99.16 |
1.0291 |
-0.0667 |
240 |
8 |
86.27 |
2008-11-17 |
| 83. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
102.81 |
1.0288 |
-0.0333 |
166 |
11 |
90.51 |
2009-02-11 |
| 84. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
111.11 |
1.0287 |
0.0517 |
269 |
17 |
93.17 |
2009-02-10 |
| 85. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
115.33 |
1.0279 |
0.0892 |
172 |
16 |
97.33 |
2009-06-04 |
| 86. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
104.60 |
1.0272 |
-0.0116 |
226 |
10 |
88.54 |
2008-11-08 |
| 87. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
111.81 |
1.0270 |
0.0619 |
303 |
11 |
97.09 |
2009-04-06 |
| 88. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
102.74 |
1.0267 |
-0.0241 |
261 |
11 |
94.65 |
2009-04-16 |
| 89. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
104.76 |
1.0265 |
-0.0035 |
375 |
15 |
88.59 |
2009-01-04 |
| 90. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
112.38 |
1.0264 |
0.0633 |
191 |
11 |
91.68 |
2009-02-03 |
| 91. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
113.32 |
1.0250 |
0.0810 |
271 |
8 |
92.14 |
2009-02-11 |
| 92. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
88.72 |
1.0243 |
-0.1582 |
153 |
1 |
88.72 |
2010-10-21 |
| 93. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
103.55 |
1.0234 |
-0.0118 |
392 |
6 |
89.95 |
2009-04-06 |
| 94. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
103.67 |
1.0227 |
-0.0080 |
378 |
10 |
95.10 |
2009-02-10 |
| 95. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
110.21 |
1.0208 |
0.0518 |
231 |
9 |
91.41 |
2009-04-14 |
| 96. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
97.87 |
1.0199 |
-0.0718 |
225 |
8 |
85.70 |
2009-02-11 |
| 97. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
105.16 |
1.0197 |
0.0017 |
204 |
13 |
93.38 |
2009-05-12 |
| 98. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
104.74 |
1.0189 |
-0.0004 |
290 |
16 |
91.56 |
2009-04-14 |
| 99. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
116.18 |
1.0181 |
0.1143 |
276 |
15 |
92.64 |
2009-03-25 |
| 100. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
104.04 |
1.0178 |
-0.0072 |
207 |
12 |
92.63 |
2009-02-11 |
| 101. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
106.03 |
1.0165 |
0.0144 |
316 |
16 |
94.69 |
2009-04-06 |
| 102. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
99.02 |
1.0135 |
-0.0471 |
358 |
13 |
88.07 |
2009-02-11 |
| 103. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
109.08 |
1.0132 |
0.0490 |
371 |
14 |
96.34 |
2009-02-10 |
| 104. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
101.40 |
1.0130 |
-0.0265 |
288 |
5 |
90.08 |
2008-11-27 |
| 105. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
107.09 |
1.0128 |
0.0361 |
369 |
10 |
94.87 |
2009-02-11 |
| 106. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
102.62 |
1.0125 |
-0.0156 |
232 |
12 |
89.68 |
2009-05-12 |
| 107. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
91.70 |
1.0125 |
-0.1259 |
171 |
8 |
85.26 |
2008-12-08 |
| 108. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
101.19 |
1.0115 |
-0.0323 |
189 |
1 |
101.19 |
2009-02-11 |
| 109. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
101.41 |
1.0106 |
-0.0251 |
302 |
8 |
94.64 |
2009-01-10 |
| 110. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
108.40 |
1.0103 |
0.0389 |
209 |
14 |
93.39 |
2009-01-20 |
| 111. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
115.14 |
1.0101 |
0.1126 |
336 |
10 |
92.06 |
2009-04-16 |
| 112. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
116.47 |
1.0095 |
0.1230 |
211 |
21 |
99.76 |
2009-06-04 |
| 113. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
106.07 |
1.0094 |
0.0228 |
256 |
15 |
91.37 |
2010-05-10 |
| 114. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
105.42 |
1.0086 |
0.0129 |
218 |
12 |
94.56 |
2011-05-20 |
| 115. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
112.35 |
1.0082 |
0.0804 |
212 |
14 |
89.83 |
2009-04-14 |
| 116. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
106.08 |
1.0079 |
0.0233 |
273 |
17 |
94.22 |
2010-10-21 |
| 117. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
112.27 |
1.0060 |
0.0875 |
225 |
10 |
94.61 |
2009-01-19 |
| 118. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
106.69 |
1.0059 |
0.0335 |
283 |
13 |
92.30 |
2009-01-27 |
| 119. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
102.15 |
1.0057 |
-0.0090 |
382 |
4 |
92.56 |
2009-04-06 |
| 120. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
99.45 |
1.0042 |
-0.0407 |
168 |
4 |
92.66 |
2009-02-10 |
| 121. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
97.02 |
1.0036 |
-0.0591 |
277 |
2 |
96.32 |
2009-04-06 |
| 122. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
93.70 |
1.0035 |
-0.0919 |
310 |
10 |
85.96 |
2009-01-04 |
| 123. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
102.86 |
1.0033 |
-0.0023 |
203 |
16 |
88.98 |
2009-05-20 |
| 124. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
102.48 |
1.0028 |
-0.0069 |
259 |
9 |
82.76 |
2008-11-29 |
| 125. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
105.35 |
1.0018 |
0.0236 |
246 |
9 |
91.84 |
2009-04-16 |
| 126. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
98.31 |
1.0016 |
-0.0470 |
217 |
7 |
89.69 |
2009-03-25 |
| 127. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
104.20 |
1.0006 |
0.0132 |
311 |
11 |
88.55 |
2009-05-20 |
| 128. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
102.22 |
0.9996 |
0.0023 |
483 |
11 |
88.15 |
2009-01-05 |
| 129. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
113.63 |
0.9981 |
0.1071 |
211 |
9 |
92.98 |
2009-02-10 |
| 130. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
105.86 |
0.9980 |
0.0343 |
295 |
14 |
90.15 |
2009-06-02 |
| 131. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
108.07 |
0.9974 |
0.0504 |
163 |
7 |
92.42 |
2009-02-11 |
| 132. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
108.63 |
0.9966 |
0.0678 |
377 |
12 |
88.47 |
2008-12-11 |
| 133. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
107.52 |
0.9963 |
0.0476 |
274 |
13 |
95.52 |
2009-04-14 |
| 134. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
105.62 |
0.9957 |
0.0318 |
323 |
20 |
88.61 |
2009-05-20 |
| 135. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
111.07 |
0.9957 |
0.0894 |
323 |
12 |
95.46 |
2009-04-05 |
| 136. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
104.82 |
0.9952 |
0.0271 |
220 |
9 |
91.55 |
2008-11-22 |
| 137. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
90.44 |
0.9948 |
-0.1168 |
233 |
14 |
81.58 |
2008-11-29 |
| 138. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
103.53 |
0.9933 |
0.0214 |
450 |
14 |
92.56 |
2009-01-10 |
| 139. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
101.13 |
0.9931 |
-0.0048 |
339 |
7 |
86.52 |
2009-08-06 |
| 140. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
112.48 |
0.9931 |
0.0979 |
218 |
9 |
93.93 |
2009-01-27 |
| 141. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
99.98 |
0.9928 |
-0.0209 |
293 |
7 |
89.82 |
2009-01-10 |
| 142. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
92.81 |
0.9927 |
-0.0898 |
276 |
10 |
81.72 |
2009-04-14 |
| 143. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
95.90 |
0.9927 |
-0.0582 |
262 |
1 |
95.90 |
2009-02-10 |
| 144. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
99.54 |
0.9927 |
-0.0278 |
234 |
14 |
83.69 |
2008-11-27 |
| 145. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
107.78 |
0.9922 |
0.0573 |
264 |
16 |
92.02 |
2009-02-11 |
| 146. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
101.48 |
0.9917 |
-0.0024 |
317 |
10 |
93.10 |
2009-02-10 |
| 147. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
104.86 |
0.9915 |
0.0279 |
281 |
9 |
88.91 |
2009-02-11 |
| 148. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
100.75 |
0.9909 |
-0.0062 |
293 |
13 |
90.24 |
2009-01-20 |
| 149. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
94.66 |
0.9909 |
-0.0666 |
334 |
8 |
86.03 |
2009-02-11 |
| 150. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
102.72 |
0.9890 |
0.0142 |
272 |
6 |
87.28 |
2008-12-11 |
| 151. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
102.89 |
0.9885 |
0.0126 |
355 |
12 |
87.15 |
2008-11-28 |
| 152. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
106.87 |
0.9885 |
0.0582 |
469 |
15 |
89.81 |
2009-02-11 |
| 153. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
115.18 |
0.9884 |
0.1354 |
267 |
9 |
95.98 |
2009-04-16 |
| 154. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
107.06 |
0.9880 |
0.0496 |
199 |
9 |
93.10 |
2009-04-14 |
| 155. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
111.13 |
0.9869 |
0.0912 |
193 |
17 |
90.03 |
2009-02-10 |
| 156. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
98.03 |
0.9866 |
-0.0328 |
308 |
11 |
83.98 |
2009-01-04 |
| 157. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
103.61 |
0.9864 |
0.0255 |
292 |
9 |
91.59 |
2012-05-26 |
| 158. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
95.30 |
0.9852 |
-0.0591 |
235 |
1 |
95.30 |
2009-01-04 |
| 159. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
96.48 |
0.9849 |
-0.0454 |
337 |
6 |
88.12 |
2008-11-29 |
| 160. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
105.24 |
0.9842 |
0.0420 |
335 |
19 |
90.46 |
2009-02-14 |
| 161. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
97.39 |
0.9841 |
-0.0385 |
263 |
7 |
91.11 |
2009-04-05 |
| 162. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
95.48 |
0.9841 |
-0.0589 |
217 |
8 |
87.26 |
2009-06-04 |
| 163. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
101.12 |
0.9839 |
-0.0004 |
308 |
5 |
93.47 |
2009-06-04 |
| 164. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
94.42 |
0.9836 |
-0.0654 |
289 |
4 |
85.41 |
2008-11-19 |
| 165. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
102.98 |
0.9833 |
0.0210 |
387 |
19 |
89.48 |
2009-04-06 |
| 166. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
103.16 |
0.9829 |
0.0200 |
229 |
7 |
85.82 |
2012-05-26 |
| 167. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
90.99 |
0.9827 |
-0.0973 |
314 |
6 |
84.31 |
2008-11-20 |
| 168. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
109.26 |
0.9810 |
0.0874 |
362 |
10 |
97.10 |
2009-06-02 |
| 169. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
104.03 |
0.9809 |
0.0274 |
209 |
4 |
83.47 |
2010-10-21 |
| 170. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
90.46 |
0.9807 |
-0.1130 |
129 |
3 |
90.36 |
2008-11-29 |
| 171. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
103.28 |
0.9801 |
0.0244 |
289 |
10 |
87.20 |
2009-02-10 |
| 172. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
76.32 |
0.9787 |
-0.2344 |
364 |
1 |
76.32 |
2008-10-28 |
| 173. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
105.36 |
0.9780 |
0.0410 |
173 |
9 |
85.65 |
2008-11-27 |
| 174. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
95.45 |
0.9765 |
-0.0490 |
269 |
1 |
95.45 |
2009-02-11 |
| 175. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
115.81 |
0.9763 |
0.1507 |
143 |
13 |
89.25 |
2008-11-27 |
| 176. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
102.67 |
0.9762 |
0.0227 |
249 |
11 |
90.94 |
2008-11-26 |
| 177. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
119.43 |
0.9756 |
0.1866 |
223 |
15 |
92.60 |
2009-05-20 |
| 178. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
97.08 |
0.9745 |
-0.0283 |
388 |
10 |
83.60 |
2009-05-20 |
| 179. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
91.40 |
0.9740 |
-0.0822 |
371 |
10 |
80.20 |
2008-11-24 |
| 180. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
97.61 |
0.9736 |
-0.0172 |
378 |
12 |
85.85 |
2008-11-17 |
| 181. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
97.77 |
0.9727 |
-0.0151 |
442 |
10 |
85.16 |
2008-11-14 |
| 182. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
109.33 |
0.9726 |
0.0966 |
396 |
14 |
88.11 |
2009-02-10 |
| 183. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
104.16 |
0.9719 |
0.0487 |
383 |
11 |
91.19 |
2009-04-16 |
| 184. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
100.72 |
0.9713 |
0.0071 |
193 |
10 |
84.28 |
2009-05-20 |
| 185. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
108.35 |
0.9709 |
0.0823 |
264 |
12 |
90.35 |
2009-06-04 |
| 186. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
113.68 |
0.9704 |
0.1362 |
254 |
19 |
95.38 |
2009-05-20 |
| 187. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
107.53 |
0.9703 |
0.0827 |
394 |
11 |
91.66 |
2008-11-29 |
| 188. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
106.94 |
0.9698 |
0.0759 |
389 |
18 |
88.83 |
2009-01-05 |
| 189. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
100.29 |
0.9685 |
0.0078 |
304 |
1 |
100.29 |
2009-02-11 |
| 190. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
94.32 |
0.9681 |
-0.0454 |
392 |
8 |
83.89 |
2009-02-11 |
| 191. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
105.25 |
0.9680 |
0.0562 |
256 |
13 |
86.18 |
2009-02-11 |
| 192. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
102.20 |
0.9678 |
0.0308 |
392 |
11 |
89.35 |
2009-04-16 |
| 193. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
104.54 |
0.9673 |
0.0538 |
393 |
14 |
88.61 |
2009-02-11 |
| 194. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
96.64 |
0.9673 |
-0.0253 |
292 |
14 |
85.33 |
2009-01-20 |
| 195. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
90.40 |
0.9658 |
-0.0834 |
308 |
6 |
81.46 |
2008-11-15 |
| 196. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
98.04 |
0.9650 |
-0.0088 |
347 |
11 |
86.28 |
2009-08-06 |
| 197. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
106.69 |
0.9644 |
0.0769 |
398 |
9 |
92.34 |
2008-11-29 |
| 198. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
90.99 |
0.9636 |
-0.0805 |
281 |
5 |
86.08 |
2008-11-24 |
| 199. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
96.13 |
0.9632 |
-0.0272 |
287 |
13 |
82.89 |
2008-12-28 |
| 200. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
99.47 |
0.9631 |
0.0039 |
273 |
9 |
91.65 |
2008-11-29 |
| 201. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
94.04 |
0.9621 |
-0.0506 |
201 |
2 |
92.92 |
2008-11-27 |
| 202. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
107.94 |
0.9609 |
0.0943 |
331 |
12 |
87.00 |
2009-02-06 |
| 203. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
86.77 |
0.9604 |
-0.1193 |
285 |
4 |
80.93 |
2008-11-15 |
| 204. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
93.72 |
0.9603 |
-0.0436 |
430 |
5 |
84.90 |
2008-12-08 |
| 205. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
97.59 |
0.9597 |
-0.0104 |
251 |
12 |
78.16 |
2008-11-22 |
| 206. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
94.95 |
0.9594 |
-0.0379 |
258 |
9 |
86.89 |
2008-11-17 |
| 207. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
106.98 |
0.9583 |
0.0832 |
237 |
7 |
82.61 |
2008-11-18 |
| 208. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
99.98 |
0.9574 |
0.0183 |
354 |
14 |
85.91 |
2009-04-14 |
| 209. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
99.89 |
0.9561 |
0.0171 |
362 |
17 |
87.36 |
2009-01-20 |
| 210. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
94.94 |
0.9561 |
-0.0296 |
291 |
1 |
94.94 |
2010-10-21 |
| 211. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
95.58 |
0.9541 |
-0.0241 |
236 |
3 |
84.50 |
2009-04-06 |
| 212. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
93.68 |
0.9538 |
-0.0432 |
276 |
3 |
76.61 |
2009-02-10 |
| 213. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
97.91 |
0.9519 |
0.0043 |
323 |
7 |
85.93 |
2009-04-06 |
| 214. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
102.14 |
0.9503 |
0.0367 |
211 |
6 |
89.74 |
2008-12-28 |
| 215. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
90.57 |
0.9500 |
-0.0679 |
287 |
5 |
78.18 |
2008-11-14 |
| 216. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
103.60 |
0.9479 |
0.0618 |
317 |
14 |
92.56 |
2010-10-21 |
| 217. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
103.40 |
0.9468 |
0.0590 |
318 |
9 |
91.61 |
2009-04-16 |
| 218. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
91.10 |
0.9451 |
-0.0516 |
419 |
4 |
81.69 |
2008-11-17 |
| 219. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
100.54 |
0.9434 |
0.0391 |
367 |
9 |
89.51 |
2009-02-11 |
| 220. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
107.18 |
0.9425 |
0.1012 |
248 |
12 |
92.72 |
2009-04-06 |
| 221. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
106.26 |
0.9424 |
0.0941 |
320 |
8 |
89.27 |
2010-05-10 |
| 222. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
104.06 |
0.9422 |
0.0652 |
190 |
7 |
88.88 |
2008-11-27 |
| 223. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
84.56 |
0.9402 |
-0.1205 |
310 |
2 |
81.08 |
2008-11-14 |
| 224. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
99.47 |
0.9400 |
0.0301 |
434 |
10 |
83.87 |
2008-11-29 |
| 225. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
81.17 |
0.9392 |
-0.1447 |
360 |
1 |
81.17 |
2008-10-31 |
| 226. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
95.60 |
0.9380 |
-0.0099 |
284 |
8 |
82.48 |
2008-11-17 |
| 227. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
86.26 |
0.9359 |
-0.0970 |
355 |
5 |
77.09 |
2008-11-05 |
| 228. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
111.59 |
0.9357 |
0.1483 |
204 |
13 |
93.96 |
2009-02-14 |
| 229. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
78.45 |
0.9352 |
-0.1745 |
194 |
4 |
69.42 |
2008-10-28 |
| 230. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
98.10 |
0.9346 |
0.0166 |
211 |
7 |
84.59 |
2009-04-06 |
| 231. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
104.99 |
0.9339 |
0.0935 |
317 |
15 |
83.99 |
2009-06-04 |
| 232. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
97.73 |
0.9332 |
0.0173 |
267 |
13 |
88.21 |
2009-01-05 |
| 233. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
103.59 |
0.9332 |
0.0761 |
295 |
6 |
87.70 |
2010-05-10 |
| 234. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
100.61 |
0.9310 |
0.0472 |
278 |
2 |
100.17 |
2009-02-10 |
| 235. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
105.92 |
0.9299 |
0.0924 |
168 |
10 |
85.87 |
2009-06-02 |
| 236. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
100.45 |
0.9284 |
0.0524 |
346 |
13 |
89.98 |
2009-02-06 |
| 237. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
90.97 |
0.9271 |
-0.0432 |
295 |
4 |
85.16 |
2008-11-29 |
| 238. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
102.83 |
0.9271 |
0.0758 |
323 |
10 |
89.18 |
2009-06-02 |
| 239. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
101.02 |
0.9265 |
0.0551 |
254 |
11 |
90.02 |
2009-04-06 |
| 240. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
98.23 |
0.9260 |
0.0324 |
348 |
2 |
94.03 |
2009-02-10 |
| 241. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
87.76 |
0.9258 |
-0.0683 |
184 |
1 |
87.76 |
2010-10-21 |
| 242. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
94.49 |
0.9243 |
-0.0034 |
240 |
9 |
88.72 |
2009-02-06 |
| 243. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
101.69 |
0.9206 |
0.0692 |
317 |
10 |
91.25 |
2009-03-25 |
| 244. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
97.69 |
0.9183 |
0.0327 |
308 |
11 |
88.42 |
2009-04-06 |
| 245. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
88.83 |
0.9162 |
-0.0516 |
401 |
6 |
81.82 |
2008-11-03 |
| 246. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
89.06 |
0.9145 |
-0.0454 |
404 |
5 |
81.98 |
2009-01-10 |
| 247. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
103.41 |
0.9143 |
0.0928 |
300 |
7 |
89.58 |
2009-02-11 |
| 248. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
105.50 |
0.9136 |
0.1163 |
348 |
8 |
91.79 |
2009-03-25 |
| 249. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
83.07 |
0.9135 |
-0.0977 |
393 |
5 |
75.82 |
2008-10-31 |
| 250. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
96.06 |
0.9128 |
0.0185 |
237 |
9 |
83.23 |
2008-12-09 |
| 251. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
95.81 |
0.9119 |
0.0241 |
396 |
10 |
89.22 |
2008-12-11 |
| 252. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
102.49 |
0.9114 |
0.0932 |
399 |
8 |
88.06 |
2008-11-26 |
| 253. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
88.59 |
0.9108 |
-0.0499 |
235 |
6 |
79.52 |
2008-11-12 |
| 254. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
101.09 |
0.9103 |
0.0729 |
269 |
1 |
101.09 |
2009-04-14 |
| 255. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
85.64 |
0.9101 |
-0.0741 |
351 |
4 |
82.30 |
2008-11-10 |
| 256. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
82.30 |
0.9070 |
-0.1124 |
192 |
1 |
82.30 |
2008-11-03 |
| 257. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
90.26 |
0.9068 |
-0.0313 |
212 |
7 |
79.14 |
2009-01-04 |
| 258. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
89.85 |
0.9029 |
-0.0268 |
393 |
7 |
81.20 |
2008-12-08 |
| 259. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
95.04 |
0.9027 |
0.0180 |
189 |
6 |
80.24 |
2008-11-29 |
| 260. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
89.99 |
0.9012 |
-0.0230 |
322 |
3 |
82.83 |
2008-11-29 |
| 261. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
87.83 |
0.9011 |
-0.0443 |
322 |
3 |
79.42 |
2009-02-06 |
| 262. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
93.84 |
0.8993 |
0.0159 |
366 |
10 |
84.87 |
2009-04-14 |
| 263. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
61.79 |
0.8986 |
-0.2993 |
216 |
1 |
61.79 |
2008-10-24 |
| 264. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
88.04 |
0.8986 |
-0.0380 |
363 |
2 |
80.56 |
2008-11-06 |
| 265. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
96.59 |
0.8986 |
0.0390 |
205 |
8 |
79.44 |
2008-11-27 |
| 266. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
106.94 |
0.8964 |
0.1414 |
199 |
10 |
87.20 |
2009-04-06 |
| 267. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
92.90 |
0.8936 |
0.0085 |
346 |
11 |
85.03 |
2009-02-11 |
| 268. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
94.43 |
0.8913 |
0.0284 |
201 |
5 |
83.21 |
2009-04-06 |
| 269. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
72.02 |
0.8887 |
-0.1760 |
464 |
1 |
72.02 |
2008-10-26 |
| 270. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
88.36 |
0.8880 |
-0.0291 |
296 |
4 |
82.02 |
2008-11-08 |
| 271. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
94.90 |
0.8794 |
0.0500 |
427 |
7 |
77.97 |
2008-11-19 |
| 272. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
90.64 |
0.8666 |
0.0120 |
206 |
7 |
77.77 |
2008-12-28 |
| 273. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
98.81 |
0.8656 |
0.0967 |
242 |
4 |
76.10 |
2009-05-12 |
| 274. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
87.10 |
0.8624 |
-0.0207 |
174 |
4 |
74.87 |
2012-05-26 |
| 275. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
73.86 |
0.8603 |
-0.1436 |
270 |
1 |
73.86 |
2008-10-25 |
| 276. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
93.13 |
0.8572 |
0.0466 |
232 |
2 |
92.40 |
2009-04-06 |
| 277. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
87.49 |
0.8437 |
0.0059 |
268 |
2 |
71.67 |
2008-11-27 |
| 278. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
92.00 |
0.8172 |
0.0729 |
204 |
6 |
79.84 |
2009-05-20 |
| 279. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
60.37 |
0.7923 |
-0.2069 |
316 |
3 |
55.54 |
2008-10-25 |