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... |
50.42 |
1.0881 |
0.1493 |
210 |
5 |
44.92 |
2008-08-24 |
2. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
50.36 |
1.0800 |
0.1569 |
213 |
6 |
42.92 |
2009-09-19 |
3. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
50.03 |
1.0461 |
0.1877 |
318 |
1 |
50.03 |
2009-03-04 |
4. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
49.98 |
1.0264 |
0.1998 |
191 |
6 |
36.72 |
2009-03-18 |
5. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
48.76 |
1.0557 |
0.1457 |
289 |
6 |
40.17 |
2009-09-19 |
6. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
48.60 |
1.0845 |
0.1107 |
212 |
4 |
45.64 |
2010-04-07 |
7. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
48.52 |
0.8906 |
0.3129 |
128 |
5 |
38.10 |
2009-03-28 |
8. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
48.24 |
1.0106 |
0.1758 |
302 |
11 |
41.26 |
2009-03-22 |
9. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
48.17 |
1.0125 |
0.1682 |
171 |
1 |
48.17 |
2009-03-16 |
10. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
48.03 |
1.0582 |
0.1209 |
180 |
5 |
40.93 |
2009-03-15 |
11. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
47.91 |
0.9948 |
0.1833 |
233 |
5 |
41.27 |
2009-02-15 |
12. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
47.86 |
0.9756 |
0.2017 |
223 |
6 |
38.52 |
2009-10-10 |
13. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
47.48 |
1.0178 |
0.1491 |
207 |
4 |
40.32 |
2009-03-15 |
14. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
47.38 |
1.0590 |
0.1060 |
250 |
7 |
38.07 |
2009-05-24 |
15. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
47.17 |
0.9621 |
0.2012 |
212 |
4 |
38.16 |
2009-06-28 |
16. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
46.96 |
1.0601 |
0.0924 |
256 |
3 |
41.51 |
2009-02-27 |
17. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
46.94 |
0.9084 |
0.2483 |
271 |
10 |
38.27 |
2009-03-28 |
18. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
46.90 |
1.0479 |
0.1047 |
205 |
4 |
42.87 |
2009-03-04 |
19. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
46.70 |
1.0268 |
0.1156 |
179 |
1 |
46.70 |
2009-09-20 |
20. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
46.48 |
0.9763 |
0.1670 |
143 |
5 |
33.28 |
2009-10-10 |
21. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
46.42 |
1.0279 |
0.1087 |
172 |
5 |
39.02 |
2009-05-10 |
22. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
46.33 |
0.9927 |
0.1493 |
262 |
3 |
43.63 |
2009-09-19 |
23. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
46.23 |
0.9809 |
0.1528 |
209 |
3 |
35.94 |
2009-06-28 |
24. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
46.23 |
1.0638 |
0.0718 |
247 |
3 |
41.47 |
2009-03-27 |
25. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
46.04 |
0.9685 |
0.1651 |
304 |
10 |
38.35 |
2009-03-18 |
26. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
45.84 |
0.9001 |
0.2283 |
217 |
9 |
39.01 |
2009-02-22 |
27. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
45.82 |
1.1070 |
0.0194 |
265 |
6 |
38.14 |
2009-03-04 |
28. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
45.63 |
1.0873 |
0.0325 |
243 |
2 |
42.16 |
2009-03-27 |
29. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
45.57 |
0.9713 |
0.1486 |
193 |
9 |
37.59 |
2009-11-25 |
30. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
45.57 |
1.0189 |
0.1018 |
290 |
7 |
35.27 |
2009-03-27 |
31. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
45.49 |
1.0777 |
0.0395 |
226 |
5 |
42.68 |
2009-04-09 |
32. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
45.47 |
0.9166 |
0.2048 |
133 |
4 |
37.36 |
2008-09-11 |
33. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
45.35 |
0.8965 |
0.2199 |
150 |
7 |
38.47 |
2009-06-28 |
34. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
45.30 |
0.9884 |
0.1287 |
267 |
7 |
37.39 |
2009-03-16 |
35. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
45.26 |
1.0095 |
0.1027 |
211 |
6 |
39.80 |
2009-03-19 |
36. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
45.19 |
0.9709 |
0.1397 |
264 |
3 |
40.03 |
2009-02-28 |
37. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
45.17 |
1.0561 |
0.0534 |
227 |
3 |
42.17 |
2009-02-27 |
38. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
45.16 |
1.0495 |
0.0612 |
323 |
3 |
43.10 |
2009-03-12 |
39. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
45.12 |
1.0103 |
0.0942 |
209 |
4 |
38.84 |
2009-09-23 |
40. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
44.90 |
1.0414 |
0.0624 |
234 |
2 |
43.13 |
2009-02-17 |
41. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
44.78 |
0.8742 |
0.2321 |
202 |
1 |
44.78 |
2009-02-11 |
42. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
44.77 |
1.0472 |
0.0480 |
149 |
3 |
40.98 |
2009-04-23 |
43. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
44.71 |
1.0521 |
0.0423 |
197 |
7 |
38.13 |
2008-09-24 |
44. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
44.69 |
0.9636 |
0.1345 |
281 |
8 |
37.18 |
2009-04-09 |
45. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
44.63 |
0.9316 |
0.1685 |
188 |
1 |
44.63 |
2009-03-14 |
46. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
44.61 |
1.0341 |
0.0628 |
273 |
7 |
38.61 |
2009-09-12 |
47. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
44.51 |
0.8837 |
0.2107 |
157 |
1 |
44.51 |
2009-09-23 |
48. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
44.49 |
1.0372 |
0.0570 |
249 |
2 |
43.01 |
2009-03-22 |
49. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
44.40 |
0.9275 |
0.1701 |
243 |
2 |
41.33 |
2009-03-04 |
50. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
44.40 |
1.1198 |
-0.0284 |
247 |
3 |
42.78 |
2009-02-28 |
51. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
44.37 |
1.0194 |
0.0701 |
224 |
4 |
40.80 |
2009-09-21 |
52. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
44.32 |
0.9023 |
0.1867 |
268 |
4 |
40.73 |
2009-02-22 |
53. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
44.30 |
1.0270 |
0.0635 |
303 |
5 |
40.16 |
2009-03-16 |
54. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
44.20 |
1.0042 |
0.0794 |
168 |
8 |
36.45 |
2009-03-22 |
55. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
44.13 |
0.9604 |
0.1232 |
285 |
3 |
39.50 |
2009-02-22 |
56. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
44.06 |
1.1093 |
-0.0310 |
220 |
7 |
36.31 |
2009-03-16 |
57. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
44.06 |
1.0332 |
0.0501 |
267 |
6 |
38.65 |
2009-03-19 |
58. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
44.06 |
1.0101 |
0.0756 |
336 |
8 |
37.46 |
2009-03-22 |
59. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
44.02 |
0.8925 |
0.1974 |
293 |
1 |
44.02 |
2009-02-08 |
60. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
43.90 |
1.0540 |
0.0210 |
184 |
3 |
39.08 |
2008-08-27 |
61. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
43.89 |
0.9909 |
0.0934 |
293 |
8 |
37.67 |
2009-06-28 |
62. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
43.86 |
1.0498 |
0.0304 |
261 |
4 |
41.09 |
2009-06-29 |
63. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
43.71 |
1.0181 |
0.0585 |
276 |
2 |
39.16 |
2009-03-22 |
64. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
43.70 |
0.9349 |
0.1427 |
287 |
6 |
38.68 |
2009-09-04 |
65. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
43.66 |
0.9213 |
0.1505 |
165 |
3 |
37.60 |
2009-03-27 |
66. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
43.61 |
0.9371 |
0.1269 |
156 |
7 |
38.69 |
2009-05-24 |
67. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
43.51 |
0.9315 |
0.1406 |
273 |
2 |
40.35 |
2009-09-19 |
68. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
43.44 |
0.9927 |
0.0765 |
276 |
4 |
36.87 |
2009-08-29 |
69. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
43.42 |
1.0462 |
0.0249 |
340 |
5 |
38.21 |
2009-02-10 |
70. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
43.37 |
1.0028 |
0.0630 |
259 |
6 |
38.93 |
2009-04-15 |
71. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
43.37 |
0.9252 |
0.1423 |
148 |
4 |
36.59 |
2009-05-10 |
72. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
43.30 |
1.0543 |
0.0075 |
182 |
6 |
39.69 |
2009-09-20 |
73. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
43.20 |
0.9103 |
0.1522 |
269 |
1 |
43.20 |
2009-05-24 |
74. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
43.19 |
0.9869 |
0.0719 |
193 |
8 |
36.32 |
2009-09-19 |
75. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
43.00 |
0.9827 |
0.0759 |
314 |
3 |
39.17 |
2009-03-22 |
76. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
42.87 |
0.8911 |
0.1646 |
207 |
3 |
37.63 |
2009-03-28 |
77. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
42.82 |
1.0060 |
0.0480 |
225 |
5 |
37.91 |
2009-09-19 |
78. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
42.75 |
1.0865 |
-0.0352 |
237 |
9 |
38.84 |
2009-10-10 |
79. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
42.68 |
0.9402 |
0.1077 |
310 |
8 |
34.89 |
2009-03-19 |
80. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
42.67 |
0.9952 |
0.0567 |
220 |
3 |
40.24 |
2009-03-16 |
81. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
42.55 |
0.9928 |
0.0532 |
293 |
8 |
35.60 |
2009-03-19 |
82. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
42.53 |
1.0529 |
-0.0042 |
373 |
3 |
40.98 |
2009-02-22 |
83. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
42.51 |
0.9286 |
0.1188 |
177 |
3 |
39.56 |
2009-02-11 |
84. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
42.37 |
1.0059 |
0.0374 |
283 |
4 |
37.42 |
2009-09-19 |
85. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
42.35 |
0.9807 |
0.0493 |
129 |
1 |
42.35 |
2009-02-22 |
86. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
42.35 |
1.0669 |
-0.0221 |
379 |
1 |
42.35 |
2009-09-21 |
87. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
42.34 |
0.8869 |
0.1521 |
176 |
4 |
34.40 |
2009-08-15 |
88. |
I don't want to go in there. He's a dangerous bastard. Taken... |
42.33 |
0.9353 |
0.1128 |
174 |
6 |
37.53 |
2008-09-27 |
89. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
42.29 |
0.9143 |
0.1268 |
300 |
6 |
37.90 |
2009-03-06 |
90. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
42.29 |
1.0333 |
0.0017 |
176 |
4 |
38.74 |
2009-04-09 |
91. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
42.28 |
0.9422 |
0.0926 |
190 |
6 |
37.57 |
2009-05-10 |
92. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
42.24 |
1.0291 |
0.0077 |
240 |
3 |
39.69 |
2009-02-14 |
93. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
42.22 |
0.9829 |
0.0548 |
229 |
8 |
36.45 |
2009-08-29 |
94. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
42.18 |
1.0418 |
-0.0036 |
214 |
5 |
36.35 |
2009-09-21 |
95. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
42.17 |
0.9243 |
0.1150 |
240 |
8 |
33.41 |
2009-02-26 |
96. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
42.17 |
0.9594 |
0.0760 |
258 |
7 |
37.31 |
2009-03-14 |
97. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
42.12 |
0.8988 |
0.1363 |
193 |
4 |
36.08 |
2009-03-27 |
98. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
42.11 |
0.9922 |
0.0441 |
264 |
4 |
37.72 |
2009-03-19 |
99. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
42.08 |
1.0197 |
0.0134 |
204 |
6 |
35.52 |
2009-03-17 |
100. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
41.96 |
0.9621 |
0.0670 |
201 |
5 |
36.56 |
2009-03-15 |
101. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
41.85 |
1.0079 |
0.0204 |
273 |
7 |
39.12 |
2009-03-04 |
102. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
41.82 |
1.0403 |
-0.0135 |
234 |
4 |
34.56 |
2009-08-29 |
103. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
41.79 |
0.9762 |
0.0516 |
249 |
2 |
39.53 |
2009-03-16 |
104. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
41.77 |
1.0411 |
-0.0120 |
341 |
1 |
41.77 |
2009-03-15 |
105. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
41.68 |
1.0466 |
-0.0219 |
230 |
4 |
34.67 |
2009-02-28 |
106. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
41.68 |
1.0506 |
-0.0259 |
259 |
2 |
41.30 |
2009-04-09 |
107. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
41.67 |
0.9890 |
0.0397 |
272 |
2 |
36.37 |
2009-03-27 |
108. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
41.64 |
0.9010 |
0.1256 |
266 |
7 |
37.14 |
2009-03-14 |
109. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
41.57 |
0.9745 |
0.0499 |
388 |
11 |
38.15 |
2009-03-21 |
110. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
41.57 |
0.9260 |
0.0993 |
348 |
6 |
36.52 |
2009-02-26 |
111. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
41.57 |
1.0287 |
-0.0075 |
269 |
9 |
36.86 |
2009-02-26 |
112. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
41.53 |
1.0018 |
0.0198 |
246 |
4 |
40.72 |
2009-03-19 |
113. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
41.44 |
0.9283 |
0.0922 |
317 |
5 |
38.38 |
2009-02-11 |
114. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
41.40 |
1.0511 |
-0.0312 |
252 |
1 |
41.40 |
2009-02-10 |
115. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
41.38 |
0.9981 |
0.0186 |
211 |
5 |
39.81 |
2009-08-29 |
116. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
41.34 |
0.9801 |
0.0362 |
289 |
1 |
41.34 |
2009-03-15 |
117. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
41.25 |
1.0426 |
-0.0322 |
131 |
3 |
35.59 |
2009-02-15 |
118. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
41.22 |
0.9380 |
0.0742 |
284 |
3 |
35.44 |
2009-02-23 |
119. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
41.16 |
1.0654 |
-0.0557 |
247 |
3 |
37.80 |
2009-03-18 |
120. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
41.11 |
0.9931 |
0.0223 |
339 |
9 |
37.34 |
2009-08-20 |
121. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
41.09 |
0.9468 |
0.0635 |
318 |
4 |
36.84 |
2009-03-06 |
122. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
41.04 |
0.9310 |
0.0777 |
278 |
4 |
36.18 |
2009-09-19 |
123. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
40.90 |
1.0567 |
-0.0512 |
314 |
4 |
38.07 |
2009-05-24 |
124. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
40.90 |
0.9779 |
0.0264 |
255 |
4 |
39.55 |
2009-02-28 |
125. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
40.88 |
0.9836 |
0.0218 |
289 |
7 |
35.41 |
2009-03-12 |
126. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
40.80 |
1.0617 |
-0.0603 |
171 |
3 |
36.35 |
2009-09-03 |
127. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
40.62 |
0.8847 |
0.1119 |
282 |
10 |
35.82 |
2009-11-25 |
128. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
40.54 |
0.9285 |
0.0665 |
244 |
5 |
34.57 |
2009-05-10 |
129. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
40.39 |
1.0199 |
-0.0306 |
225 |
8 |
35.58 |
2009-02-28 |
130. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
40.38 |
1.0576 |
-0.0675 |
231 |
3 |
35.41 |
2009-03-27 |
131. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
40.31 |
0.9839 |
0.0071 |
308 |
6 |
35.15 |
2009-03-27 |
132. |
Do you know why they call him Franky "Four Fingers" Doug? Be... |
40.20 |
0.8792 |
0.1202 |
214 |
7 |
33.01 |
2008-09-27 |
133. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
40.17 |
1.0672 |
-0.0807 |
239 |
1 |
40.17 |
2009-02-10 |
134. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
40.12 |
1.0265 |
-0.0363 |
375 |
1 |
40.12 |
2009-09-21 |
135. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
40.11 |
1.0743 |
-0.0870 |
297 |
8 |
36.23 |
2009-09-03 |
136. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
40.10 |
1.0115 |
-0.0307 |
189 |
1 |
40.10 |
2009-02-11 |
137. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
40.10 |
0.8938 |
0.0930 |
238 |
1 |
40.10 |
2010-04-01 |
138. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
40.10 |
0.9704 |
0.0156 |
254 |
3 |
35.59 |
2009-06-28 |
139. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
40.08 |
1.0272 |
-0.0438 |
226 |
5 |
38.64 |
2009-04-09 |
140. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
40.08 |
1.0086 |
-0.0274 |
218 |
4 |
37.51 |
2009-03-22 |
141. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
39.95 |
1.0588 |
-0.0765 |
281 |
1 |
39.95 |
2009-02-06 |
142. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
39.91 |
1.0132 |
-0.0313 |
371 |
5 |
37.41 |
2009-03-15 |
143. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
39.90 |
1.0301 |
-0.0504 |
268 |
3 |
37.08 |
2009-08-29 |
144. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
39.70 |
0.9264 |
0.0506 |
177 |
2 |
38.26 |
2009-03-27 |
145. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
39.70 |
1.0639 |
-0.0867 |
303 |
4 |
35.98 |
2009-02-08 |
146. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
39.67 |
0.9957 |
-0.0206 |
323 |
5 |
38.15 |
2009-02-12 |
147. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
39.63 |
0.9128 |
0.0587 |
237 |
3 |
37.30 |
2009-02-10 |
148. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
39.61 |
0.8863 |
0.0840 |
127 |
3 |
36.60 |
2009-10-10 |
149. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
39.49 |
0.9768 |
-0.0046 |
237 |
3 |
37.88 |
2009-03-18 |
150. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
39.47 |
0.9917 |
-0.0192 |
317 |
4 |
35.69 |
2009-01-17 |
151. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
39.47 |
1.0036 |
-0.0322 |
277 |
1 |
39.47 |
2009-02-12 |
152. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
39.43 |
0.9680 |
0.0015 |
256 |
8 |
35.40 |
2009-06-28 |
153. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
39.38 |
1.0867 |
-0.1230 |
171 |
1 |
39.38 |
2009-05-18 |
154. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
39.37 |
0.9346 |
0.0304 |
211 |
4 |
35.64 |
2009-08-29 |
155. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
39.35 |
1.0615 |
-0.0971 |
201 |
8 |
34.12 |
2009-02-12 |
156. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
39.29 |
1.0370 |
-0.0713 |
262 |
1 |
39.29 |
2009-04-23 |
157. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
39.25 |
0.9012 |
0.0672 |
322 |
1 |
39.25 |
2009-09-03 |
158. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
39.25 |
1.0082 |
-0.0483 |
212 |
3 |
36.70 |
2009-10-10 |
159. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
39.21 |
0.9841 |
-0.0235 |
217 |
6 |
34.08 |
2010-04-07 |
160. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
39.18 |
0.9054 |
0.0598 |
204 |
2 |
39.04 |
2009-02-13 |
161. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
39.15 |
0.8172 |
0.1410 |
204 |
6 |
30.83 |
2009-02-10 |
162. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
39.10 |
0.9541 |
0.0077 |
236 |
2 |
37.73 |
2009-02-11 |
163. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
39.00 |
0.8948 |
0.0632 |
164 |
1 |
39.00 |
2009-08-29 |
164. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
38.98 |
0.9011 |
0.0603 |
322 |
8 |
33.20 |
2009-05-10 |
165. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
38.94 |
1.0607 |
-0.1006 |
357 |
1 |
38.94 |
2009-03-19 |
166. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
38.93 |
0.9673 |
-0.0081 |
292 |
5 |
36.37 |
2009-09-20 |
167. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
38.84 |
0.9210 |
0.0300 |
200 |
1 |
38.84 |
2009-08-20 |
168. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
38.59 |
0.8474 |
0.1017 |
265 |
2 |
36.10 |
2009-10-10 |
169. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
38.53 |
0.9561 |
-0.0074 |
362 |
4 |
37.02 |
2009-03-27 |
170. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
38.50 |
0.9228 |
0.0281 |
305 |
6 |
35.99 |
2009-02-17 |
171. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
38.49 |
0.8646 |
0.0780 |
110 |
2 |
37.35 |
2009-06-28 |
172. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
38.47 |
1.0033 |
-0.0574 |
203 |
2 |
34.25 |
2009-02-16 |
173. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
38.26 |
0.8117 |
0.1320 |
209 |
6 |
34.78 |
2009-02-26 |
174. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
38.19 |
1.0543 |
-0.1133 |
360 |
2 |
37.95 |
2009-09-12 |
175. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
38.15 |
0.9935 |
-0.0536 |
217 |
1 |
38.15 |
2009-08-29 |
176. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
38.14 |
0.9980 |
-0.0583 |
295 |
4 |
35.85 |
2009-03-08 |
177. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
38.03 |
1.0461 |
-0.1066 |
286 |
1 |
38.03 |
2009-08-29 |
178. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
37.94 |
1.0877 |
-0.1586 |
129 |
2 |
35.53 |
2009-03-18 |
179. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
37.93 |
0.9400 |
-0.0051 |
434 |
3 |
35.31 |
2009-02-10 |
180. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
37.91 |
1.0267 |
-0.0918 |
261 |
3 |
34.70 |
2008-09-27 |
181. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
37.88 |
0.9108 |
0.0201 |
235 |
7 |
32.89 |
2009-03-27 |
182. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
37.85 |
0.9299 |
-0.0080 |
168 |
3 |
32.93 |
2009-03-22 |
183. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
37.85 |
0.8936 |
0.0356 |
346 |
5 |
34.47 |
2009-06-29 |
184. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
37.82 |
0.8305 |
0.0944 |
162 |
1 |
37.82 |
2009-10-10 |
185. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
37.81 |
0.9332 |
-0.0039 |
267 |
3 |
33.74 |
2009-10-10 |
186. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
37.75 |
0.9631 |
-0.0358 |
273 |
4 |
35.54 |
2009-02-28 |
187. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
37.74 |
0.9841 |
-0.0581 |
263 |
7 |
33.47 |
2009-03-08 |
188. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
37.71 |
1.0600 |
-0.1329 |
351 |
3 |
35.27 |
2009-04-15 |
189. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
37.71 |
1.0509 |
-0.1166 |
295 |
1 |
37.71 |
2009-09-21 |
190. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
37.65 |
1.0288 |
-0.1082 |
166 |
7 |
31.91 |
2009-03-22 |
191. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
37.64 |
0.9915 |
-0.0673 |
281 |
4 |
34.82 |
2008-10-04 |
192. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
37.64 |
1.0208 |
-0.0958 |
231 |
1 |
37.64 |
2009-02-22 |
193. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
37.56 |
0.9583 |
-0.0347 |
237 |
9 |
34.49 |
2009-06-28 |
194. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
37.45 |
0.9650 |
-0.0419 |
347 |
4 |
35.06 |
2009-03-19 |
195. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
37.41 |
1.0901 |
-0.1687 |
288 |
3 |
33.37 |
2009-02-13 |
196. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
37.39 |
0.8192 |
0.1017 |
200 |
5 |
33.29 |
2008-10-04 |
197. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
37.35 |
0.9503 |
-0.0391 |
211 |
3 |
35.32 |
2009-03-18 |
198. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
37.26 |
0.9265 |
-0.0119 |
254 |
5 |
35.91 |
2009-02-22 |
199. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
37.15 |
0.9574 |
-0.0412 |
354 |
3 |
33.93 |
2009-02-13 |
200. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
37.13 |
0.9726 |
-0.0549 |
396 |
1 |
37.13 |
2009-03-06 |
201. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
37.00 |
0.9866 |
-0.0769 |
308 |
4 |
33.45 |
2009-02-28 |
202. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
36.81 |
0.9880 |
-0.0876 |
199 |
4 |
35.53 |
2009-03-18 |
203. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
36.72 |
1.0125 |
-0.1117 |
232 |
3 |
33.42 |
2009-02-04 |
204. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
36.66 |
0.9963 |
-0.0979 |
274 |
2 |
36.18 |
2009-02-08 |
205. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
36.66 |
0.9271 |
-0.0267 |
295 |
5 |
31.56 |
2009-05-24 |
206. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
36.64 |
0.9957 |
-0.0913 |
323 |
1 |
36.64 |
2009-09-21 |
207. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
36.63 |
0.9852 |
-0.0857 |
235 |
1 |
36.63 |
2009-02-02 |
208. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
36.52 |
0.8680 |
0.0245 |
196 |
2 |
34.85 |
2009-06-28 |
209. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
36.46 |
0.9145 |
-0.0151 |
404 |
5 |
34.34 |
2009-02-28 |
210. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
36.42 |
0.8669 |
0.0342 |
255 |
1 |
36.42 |
2009-02-22 |
211. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
36.30 |
0.8768 |
0.0191 |
199 |
1 |
36.30 |
2009-11-25 |
212. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
36.15 |
0.8778 |
0.0122 |
285 |
6 |
33.70 |
2009-03-28 |
213. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
35.97 |
0.8194 |
0.0635 |
193 |
4 |
33.70 |
2009-03-28 |
214. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
35.96 |
0.8603 |
0.0231 |
270 |
2 |
33.80 |
2010-04-07 |
215. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
35.86 |
0.8913 |
-0.0087 |
201 |
8 |
31.80 |
2009-04-09 |
216. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
35.84 |
0.8880 |
-0.0073 |
296 |
6 |
32.50 |
2009-03-22 |
217. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
35.77 |
0.8830 |
-0.0102 |
134 |
2 |
32.19 |
2009-05-10 |
218. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
35.77 |
0.9425 |
-0.0630 |
248 |
2 |
34.50 |
2009-02-14 |
219. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
35.61 |
0.8572 |
0.0160 |
232 |
3 |
33.17 |
2009-09-23 |
220. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
35.54 |
0.9357 |
-0.0648 |
204 |
1 |
35.54 |
2009-02-27 |
221. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
35.44 |
0.9500 |
-0.0776 |
287 |
1 |
35.44 |
2009-02-22 |
222. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
35.36 |
0.9927 |
-0.1273 |
234 |
4 |
30.59 |
2009-02-14 |
223. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
35.24 |
1.0016 |
-0.1375 |
217 |
3 |
32.82 |
2009-02-06 |
224. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
35.13 |
0.9538 |
-0.0910 |
276 |
3 |
31.59 |
2009-02-26 |
225. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
35.09 |
0.8381 |
0.0275 |
283 |
2 |
30.56 |
2009-02-08 |
226. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
34.97 |
0.8986 |
-0.0413 |
205 |
5 |
29.76 |
2009-02-14 |
227. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
34.93 |
0.9183 |
-0.0594 |
308 |
4 |
33.62 |
2008-09-14 |
228. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
34.93 |
0.9070 |
-0.0538 |
192 |
7 |
30.09 |
2009-02-13 |
229. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
34.88 |
0.8624 |
-0.0103 |
174 |
5 |
31.73 |
2009-02-22 |
230. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
34.68 |
0.9255 |
-0.0729 |
174 |
1 |
34.68 |
2009-11-25 |
231. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
34.53 |
1.0250 |
-0.1740 |
271 |
2 |
33.52 |
2009-02-09 |
232. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
34.50 |
0.8986 |
-0.0506 |
216 |
2 |
32.38 |
2009-03-08 |
233. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
34.49 |
0.9597 |
-0.1123 |
251 |
5 |
32.75 |
2009-02-06 |
234. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
34.45 |
0.9974 |
-0.1551 |
163 |
1 |
34.45 |
2009-02-06 |
235. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
34.33 |
0.8827 |
-0.0435 |
190 |
1 |
34.33 |
2009-02-06 |
236. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
34.31 |
0.8127 |
0.0264 |
167 |
1 |
34.31 |
2009-02-06 |
237. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
34.24 |
1.0165 |
-0.1763 |
316 |
2 |
32.12 |
2009-04-23 |
238. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
34.16 |
0.8845 |
-0.0442 |
239 |
1 |
34.16 |
2009-02-22 |
239. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
34.09 |
0.9027 |
-0.0689 |
189 |
6 |
31.56 |
2009-09-20 |
240. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
33.96 |
0.8666 |
-0.0351 |
206 |
7 |
30.81 |
2009-03-08 |
241. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
33.89 |
1.0334 |
-0.2017 |
261 |
2 |
32.02 |
2008-10-04 |
242. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
33.71 |
0.9757 |
-0.1511 |
176 |
1 |
33.71 |
2009-10-10 |
243. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
33.43 |
0.8437 |
-0.0235 |
268 |
2 |
32.15 |
2009-02-28 |
244. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
33.37 |
0.8656 |
-0.0450 |
242 |
4 |
30.55 |
2008-09-27 |
245. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
33.36 |
1.0006 |
-0.1814 |
311 |
1 |
33.36 |
2008-08-27 |
246. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
33.34 |
1.0094 |
-0.1906 |
256 |
2 |
32.59 |
2009-02-14 |
247. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
33.30 |
0.9931 |
-0.1793 |
218 |
1 |
33.30 |
2008-08-17 |
248. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
33.19 |
1.0131 |
-0.1947 |
245 |
1 |
33.19 |
2009-08-29 |
249. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
33.03 |
0.8830 |
-0.0695 |
300 |
6 |
30.25 |
2009-10-10 |
250. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
32.82 |
0.7923 |
0.0141 |
316 |
2 |
31.37 |
2009-08-29 |
251. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
32.27 |
1.0060 |
-0.2071 |
244 |
1 |
32.27 |
2010-04-01 |
252. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
31.40 |
0.8815 |
-0.1059 |
296 |
1 |
31.40 |
2008-08-24 |
253. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
31.23 |
0.8964 |
-0.1328 |
199 |
6 |
28.79 |
2009-05-24 |
254. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
29.29 |
0.8988 |
-0.1803 |
216 |
1 |
29.29 |
2009-02-04 |
255. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
29.03 |
0.8339 |
-0.1223 |
209 |
4 |
27.84 |
2009-02-22 |
256. |
By the early 1990s the first Internet language (HTTP) was wr... |
28.85 |
0.7130 |
-0.0067 |
131 |
1 |
28.85 |
2010-04-07 |
257. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
27.40 |
0.9068 |
-0.2370 |
212 |
1 |
27.40 |
2009-02-14 |