Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
98.33 |
1.0881 |
0.2235 |
210 |
7 |
68.49 |
2009-01-02 |
2. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
97.72 |
1.0529 |
0.2570 |
373 |
9 |
76.95 |
2008-12-05 |
3. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
96.37 |
1.0800 |
0.2021 |
129 |
6 |
81.16 |
2008-11-30 |
4. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
96.10 |
1.0506 |
0.2345 |
259 |
10 |
72.68 |
2008-12-30 |
5. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
93.55 |
1.0561 |
0.1932 |
227 |
8 |
75.45 |
2009-01-02 |
6. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
93.16 |
0.9763 |
0.2692 |
143 |
9 |
67.24 |
2009-01-10 |
7. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
91.98 |
1.0777 |
0.1503 |
226 |
2 |
77.26 |
2008-11-30 |
8. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
91.14 |
1.0628 |
0.1580 |
363 |
5 |
66.97 |
2008-12-05 |
9. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
91.02 |
1.0960 |
0.1253 |
315 |
4 |
79.07 |
2009-01-02 |
10. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
90.52 |
1.0800 |
0.1276 |
213 |
7 |
74.63 |
2008-11-24 |
11. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
89.99 |
0.9801 |
0.2230 |
289 |
8 |
70.25 |
2009-01-16 |
12. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
88.86 |
1.0095 |
0.1773 |
211 |
12 |
65.64 |
2008-12-31 |
13. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
88.38 |
1.0669 |
0.1180 |
379 |
5 |
73.16 |
2008-12-30 |
14. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
88.00 |
1.0101 |
0.1683 |
336 |
3 |
81.44 |
2009-01-02 |
15. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
87.64 |
0.9265 |
0.2442 |
254 |
7 |
59.38 |
2009-01-02 |
16. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
87.53 |
1.0540 |
0.1113 |
184 |
3 |
75.17 |
2008-12-08 |
17. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
87.50 |
1.0600 |
0.1102 |
351 |
5 |
76.40 |
2008-12-07 |
18. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
87.49 |
0.9890 |
0.1847 |
272 |
8 |
69.86 |
2008-12-07 |
19. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
87.08 |
1.0521 |
0.1066 |
197 |
12 |
74.07 |
2008-12-30 |
20. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
86.57 |
1.0743 |
0.0842 |
297 |
8 |
70.98 |
2008-12-21 |
21. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
86.13 |
1.1093 |
0.0366 |
220 |
7 |
69.76 |
2008-12-07 |
22. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
85.90 |
1.0466 |
0.1014 |
230 |
5 |
73.26 |
2008-11-29 |
23. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
85.67 |
1.0250 |
0.1232 |
271 |
8 |
66.16 |
2008-11-30 |
24. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
85.40 |
1.0279 |
0.1081 |
172 |
6 |
77.40 |
2008-12-08 |
25. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
85.36 |
1.0132 |
0.1286 |
371 |
7 |
69.32 |
2008-12-30 |
26. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
85.26 |
0.9866 |
0.1536 |
308 |
5 |
75.49 |
2008-12-08 |
27. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
84.37 |
1.0877 |
0.0367 |
129 |
4 |
71.11 |
2008-12-08 |
28. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
84.09 |
1.0607 |
0.0662 |
357 |
7 |
71.36 |
2008-12-07 |
29. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
83.94 |
1.0125 |
0.1047 |
171 |
8 |
69.97 |
2008-12-06 |
30. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
83.92 |
0.9332 |
0.1886 |
267 |
3 |
66.48 |
2009-01-02 |
31. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
83.84 |
1.0082 |
0.1075 |
212 |
5 |
70.18 |
2008-11-28 |
32. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
83.69 |
1.0403 |
0.0767 |
234 |
6 |
70.69 |
2008-12-07 |
33. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
83.68 |
0.9927 |
0.1226 |
234 |
4 |
76.23 |
2008-11-29 |
34. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
83.64 |
1.0351 |
0.0868 |
276 |
4 |
71.37 |
2008-11-28 |
35. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
83.16 |
1.0341 |
0.0769 |
273 |
6 |
68.83 |
2008-12-09 |
36. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
83.12 |
1.0901 |
0.0229 |
288 |
8 |
69.53 |
2008-12-09 |
37. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
82.99 |
1.0199 |
0.0856 |
225 |
8 |
69.58 |
2008-12-06 |
38. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
82.98 |
1.0450 |
0.0695 |
358 |
5 |
76.72 |
2008-12-30 |
39. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
82.90 |
0.9829 |
0.1245 |
229 |
3 |
75.61 |
2009-01-02 |
40. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
82.60 |
1.0106 |
0.0925 |
302 |
2 |
69.62 |
2008-12-30 |
41. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
82.58 |
1.1070 |
-0.0043 |
265 |
7 |
70.96 |
2008-11-28 |
42. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
82.54 |
0.9070 |
0.1914 |
192 |
3 |
66.77 |
2008-11-23 |
43. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
82.30 |
1.0487 |
0.0491 |
253 |
8 |
68.32 |
2008-12-07 |
44. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
82.17 |
1.0288 |
0.0648 |
166 |
3 |
77.22 |
2009-01-02 |
45. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
82.13 |
1.0686 |
0.0327 |
354 |
4 |
71.84 |
2008-11-24 |
46. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
81.95 |
1.0481 |
0.0395 |
255 |
7 |
71.38 |
2008-12-07 |
47. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
81.92 |
1.0601 |
0.0316 |
256 |
6 |
67.02 |
2008-11-30 |
48. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
81.76 |
0.9849 |
0.1091 |
337 |
5 |
66.26 |
2008-12-30 |
49. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
81.73 |
0.9644 |
0.1311 |
398 |
3 |
67.79 |
2008-12-05 |
50. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
81.56 |
0.9915 |
0.0977 |
281 |
6 |
69.99 |
2008-12-08 |
51. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
81.55 |
1.0472 |
0.0364 |
149 |
6 |
69.41 |
2008-12-08 |
52. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
81.52 |
0.9931 |
0.0925 |
218 |
4 |
63.36 |
2008-12-06 |
53. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
81.27 |
1.0615 |
0.0217 |
201 |
7 |
73.17 |
2008-12-06 |
54. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
81.22 |
0.9434 |
0.1466 |
367 |
8 |
69.46 |
2008-12-07 |
55. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
81.19 |
0.9357 |
0.1472 |
204 |
11 |
70.90 |
2008-12-07 |
56. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
81.07 |
1.0543 |
0.0315 |
360 |
6 |
71.86 |
2008-12-09 |
57. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
81.05 |
1.0582 |
0.0219 |
180 |
8 |
67.64 |
2008-11-30 |
58. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
81.02 |
0.9680 |
0.1149 |
256 |
4 |
74.36 |
2009-01-02 |
59. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
80.85 |
0.9880 |
0.0883 |
199 |
6 |
69.80 |
2008-11-23 |
60. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
80.75 |
1.0638 |
0.0134 |
247 |
5 |
68.79 |
2008-12-01 |
61. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
80.73 |
1.0511 |
0.0296 |
252 |
5 |
70.01 |
2008-12-08 |
62. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
80.62 |
0.9402 |
0.1353 |
310 |
6 |
67.89 |
2008-12-09 |
63. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
80.23 |
0.9974 |
0.0709 |
163 |
5 |
69.79 |
2008-11-23 |
64. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
80.06 |
1.0018 |
0.0684 |
246 |
4 |
70.86 |
2008-12-01 |
65. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
80.00 |
0.9927 |
0.0770 |
276 |
6 |
65.66 |
2008-12-30 |
66. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
79.93 |
1.0094 |
0.0589 |
256 |
6 |
71.33 |
2008-12-05 |
67. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
79.90 |
0.9885 |
0.0860 |
469 |
7 |
66.66 |
2008-12-01 |
68. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
79.85 |
1.0033 |
0.0641 |
203 |
6 |
69.39 |
2008-12-06 |
69. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
79.75 |
1.0590 |
0.0056 |
250 |
5 |
71.85 |
2008-12-09 |
70. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
79.55 |
1.0265 |
0.0403 |
375 |
7 |
69.45 |
2008-11-24 |
71. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
79.46 |
1.0464 |
0.0204 |
294 |
6 |
72.04 |
2008-12-09 |
72. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
79.38 |
1.0264 |
0.0302 |
191 |
6 |
68.97 |
2008-12-07 |
73. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
79.24 |
1.0672 |
-0.0095 |
239 |
10 |
64.03 |
2008-11-26 |
74. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
79.18 |
1.0654 |
-0.0098 |
247 |
6 |
68.58 |
2008-12-05 |
75. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
79.15 |
0.9538 |
0.1037 |
276 |
5 |
64.67 |
2008-12-09 |
76. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
79.12 |
1.0588 |
-0.0014 |
281 |
3 |
66.48 |
2008-11-20 |
77. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
79.00 |
1.0576 |
-0.0047 |
231 |
6 |
69.10 |
2008-12-08 |
78. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
78.90 |
1.0476 |
-0.0027 |
110 |
6 |
65.58 |
2008-12-05 |
79. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
78.83 |
0.9604 |
0.0909 |
285 |
5 |
68.31 |
2008-12-07 |
80. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
78.83 |
1.0462 |
0.0102 |
340 |
4 |
65.36 |
2008-11-30 |
81. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
78.77 |
0.9228 |
0.1343 |
305 |
4 |
66.95 |
2008-11-30 |
82. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
78.66 |
0.9736 |
0.0846 |
378 |
6 |
67.16 |
2008-11-16 |
83. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
78.49 |
1.0676 |
-0.0142 |
456 |
5 |
72.45 |
2008-12-06 |
84. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
78.22 |
0.9422 |
0.0979 |
190 |
9 |
67.84 |
2008-12-08 |
85. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
77.90 |
0.9931 |
0.0523 |
339 |
3 |
65.16 |
2008-12-06 |
86. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
77.86 |
0.9359 |
0.1051 |
355 |
7 |
63.98 |
2008-12-09 |
87. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
77.83 |
0.9841 |
0.0542 |
263 |
6 |
63.69 |
2008-11-28 |
88. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
77.70 |
1.0227 |
0.0216 |
378 |
2 |
67.98 |
2008-11-29 |
89. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
77.68 |
1.0418 |
-0.0031 |
214 |
6 |
69.04 |
2008-12-31 |
90. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
77.51 |
0.9243 |
0.1134 |
240 |
6 |
63.98 |
2008-12-09 |
91. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
77.51 |
0.9541 |
0.0821 |
236 |
9 |
61.11 |
2008-12-09 |
92. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
77.45 |
0.9885 |
0.0464 |
355 |
3 |
70.92 |
2008-11-24 |
93. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
77.44 |
0.9909 |
0.0477 |
334 |
7 |
69.67 |
2008-12-06 |
94. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
77.33 |
1.0362 |
0.0033 |
437 |
9 |
68.24 |
2008-12-08 |
95. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
77.29 |
0.9957 |
0.0368 |
323 |
5 |
65.47 |
2008-11-11 |
96. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
77.27 |
1.0178 |
0.0129 |
207 |
9 |
65.31 |
2008-12-08 |
97. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
77.08 |
1.0086 |
0.0170 |
218 |
6 |
62.86 |
2008-11-11 |
98. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
77.02 |
1.0372 |
-0.0085 |
249 |
5 |
72.39 |
2008-12-09 |
99. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
76.90 |
0.9780 |
0.0432 |
173 |
5 |
67.40 |
2008-11-30 |
100. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
76.82 |
1.0130 |
0.0135 |
288 |
3 |
75.29 |
2008-12-08 |
101. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
76.81 |
0.9841 |
0.0388 |
217 |
7 |
66.08 |
2008-12-07 |
102. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
76.74 |
0.9698 |
0.0605 |
389 |
8 |
65.81 |
2008-11-30 |
103. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
76.65 |
1.0059 |
0.0194 |
283 |
6 |
71.05 |
2008-12-01 |
104. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
76.57 |
0.9948 |
0.0271 |
233 |
8 |
65.91 |
2008-12-07 |
105. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
76.48 |
1.0334 |
-0.0122 |
261 |
2 |
75.41 |
2008-11-04 |
106. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
76.38 |
1.0181 |
0.0036 |
276 |
5 |
64.49 |
2008-11-28 |
107. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
76.28 |
1.0419 |
-0.0197 |
341 |
6 |
67.97 |
2008-12-06 |
108. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
76.25 |
1.0495 |
-0.0313 |
323 |
6 |
67.77 |
2008-12-08 |
109. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
76.00 |
1.0426 |
-0.0313 |
131 |
3 |
71.11 |
2008-11-30 |
110. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
75.88 |
0.9068 |
0.1050 |
212 |
6 |
66.75 |
2008-12-07 |
111. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
75.79 |
0.9658 |
0.0504 |
308 |
3 |
67.89 |
2008-11-28 |
112. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
75.75 |
0.9996 |
0.0199 |
483 |
4 |
67.81 |
2008-12-21 |
113. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
75.71 |
1.0461 |
-0.0325 |
318 |
7 |
68.94 |
2008-12-07 |
114. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
75.58 |
1.0865 |
-0.0770 |
237 |
7 |
69.19 |
2008-12-07 |
115. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
75.51 |
0.9681 |
0.0463 |
392 |
1 |
75.51 |
2008-12-06 |
116. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
75.49 |
0.9869 |
0.0180 |
193 |
3 |
68.40 |
2008-11-11 |
117. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
75.47 |
0.8778 |
0.1322 |
285 |
2 |
64.68 |
2008-12-21 |
118. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
75.45 |
0.9500 |
0.0596 |
287 |
2 |
72.02 |
2008-11-30 |
119. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
75.45 |
1.1198 |
-0.1129 |
247 |
4 |
70.31 |
2008-12-30 |
120. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
75.40 |
0.9119 |
0.0997 |
396 |
5 |
61.01 |
2008-12-06 |
121. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
75.31 |
0.9827 |
0.0243 |
314 |
5 |
66.35 |
2008-11-29 |
122. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
75.17 |
1.0016 |
0.0010 |
217 |
9 |
67.18 |
2008-12-08 |
123. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
75.04 |
0.9966 |
0.0130 |
377 |
5 |
61.84 |
2008-11-21 |
124. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
75.01 |
1.0267 |
-0.0216 |
261 |
7 |
62.27 |
2008-11-24 |
125. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
74.94 |
1.0287 |
-0.0287 |
269 |
7 |
66.64 |
2008-11-24 |
126. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
74.91 |
1.0639 |
-0.0621 |
303 |
2 |
67.73 |
2008-11-28 |
127. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
74.74 |
1.0682 |
-0.0687 |
266 |
3 |
65.87 |
2008-12-07 |
128. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
74.69 |
0.9864 |
0.0151 |
292 |
6 |
63.04 |
2008-12-31 |
129. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
74.60 |
1.0867 |
-0.0946 |
171 |
2 |
68.22 |
2008-11-29 |
130. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
74.51 |
0.9713 |
0.0226 |
193 |
4 |
64.82 |
2008-11-28 |
131. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
74.39 |
0.8986 |
0.0934 |
205 |
2 |
71.86 |
2008-12-06 |
132. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
74.28 |
0.9756 |
0.0159 |
223 |
3 |
64.82 |
2008-11-21 |
133. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
74.05 |
0.9339 |
0.0610 |
317 |
1 |
74.05 |
2008-11-30 |
134. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
73.81 |
1.0498 |
-0.0627 |
261 |
6 |
69.14 |
2008-12-09 |
135. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
73.79 |
0.9114 |
0.0817 |
399 |
9 |
65.66 |
2008-12-06 |
136. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
73.75 |
1.0028 |
-0.0188 |
259 |
7 |
68.28 |
2008-12-05 |
137. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
73.59 |
1.0736 |
-0.0881 |
350 |
4 |
68.98 |
2008-11-02 |
138. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
73.46 |
0.9719 |
0.0165 |
383 |
5 |
66.32 |
2008-11-14 |
139. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
73.38 |
1.0404 |
-0.0554 |
406 |
8 |
66.87 |
2008-11-21 |
140. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
73.34 |
0.9952 |
-0.0132 |
220 |
6 |
63.67 |
2008-12-06 |
141. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
73.28 |
1.0035 |
-0.0241 |
310 |
6 |
70.00 |
2008-11-28 |
142. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
73.08 |
1.0320 |
-0.0499 |
401 |
8 |
66.05 |
2008-12-07 |
143. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
73.02 |
0.9392 |
0.0422 |
360 |
7 |
63.63 |
2008-12-09 |
144. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
72.99 |
0.9981 |
-0.0241 |
211 |
6 |
60.05 |
2008-12-01 |
145. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
72.81 |
0.9145 |
0.0615 |
404 |
5 |
64.63 |
2008-12-07 |
146. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
72.76 |
0.9727 |
0.0058 |
442 |
3 |
62.94 |
2008-12-21 |
147. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
72.75 |
1.0197 |
-0.0498 |
204 |
5 |
68.54 |
2008-11-29 |
148. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
72.72 |
0.9704 |
0.0009 |
254 |
5 |
64.19 |
2008-12-01 |
149. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
72.68 |
0.9636 |
0.0057 |
281 |
5 |
66.30 |
2008-12-06 |
150. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
72.51 |
1.0411 |
-0.0709 |
341 |
7 |
62.17 |
2008-11-04 |
151. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
72.37 |
1.0332 |
-0.0673 |
267 |
5 |
67.07 |
2008-11-29 |
152. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
72.29 |
0.9833 |
-0.0154 |
387 |
2 |
66.22 |
2008-12-08 |
153. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
72.19 |
0.9740 |
-0.0066 |
371 |
4 |
67.49 |
2008-11-29 |
154. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
72.19 |
0.9574 |
0.0099 |
354 |
6 |
60.07 |
2008-11-28 |
155. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
72.18 |
0.9632 |
0.0020 |
287 |
5 |
60.23 |
2008-11-21 |
156. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
72.15 |
1.0432 |
-0.0790 |
276 |
3 |
66.10 |
2008-12-08 |
157. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
72.01 |
0.9609 |
0.0056 |
331 |
7 |
62.46 |
2008-12-06 |
158. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
72.01 |
0.9678 |
-0.0018 |
392 |
7 |
63.84 |
2008-11-29 |
159. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
71.93 |
0.9271 |
0.0331 |
295 |
8 |
64.30 |
2008-11-21 |
160. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
71.84 |
0.9561 |
0.0049 |
362 |
5 |
59.27 |
2008-12-06 |
161. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
71.79 |
1.0567 |
-0.0982 |
314 |
8 |
66.15 |
2008-11-28 |
162. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
71.78 |
1.0042 |
-0.0494 |
168 |
5 |
63.45 |
2008-11-06 |
163. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
71.74 |
0.9424 |
0.0182 |
320 |
2 |
64.29 |
2008-12-05 |
164. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
71.68 |
0.9917 |
-0.0323 |
317 |
7 |
64.13 |
2008-12-07 |
165. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
71.66 |
0.9597 |
-0.0025 |
251 |
3 |
70.15 |
2008-11-27 |
166. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
71.64 |
1.0060 |
-0.0486 |
225 |
6 |
65.94 |
2008-11-21 |
167. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
71.56 |
1.0208 |
-0.0652 |
231 |
7 |
64.84 |
2008-11-14 |
168. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
71.40 |
1.0291 |
-0.0777 |
240 |
5 |
60.92 |
2008-11-29 |
169. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
71.39 |
1.0165 |
-0.0639 |
316 |
5 |
62.54 |
2008-11-22 |
170. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
71.36 |
0.9346 |
0.0155 |
211 |
4 |
63.54 |
2009-01-02 |
171. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
71.23 |
0.9594 |
-0.0100 |
258 |
3 |
62.54 |
2008-11-18 |
172. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
71.19 |
0.9836 |
-0.0328 |
289 |
4 |
68.76 |
2008-11-11 |
173. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
71.04 |
0.9762 |
-0.0275 |
249 |
7 |
62.46 |
2008-12-06 |
174. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
70.90 |
1.0128 |
-0.0592 |
369 |
4 |
65.00 |
2008-11-07 |
175. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
70.89 |
0.9400 |
0.0093 |
434 |
5 |
62.93 |
2008-12-07 |
176. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
70.84 |
0.9810 |
-0.0300 |
362 |
5 |
63.83 |
2008-12-01 |
177. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
70.61 |
0.9980 |
-0.0529 |
295 |
4 |
63.72 |
2008-12-08 |
178. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
70.46 |
0.9809 |
-0.0439 |
209 |
6 |
65.53 |
2008-12-09 |
179. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
70.40 |
1.0103 |
-0.0759 |
209 |
2 |
66.46 |
2008-11-19 |
180. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
70.39 |
0.9271 |
0.0153 |
323 |
8 |
58.21 |
2008-11-29 |
181. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
70.30 |
1.0272 |
-0.0906 |
226 |
3 |
67.83 |
2008-11-17 |
182. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
70.25 |
1.0135 |
-0.0721 |
358 |
3 |
69.78 |
2008-11-20 |
183. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
70.18 |
0.9011 |
0.0392 |
322 |
7 |
62.50 |
2008-12-09 |
184. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
70.17 |
0.8936 |
0.0423 |
346 |
4 |
63.56 |
2008-11-23 |
185. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
70.14 |
0.9957 |
-0.0551 |
323 |
3 |
68.95 |
2008-11-16 |
186. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
70.12 |
1.0125 |
-0.0777 |
232 |
4 |
60.93 |
2008-11-14 |
187. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
70.11 |
0.9183 |
0.0188 |
308 |
4 |
63.34 |
2008-11-30 |
188. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
70.09 |
0.8964 |
0.0366 |
199 |
5 |
62.43 |
2008-11-24 |
189. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
70.06 |
1.0557 |
-0.1190 |
289 |
1 |
70.06 |
2008-11-05 |
190. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
70.04 |
0.8913 |
0.0454 |
201 |
3 |
62.93 |
2008-11-29 |
191. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
70.02 |
0.9519 |
-0.0130 |
323 |
4 |
61.07 |
2008-12-06 |
192. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
69.99 |
0.9703 |
-0.0291 |
394 |
4 |
59.45 |
2008-12-07 |
193. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
69.90 |
0.9029 |
0.0331 |
393 |
4 |
63.83 |
2008-12-07 |
194. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
69.74 |
0.8656 |
0.0668 |
242 |
4 |
65.11 |
2008-12-08 |
195. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
69.63 |
0.8624 |
0.0626 |
174 |
7 |
60.62 |
2008-11-29 |
196. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
69.59 |
1.0234 |
-0.0901 |
392 |
5 |
61.08 |
2008-11-28 |
197. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
69.58 |
1.0270 |
-0.0974 |
303 |
2 |
64.85 |
2008-11-19 |
198. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
69.46 |
0.9332 |
-0.0044 |
295 |
3 |
62.08 |
2008-11-14 |
199. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
69.34 |
0.8666 |
0.0567 |
206 |
8 |
56.13 |
2008-11-30 |
200. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
69.31 |
0.9842 |
-0.0566 |
335 |
2 |
69.14 |
2008-11-13 |
201. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
69.24 |
0.9673 |
-0.0406 |
292 |
6 |
60.74 |
2008-12-21 |
202. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
68.69 |
0.9136 |
0.0068 |
348 |
5 |
63.50 |
2008-11-28 |
203. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
68.65 |
0.8986 |
0.0229 |
363 |
3 |
62.12 |
2008-11-11 |
204. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
68.45 |
0.9503 |
-0.0431 |
211 |
6 |
61.52 |
2008-11-21 |
205. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
68.45 |
0.9206 |
-0.0062 |
317 |
4 |
58.45 |
2008-11-23 |
206. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
68.44 |
1.0873 |
-0.1766 |
243 |
3 |
62.42 |
2008-11-16 |
207. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
68.38 |
0.9909 |
-0.0734 |
293 |
3 |
60.46 |
2008-12-31 |
208. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
68.34 |
0.9963 |
-0.0863 |
274 |
8 |
62.20 |
2008-12-01 |
209. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
68.26 |
0.9135 |
0.0066 |
393 |
3 |
64.68 |
2008-12-07 |
210. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
68.02 |
0.8993 |
0.0116 |
366 |
3 |
61.37 |
2008-11-23 |
211. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
67.95 |
1.1086 |
-0.2011 |
233 |
4 |
63.08 |
2008-11-14 |
212. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
67.95 |
0.9621 |
-0.0526 |
212 |
2 |
63.02 |
2008-10-29 |
213. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
67.77 |
1.0006 |
-0.0959 |
311 |
2 |
62.06 |
2008-11-09 |
214. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
67.54 |
0.8887 |
0.0268 |
464 |
5 |
60.21 |
2008-12-01 |
215. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
67.48 |
0.9583 |
-0.0570 |
237 |
8 |
61.62 |
2008-12-08 |
216. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
67.43 |
1.0079 |
-0.1088 |
273 |
3 |
64.40 |
2008-11-04 |
217. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
67.25 |
0.8794 |
0.0249 |
427 |
8 |
61.41 |
2008-12-09 |
218. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
67.24 |
0.9101 |
-0.0086 |
351 |
4 |
63.81 |
2008-12-08 |
219. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
66.95 |
0.8880 |
0.0058 |
296 |
2 |
59.48 |
2008-12-06 |
220. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
66.88 |
0.9726 |
-0.0746 |
396 |
6 |
61.99 |
2008-11-04 |
221. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
66.74 |
0.9928 |
-0.1025 |
293 |
3 |
61.60 |
2008-11-21 |
222. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
66.73 |
0.9012 |
-0.0070 |
322 |
2 |
59.03 |
2008-11-23 |
223. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
66.59 |
0.9425 |
-0.0529 |
248 |
4 |
62.15 |
2008-12-08 |
224. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
66.58 |
0.9933 |
-0.0972 |
450 |
3 |
61.54 |
2008-12-09 |
225. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
66.53 |
0.8986 |
-0.0099 |
216 |
9 |
63.32 |
2008-12-31 |
226. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
66.06 |
0.9787 |
-0.0936 |
364 |
2 |
62.86 |
2008-11-04 |
227. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
65.90 |
0.9108 |
-0.0313 |
235 |
2 |
59.87 |
2008-10-30 |
228. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
65.41 |
0.9128 |
-0.0426 |
237 |
5 |
58.81 |
2008-12-06 |
229. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
65.34 |
0.9451 |
-0.0651 |
419 |
1 |
65.34 |
2008-11-19 |
230. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
65.23 |
0.9468 |
-0.0764 |
318 |
6 |
62.60 |
2008-12-08 |
231. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
65.16 |
0.9673 |
-0.0938 |
393 |
5 |
58.00 |
2008-11-16 |
232. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
65.11 |
1.0333 |
-0.1694 |
176 |
3 |
64.57 |
2008-11-04 |
233. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
64.88 |
0.9143 |
-0.0474 |
300 |
6 |
56.65 |
2008-11-03 |
234. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
64.59 |
0.9709 |
-0.1102 |
264 |
3 |
62.67 |
2008-11-19 |
235. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
64.47 |
0.9603 |
-0.0944 |
430 |
2 |
62.65 |
2008-11-16 |
236. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
63.72 |
0.9027 |
-0.0559 |
189 |
3 |
58.55 |
2008-12-08 |
237. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
63.65 |
0.9922 |
-0.1423 |
264 |
2 |
60.12 |
2008-11-05 |
238. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
63.38 |
1.0414 |
-0.1966 |
234 |
5 |
58.03 |
2008-10-31 |
239. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
63.33 |
0.8830 |
-0.0355 |
300 |
4 |
59.19 |
2008-11-25 |
240. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
63.13 |
0.9380 |
-0.0971 |
284 |
1 |
63.13 |
2008-10-22 |
241. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
62.73 |
0.8172 |
0.0155 |
204 |
5 |
56.54 |
2008-11-19 |
242. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
62.04 |
0.7923 |
0.0360 |
316 |
1 |
62.04 |
2008-12-06 |
243. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
61.39 |
0.9352 |
-0.1173 |
194 |
4 |
56.69 |
2008-11-21 |
244. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
61.39 |
0.9299 |
-0.1193 |
168 |
4 |
55.27 |
2008-11-07 |
245. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
60.84 |
0.9839 |
-0.1725 |
308 |
3 |
59.71 |
2008-11-22 |
246. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
60.82 |
0.9927 |
-0.1795 |
262 |
1 |
60.82 |
2008-10-18 |
247. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
60.55 |
0.9884 |
-0.1782 |
267 |
3 |
58.76 |
2008-11-23 |
248. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
60.48 |
0.9631 |
-0.1569 |
273 |
5 |
54.87 |
2008-10-28 |
249. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
59.85 |
1.0189 |
-0.2212 |
290 |
1 |
59.85 |
2008-10-23 |
250. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
58.88 |
0.9284 |
-0.1395 |
346 |
4 |
55.68 |
2008-12-09 |
251. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
58.72 |
0.9745 |
-0.1893 |
388 |
2 |
58.39 |
2008-10-30 |
252. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
57.74 |
0.9650 |
-0.1924 |
347 |
2 |
53.17 |
2008-10-25 |
253. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
57.46 |
1.0057 |
-0.2367 |
382 |
3 |
56.20 |
2008-11-01 |
254. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
55.44 |
0.9162 |
-0.1760 |
401 |
2 |
51.71 |
2008-10-23 |
255. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
54.39 |
1.0479 |
-0.3246 |
205 |
1 |
54.39 |
2008-10-15 |
256. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
53.74 |
0.9260 |
-0.2069 |
348 |
1 |
53.74 |
2008-10-18 |
257. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
53.22 |
0.8572 |
-0.1498 |
232 |
3 |
49.95 |
2008-10-17 |
258. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
52.65 |
0.8437 |
-0.1429 |
268 |
1 |
52.65 |
2008-10-20 |
259. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
50.86 |
0.9023 |
-0.2263 |
268 |
1 |
50.86 |
2008-10-15 |
260. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
49.17 |
0.9103 |
-0.2558 |
269 |
1 |
49.17 |
2008-10-15 |
261. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
47.21 |
0.8845 |
-0.2548 |
239 |
1 |
47.21 |
2008-10-15 |