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... |
83.32 |
1.1198 |
-0.0088 |
247 |
3 |
80.77 |
2009-04-14 |
2. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
82.10 |
1.1138 |
-0.0097 |
341 |
1 |
82.10 |
2010-06-07 |
3. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
84.95 |
1.1093 |
0.0190 |
220 |
3 |
79.80 |
2009-02-26 |
4. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
99.67 |
1.1086 |
0.2232 |
233 |
6 |
85.87 |
2010-04-25 |
5. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
83.60 |
1.1070 |
0.0077 |
265 |
5 |
77.37 |
2009-04-11 |
6. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
77.75 |
1.0960 |
-0.0547 |
315 |
4 |
75.89 |
2009-02-13 |
7. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
78.82 |
1.0901 |
-0.0365 |
288 |
3 |
73.37 |
2009-03-15 |
8. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
79.95 |
1.0881 |
-0.0252 |
210 |
2 |
78.47 |
2009-02-26 |
9. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
82.54 |
1.0877 |
0.0104 |
129 |
2 |
78.25 |
2010-04-25 |
10. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
84.60 |
1.0873 |
0.0389 |
243 |
6 |
77.75 |
2010-04-24 |
11. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
87.51 |
1.0867 |
0.0771 |
171 |
9 |
79.45 |
2010-04-22 |
12. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
74.33 |
1.0865 |
-0.0954 |
237 |
3 |
67.37 |
2010-04-27 |
13. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
79.39 |
1.0845 |
-0.0263 |
212 |
3 |
77.01 |
2009-03-09 |
14. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
83.50 |
1.0800 |
0.0315 |
213 |
1 |
83.50 |
2009-02-27 |
15. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
81.57 |
1.0800 |
0.0015 |
129 |
5 |
78.16 |
2009-04-14 |
16. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
79.10 |
1.0777 |
-0.0244 |
226 |
6 |
78.38 |
2009-11-01 |
17. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
94.68 |
1.0743 |
0.1912 |
297 |
3 |
88.12 |
2009-03-09 |
18. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
82.14 |
1.0736 |
0.0252 |
350 |
5 |
75.61 |
2009-04-15 |
19. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
77.25 |
1.0686 |
-0.0345 |
354 |
3 |
73.70 |
2009-03-15 |
20. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
80.14 |
1.0682 |
0.0022 |
266 |
5 |
75.78 |
2009-04-14 |
21. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
85.60 |
1.0676 |
0.0796 |
456 |
6 |
81.19 |
2010-04-22 |
22. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
83.53 |
1.0672 |
0.0464 |
239 |
4 |
81.24 |
2010-04-26 |
23. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
72.47 |
1.0669 |
-0.0973 |
379 |
4 |
69.16 |
2009-03-24 |
24. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
82.41 |
1.0654 |
0.0319 |
247 |
8 |
72.89 |
2009-04-21 |
25. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
81.73 |
1.0639 |
0.0279 |
303 |
2 |
76.60 |
2009-03-09 |
26. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
78.73 |
1.0638 |
-0.0154 |
247 |
2 |
77.10 |
2009-04-13 |
27. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
73.33 |
1.0628 |
-0.0829 |
363 |
2 |
67.87 |
2010-04-24 |
28. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
70.56 |
1.0617 |
-0.1229 |
171 |
2 |
64.43 |
2009-03-07 |
29. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
89.19 |
1.0615 |
0.1263 |
201 |
4 |
78.60 |
2010-04-23 |
30. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
77.46 |
1.0607 |
-0.0246 |
357 |
4 |
73.28 |
2009-03-15 |
31. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
86.70 |
1.0601 |
0.0941 |
256 |
5 |
75.54 |
2009-04-14 |
32. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
77.29 |
1.0600 |
-0.0286 |
351 |
2 |
77.25 |
2009-04-08 |
33. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
75.89 |
1.0590 |
-0.0478 |
250 |
3 |
72.35 |
2010-04-25 |
34. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
78.74 |
1.0588 |
-0.0082 |
281 |
1 |
78.74 |
2009-03-01 |
35. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
89.41 |
1.0585 |
0.1380 |
226 |
2 |
82.72 |
2010-04-26 |
36. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
86.80 |
1.0582 |
0.0974 |
180 |
3 |
77.80 |
2009-06-19 |
37. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
88.52 |
1.0576 |
0.1214 |
231 |
1 |
88.52 |
2010-04-26 |
38. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
81.61 |
1.0567 |
0.0320 |
314 |
4 |
74.17 |
2009-04-11 |
39. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
82.02 |
1.0561 |
0.0365 |
227 |
2 |
80.82 |
2009-03-06 |
40. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
86.82 |
1.0557 |
0.1045 |
289 |
4 |
80.26 |
2010-04-25 |
41. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
85.40 |
1.0543 |
0.0879 |
360 |
2 |
81.48 |
2009-02-16 |
42. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
64.80 |
1.0543 |
-0.1942 |
182 |
1 |
64.80 |
2009-02-05 |
43. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
84.36 |
1.0540 |
0.0670 |
184 |
6 |
76.74 |
2009-03-09 |
44. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
78.06 |
1.0529 |
-0.0089 |
373 |
2 |
77.41 |
2009-03-11 |
45. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
82.95 |
1.0521 |
0.0493 |
197 |
4 |
74.87 |
2009-03-16 |
46. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
79.01 |
1.0511 |
0.0049 |
252 |
2 |
76.07 |
2009-03-09 |
47. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
78.34 |
1.0506 |
-0.0058 |
259 |
4 |
70.67 |
2009-04-13 |
48. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
80.58 |
1.0498 |
0.0266 |
261 |
2 |
78.78 |
2009-04-13 |
49. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
83.70 |
1.0495 |
0.0671 |
323 |
3 |
75.73 |
2009-04-14 |
50. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
89.18 |
1.0487 |
0.1397 |
253 |
6 |
80.15 |
2009-04-13 |
51. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
76.90 |
1.0481 |
-0.0300 |
255 |
4 |
72.25 |
2009-06-19 |
52. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
79.90 |
1.0479 |
0.0166 |
205 |
3 |
75.47 |
2009-03-10 |
53. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
63.25 |
1.0476 |
-0.2144 |
110 |
1 |
63.25 |
2009-02-11 |
54. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
96.58 |
1.0472 |
0.2364 |
149 |
7 |
79.65 |
2009-09-12 |
55. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
75.12 |
1.0466 |
-0.0451 |
230 |
1 |
75.12 |
2009-04-21 |
56. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
73.32 |
1.0464 |
-0.0636 |
294 |
3 |
70.16 |
2009-03-19 |
57. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
73.86 |
1.0462 |
-0.0582 |
340 |
1 |
73.86 |
2009-04-08 |
58. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
76.34 |
1.0461 |
-0.0256 |
318 |
3 |
72.69 |
2009-04-08 |
59. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
83.29 |
1.0461 |
0.0703 |
286 |
1 |
83.29 |
2010-04-25 |
60. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
83.85 |
1.0450 |
0.0794 |
358 |
5 |
76.68 |
2009-11-01 |
61. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
81.71 |
1.0432 |
0.0478 |
276 |
3 |
74.55 |
2009-03-17 |
62. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
79.43 |
1.0427 |
0.0180 |
269 |
3 |
76.78 |
2009-04-11 |
63. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
86.70 |
1.0426 |
0.1108 |
131 |
5 |
75.40 |
2009-04-14 |
64. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
81.80 |
1.0419 |
0.0528 |
341 |
3 |
75.04 |
2009-04-14 |
65. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
80.19 |
1.0418 |
0.0290 |
214 |
5 |
73.84 |
2009-04-15 |
66. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
78.58 |
1.0414 |
0.0061 |
234 |
5 |
73.70 |
2009-04-08 |
67. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
78.79 |
1.0411 |
0.0119 |
341 |
6 |
73.68 |
2009-04-11 |
68. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
81.48 |
1.0404 |
0.0518 |
406 |
3 |
78.06 |
2009-03-24 |
69. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
78.85 |
1.0403 |
0.0100 |
234 |
7 |
72.62 |
2009-03-14 |
70. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
74.51 |
1.0387 |
-0.0407 |
333 |
5 |
69.93 |
2009-04-14 |
71. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
81.00 |
1.0372 |
0.0433 |
249 |
5 |
74.47 |
2010-04-25 |
72. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
77.14 |
1.0370 |
-0.0081 |
262 |
2 |
73.90 |
2009-04-08 |
73. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
77.35 |
1.0362 |
0.0020 |
437 |
4 |
72.80 |
2009-04-14 |
74. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
83.38 |
1.0351 |
0.0816 |
276 |
8 |
77.05 |
2009-11-01 |
75. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
80.78 |
1.0350 |
0.0574 |
416 |
2 |
73.47 |
2010-04-23 |
76. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
88.71 |
1.0341 |
0.1496 |
273 |
2 |
82.00 |
2009-03-07 |
77. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
81.17 |
1.0334 |
0.0491 |
261 |
5 |
75.36 |
2009-04-11 |
78. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
76.93 |
1.0333 |
-0.0122 |
176 |
6 |
70.03 |
2009-04-21 |
79. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
79.02 |
1.0332 |
0.0205 |
267 |
2 |
71.61 |
2009-04-08 |
80. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
72.08 |
1.0320 |
-0.0649 |
401 |
5 |
68.63 |
2009-04-07 |
81. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
81.93 |
1.0301 |
0.0619 |
268 |
6 |
72.20 |
2009-04-05 |
82. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
79.01 |
1.0291 |
0.0230 |
240 |
2 |
78.16 |
2009-03-10 |
83. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
58.83 |
1.0288 |
-0.2502 |
166 |
1 |
58.83 |
2009-03-16 |
84. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
76.87 |
1.0287 |
-0.0044 |
269 |
5 |
73.94 |
2010-04-24 |
85. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
81.36 |
1.0279 |
0.0521 |
172 |
5 |
74.84 |
2009-04-08 |
86. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
82.83 |
1.0272 |
0.0761 |
226 |
5 |
75.93 |
2009-03-17 |
87. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
74.68 |
1.0270 |
-0.0304 |
303 |
6 |
67.99 |
2009-11-01 |
88. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
83.27 |
1.0267 |
0.0877 |
261 |
8 |
72.20 |
2009-04-11 |
89. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
79.03 |
1.0265 |
0.0316 |
375 |
3 |
73.88 |
2010-04-25 |
90. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
78.33 |
1.0264 |
0.0144 |
191 |
6 |
71.80 |
2009-04-22 |
91. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
77.39 |
1.0253 |
0.0101 |
337 |
3 |
76.37 |
2009-02-23 |
92. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
75.94 |
1.0250 |
-0.0092 |
271 |
5 |
72.85 |
2009-03-14 |
93. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
77.02 |
1.0234 |
0.0081 |
392 |
4 |
70.68 |
2010-04-25 |
94. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
68.77 |
1.0227 |
-0.0999 |
378 |
2 |
66.59 |
2009-02-05 |
95. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
82.41 |
1.0208 |
0.0789 |
231 |
7 |
73.14 |
2009-04-14 |
96. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
79.30 |
1.0199 |
0.0343 |
225 |
7 |
71.95 |
2009-04-15 |
97. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
75.11 |
1.0197 |
-0.0197 |
204 |
5 |
67.27 |
2009-09-12 |
98. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
79.52 |
1.0194 |
0.0395 |
224 |
4 |
74.11 |
2010-06-07 |
99. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
84.52 |
1.0189 |
0.1086 |
290 |
5 |
76.29 |
2009-09-18 |
100. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
85.20 |
1.0181 |
0.1204 |
276 |
6 |
75.58 |
2009-04-14 |
101. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
86.62 |
1.0178 |
0.1368 |
207 |
4 |
76.98 |
2010-04-25 |
102. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
84.82 |
1.0165 |
0.1148 |
316 |
6 |
79.67 |
2009-04-07 |
103. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
72.68 |
1.0139 |
-0.0317 |
349 |
1 |
72.68 |
2010-04-22 |
104. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
87.87 |
1.0135 |
0.1629 |
358 |
4 |
79.54 |
2009-04-14 |
105. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
78.34 |
1.0132 |
0.0326 |
371 |
4 |
72.02 |
2009-04-07 |
106. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
89.49 |
1.0130 |
0.1819 |
288 |
4 |
76.57 |
2010-04-26 |
107. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
82.46 |
1.0128 |
0.0945 |
369 |
1 |
82.46 |
2009-02-09 |
108. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
87.69 |
1.0125 |
0.1532 |
171 |
6 |
74.08 |
2009-04-14 |
109. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
68.72 |
1.0125 |
-0.0979 |
232 |
3 |
65.60 |
2009-04-08 |
110. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
81.10 |
1.0115 |
0.0655 |
189 |
7 |
75.45 |
2009-09-12 |
111. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
72.68 |
1.0106 |
-0.0424 |
302 |
4 |
70.12 |
2009-03-14 |
112. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
81.72 |
1.0103 |
0.0745 |
209 |
6 |
72.04 |
2010-04-27 |
113. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
82.86 |
1.0101 |
0.0975 |
336 |
4 |
74.66 |
2009-04-13 |
114. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
74.18 |
1.0095 |
-0.0216 |
211 |
3 |
68.11 |
2009-03-07 |
115. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
78.11 |
1.0094 |
0.0328 |
256 |
3 |
68.57 |
2009-11-05 |
116. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
71.09 |
1.0086 |
-0.0650 |
218 |
5 |
66.91 |
2009-04-08 |
117. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
67.96 |
1.0082 |
-0.1073 |
212 |
1 |
67.96 |
2009-03-11 |
118. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
70.88 |
1.0079 |
-0.0639 |
273 |
3 |
65.20 |
2009-03-23 |
119. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
66.14 |
1.0069 |
-0.1222 |
242 |
1 |
66.14 |
2009-09-12 |
120. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
76.73 |
1.0067 |
0.0306 |
422 |
1 |
76.73 |
2010-04-26 |
121. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
67.51 |
1.0060 |
-0.1055 |
225 |
2 |
67.23 |
2009-03-14 |
122. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
66.72 |
1.0060 |
-0.1101 |
244 |
1 |
66.72 |
2009-09-12 |
123. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
67.78 |
1.0059 |
-0.1013 |
283 |
2 |
63.03 |
2009-06-19 |
124. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
73.37 |
1.0057 |
-0.0243 |
382 |
6 |
70.44 |
2009-04-08 |
125. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
78.89 |
1.0042 |
0.0445 |
168 |
3 |
76.41 |
2010-04-26 |
126. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
67.21 |
1.0039 |
-0.1019 |
255 |
1 |
67.21 |
2010-04-24 |
127. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
71.33 |
1.0036 |
-0.0515 |
277 |
1 |
71.33 |
2009-02-09 |
128. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
81.07 |
1.0035 |
0.0789 |
310 |
2 |
78.93 |
2009-04-14 |
129. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
73.30 |
1.0033 |
-0.0255 |
203 |
4 |
70.85 |
2009-04-08 |
130. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
78.06 |
1.0028 |
0.0375 |
259 |
5 |
73.08 |
2009-04-11 |
131. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
69.18 |
1.0018 |
-0.0793 |
246 |
3 |
68.41 |
2009-06-19 |
132. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
82.29 |
1.0016 |
0.0950 |
217 |
4 |
72.20 |
2009-02-26 |
133. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
70.04 |
1.0010 |
-0.0633 |
213 |
1 |
70.04 |
2010-04-22 |
134. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
72.74 |
1.0006 |
-0.0306 |
311 |
4 |
69.53 |
2009-04-11 |
135. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
77.08 |
1.0004 |
0.0304 |
373 |
1 |
77.08 |
2010-04-22 |
136. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
70.20 |
0.9996 |
-0.0562 |
483 |
1 |
70.20 |
2009-04-08 |
137. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
64.30 |
0.9985 |
-0.1295 |
392 |
1 |
64.30 |
2010-04-22 |
138. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
76.53 |
0.9981 |
0.0219 |
211 |
6 |
69.95 |
2009-04-14 |
139. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
78.67 |
0.9980 |
0.0538 |
295 |
1 |
78.67 |
2009-03-06 |
140. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
73.88 |
0.9974 |
-0.0160 |
163 |
1 |
73.88 |
2009-04-13 |
141. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
75.22 |
0.9966 |
0.0139 |
377 |
4 |
72.30 |
2010-04-26 |
142. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
74.34 |
0.9963 |
-0.0072 |
274 |
2 |
70.89 |
2009-04-21 |
143. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
68.81 |
0.9957 |
-0.0786 |
323 |
5 |
65.91 |
2009-04-07 |
144. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
70.60 |
0.9957 |
-0.0504 |
323 |
4 |
68.72 |
2010-04-26 |
145. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
75.27 |
0.9952 |
0.0112 |
220 |
6 |
67.52 |
2009-03-09 |
146. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
75.47 |
0.9948 |
0.0107 |
233 |
8 |
70.87 |
2010-06-07 |
147. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
66.08 |
0.9935 |
-0.1107 |
217 |
1 |
66.08 |
2009-09-18 |
148. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
69.81 |
0.9933 |
-0.0552 |
450 |
2 |
68.39 |
2009-04-14 |
149. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
72.72 |
0.9931 |
-0.0189 |
339 |
3 |
70.71 |
2009-04-11 |
150. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
73.19 |
0.9931 |
-0.0210 |
218 |
2 |
70.92 |
2009-04-15 |
151. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
75.91 |
0.9930 |
0.0285 |
350 |
1 |
75.91 |
2010-04-25 |
152. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
74.71 |
0.9928 |
0.0030 |
293 |
3 |
72.11 |
2009-03-10 |
153. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
62.56 |
0.9927 |
-0.1626 |
234 |
1 |
62.56 |
2009-01-26 |
154. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
74.38 |
0.9927 |
-0.0001 |
276 |
4 |
71.65 |
2009-03-14 |
155. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
68.46 |
0.9922 |
-0.0790 |
264 |
2 |
66.43 |
2009-03-02 |
156. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
70.67 |
0.9918 |
-0.0425 |
400 |
1 |
70.67 |
2010-04-22 |
157. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
81.83 |
0.9917 |
0.1024 |
317 |
3 |
72.75 |
2010-04-25 |
158. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
73.22 |
0.9915 |
-0.0160 |
281 |
2 |
72.32 |
2009-03-06 |
159. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
68.04 |
0.9909 |
-0.0794 |
293 |
2 |
67.65 |
2009-04-07 |
160. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
79.70 |
0.9909 |
0.0764 |
334 |
5 |
73.90 |
2009-04-11 |
161. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
83.75 |
0.9890 |
0.1327 |
272 |
6 |
74.82 |
2010-04-22 |
162. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
73.31 |
0.9885 |
-0.0041 |
469 |
4 |
71.04 |
2009-04-11 |
163. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
74.58 |
0.9885 |
0.0063 |
355 |
5 |
70.88 |
2009-04-21 |
164. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
71.23 |
0.9884 |
-0.0362 |
267 |
5 |
66.02 |
2010-04-23 |
165. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
68.36 |
0.9880 |
-0.0810 |
199 |
1 |
68.36 |
2009-01-26 |
166. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
68.97 |
0.9873 |
-0.0574 |
396 |
1 |
68.97 |
2010-04-22 |
167. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
69.26 |
0.9873 |
-0.0652 |
274 |
1 |
69.26 |
2009-09-15 |
168. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
77.26 |
0.9869 |
0.0402 |
193 |
7 |
70.15 |
2010-04-22 |
169. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
72.77 |
0.9866 |
-0.0158 |
308 |
3 |
69.50 |
2009-03-04 |
170. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
60.06 |
0.9864 |
-0.1828 |
292 |
1 |
60.06 |
2009-03-11 |
171. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
74.13 |
0.9852 |
0.0029 |
235 |
6 |
67.44 |
2009-11-05 |
172. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
82.44 |
0.9849 |
0.1165 |
337 |
4 |
76.07 |
2010-04-22 |
173. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
67.43 |
0.9842 |
-0.0833 |
335 |
1 |
67.43 |
2009-01-30 |
174. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
77.30 |
0.9841 |
0.0455 |
263 |
4 |
70.61 |
2010-04-25 |
175. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
77.11 |
0.9841 |
0.0413 |
217 |
2 |
70.74 |
2009-03-06 |
176. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
74.62 |
0.9839 |
0.0111 |
308 |
5 |
68.88 |
2009-04-21 |
177. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
79.21 |
0.9836 |
0.0733 |
289 |
2 |
76.52 |
2010-04-25 |
178. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
75.57 |
0.9833 |
0.0271 |
387 |
5 |
71.19 |
2009-04-14 |
179. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
78.73 |
0.9829 |
0.0668 |
229 |
3 |
77.80 |
2009-04-14 |
180. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
76.81 |
0.9827 |
0.0428 |
314 |
5 |
70.04 |
2010-04-22 |
181. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
79.51 |
0.9817 |
0.0846 |
304 |
1 |
79.51 |
2010-04-25 |
182. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
74.65 |
0.9810 |
0.0196 |
362 |
2 |
68.01 |
2009-09-12 |
183. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
70.41 |
0.9809 |
-0.0461 |
209 |
3 |
65.07 |
2009-03-06 |
184. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
82.50 |
0.9807 |
0.1087 |
129 |
6 |
73.32 |
2010-04-22 |
185. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
67.11 |
0.9801 |
-0.0775 |
282 |
1 |
67.11 |
2009-09-12 |
186. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
78.59 |
0.9801 |
0.0681 |
289 |
7 |
70.84 |
2009-04-11 |
187. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
75.99 |
0.9787 |
0.0383 |
364 |
2 |
74.01 |
2009-03-06 |
188. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
70.87 |
0.9780 |
-0.0393 |
173 |
3 |
68.68 |
2009-04-14 |
189. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
71.53 |
0.9765 |
-0.0234 |
269 |
6 |
65.86 |
2009-04-08 |
190. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
70.99 |
0.9763 |
-0.0303 |
143 |
3 |
66.01 |
2009-04-14 |
191. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
73.07 |
0.9762 |
-0.0018 |
249 |
5 |
68.09 |
2009-04-08 |
192. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
72.06 |
0.9756 |
-0.0154 |
223 |
6 |
62.82 |
2009-04-13 |
193. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
67.83 |
0.9745 |
-0.0683 |
388 |
3 |
64.26 |
2009-03-10 |
194. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
71.36 |
0.9740 |
-0.0192 |
371 |
3 |
69.37 |
2009-04-14 |
195. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
71.59 |
0.9736 |
-0.0119 |
378 |
3 |
67.49 |
2010-04-25 |
196. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
73.73 |
0.9727 |
0.0173 |
442 |
6 |
69.48 |
2009-09-18 |
197. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
73.29 |
0.9726 |
0.0100 |
396 |
4 |
69.34 |
2009-04-11 |
198. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
69.08 |
0.9719 |
-0.0438 |
383 |
3 |
65.91 |
2009-09-12 |
199. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
69.33 |
0.9713 |
-0.0485 |
193 |
3 |
67.60 |
2009-04-11 |
200. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
69.24 |
0.9709 |
-0.0492 |
264 |
4 |
66.77 |
2009-11-01 |
201. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
72.49 |
0.9703 |
0.0029 |
394 |
3 |
68.68 |
2009-03-01 |
202. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
71.97 |
0.9698 |
-0.0051 |
389 |
3 |
67.08 |
2009-03-14 |
203. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
75.28 |
0.9681 |
0.0416 |
392 |
7 |
70.00 |
2009-04-17 |
204. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
75.85 |
0.9680 |
0.0438 |
256 |
2 |
69.78 |
2009-03-02 |
205. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
66.61 |
0.9678 |
-0.0758 |
392 |
2 |
66.35 |
2009-03-24 |
206. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
69.80 |
0.9673 |
-0.0346 |
292 |
2 |
64.53 |
2009-04-14 |
207. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
69.63 |
0.9673 |
-0.0351 |
393 |
8 |
65.27 |
2010-04-25 |
208. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
65.92 |
0.9658 |
-0.0836 |
308 |
3 |
62.00 |
2009-03-02 |
209. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
69.11 |
0.9650 |
-0.0410 |
347 |
3 |
66.20 |
2009-03-14 |
210. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
73.60 |
0.9644 |
0.0202 |
398 |
8 |
68.27 |
2009-06-19 |
211. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
67.74 |
0.9636 |
-0.0621 |
281 |
2 |
66.61 |
2009-04-13 |
212. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
65.92 |
0.9632 |
-0.0835 |
287 |
2 |
64.98 |
2009-04-08 |
213. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
67.19 |
0.9631 |
-0.0681 |
273 |
3 |
65.66 |
2009-04-08 |
214. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
70.21 |
0.9609 |
-0.0200 |
331 |
3 |
66.83 |
2009-04-14 |
215. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
66.65 |
0.9604 |
-0.0742 |
285 |
1 |
66.65 |
2009-02-18 |
216. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
67.38 |
0.9603 |
-0.0567 |
430 |
5 |
65.66 |
2009-09-12 |
217. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
71.44 |
0.9597 |
-0.0069 |
251 |
5 |
64.72 |
2009-03-09 |
218. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
74.07 |
0.9594 |
0.0267 |
258 |
3 |
66.71 |
2010-04-22 |
219. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
69.55 |
0.9583 |
-0.0306 |
237 |
6 |
66.08 |
2009-03-17 |
220. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
69.53 |
0.9574 |
-0.0273 |
354 |
5 |
64.19 |
2009-09-12 |
221. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
69.00 |
0.9543 |
-0.0277 |
265 |
1 |
69.00 |
2010-04-24 |
222. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
72.85 |
0.9541 |
0.0180 |
236 |
6 |
64.49 |
2010-04-22 |
223. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
75.11 |
0.9538 |
0.0478 |
276 |
3 |
66.34 |
2009-04-07 |
224. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
81.07 |
0.9503 |
0.1248 |
211 |
3 |
73.62 |
2009-04-08 |
225. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
66.30 |
0.9500 |
-0.0647 |
287 |
6 |
59.19 |
2009-03-14 |
226. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
69.57 |
0.9479 |
-0.0187 |
317 |
7 |
61.77 |
2009-03-15 |
227. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
71.52 |
0.9468 |
0.0066 |
318 |
7 |
66.54 |
2009-09-18 |
228. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
75.45 |
0.9451 |
0.0692 |
419 |
7 |
72.91 |
2010-04-24 |
229. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
74.52 |
0.9434 |
0.0550 |
367 |
5 |
67.35 |
2010-04-22 |
230. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
67.58 |
0.9425 |
-0.0410 |
248 |
3 |
65.81 |
2010-04-22 |
231. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
70.02 |
0.9424 |
-0.0064 |
320 |
4 |
67.39 |
2009-03-09 |
232. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
69.60 |
0.9422 |
-0.0194 |
190 |
5 |
64.07 |
2009-11-05 |
233. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
75.14 |
0.9402 |
0.0601 |
310 |
5 |
69.19 |
2010-04-24 |
234. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
73.50 |
0.9400 |
0.0428 |
434 |
6 |
67.88 |
2009-04-05 |
235. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
65.54 |
0.9392 |
-0.0597 |
360 |
2 |
65.12 |
2009-04-08 |
236. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
69.80 |
0.9377 |
0.0005 |
198 |
1 |
69.80 |
2010-04-27 |
237. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
66.30 |
0.9359 |
-0.0516 |
355 |
3 |
65.05 |
2009-04-08 |
238. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
74.73 |
0.9357 |
0.0588 |
204 |
6 |
69.93 |
2009-04-14 |
239. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
75.36 |
0.9352 |
0.0689 |
194 |
3 |
69.54 |
2009-04-08 |
240. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
71.66 |
0.9346 |
0.0180 |
211 |
7 |
64.93 |
2009-04-17 |
241. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
73.65 |
0.9339 |
0.0541 |
317 |
5 |
62.67 |
2009-03-01 |
242. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
71.81 |
0.9332 |
0.0243 |
267 |
6 |
68.74 |
2009-09-12 |
243. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
70.67 |
0.9332 |
0.0104 |
295 |
4 |
67.20 |
2009-03-07 |
244. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
70.99 |
0.9299 |
0.0082 |
168 |
4 |
62.82 |
2009-05-13 |
245. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
71.24 |
0.9284 |
0.0252 |
346 |
5 |
67.42 |
2009-04-14 |
246. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
79.17 |
0.9271 |
0.1288 |
295 |
7 |
70.87 |
2009-04-08 |
247. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
70.00 |
0.9271 |
0.0086 |
323 |
2 |
68.69 |
2009-04-07 |
248. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
64.05 |
0.9265 |
-0.0742 |
254 |
3 |
60.33 |
2009-03-09 |
249. |
The pickpockets' profession demands extraordinary nimbleness... |
58.89 |
0.9258 |
-0.1371 |
184 |
1 |
58.89 |
2010-04-22 |
250. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
74.22 |
0.9243 |
0.0677 |
240 |
6 |
68.33 |
2010-04-26 |
251. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
57.38 |
0.9206 |
-0.1562 |
317 |
1 |
57.38 |
2009-09-12 |
252. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
61.55 |
0.9183 |
-0.1019 |
252 |
1 |
61.55 |
2009-09-12 |
253. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
68.83 |
0.9183 |
0.0001 |
308 |
3 |
63.18 |
2009-03-01 |
254. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
68.87 |
0.9162 |
0.0031 |
401 |
4 |
65.59 |
2009-09-12 |
255. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
58.05 |
0.9145 |
-0.1381 |
404 |
1 |
58.05 |
2009-03-01 |
256. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
71.86 |
0.9143 |
0.0449 |
300 |
3 |
69.47 |
2010-04-25 |
257. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
63.71 |
0.9136 |
-0.0615 |
348 |
4 |
60.37 |
2010-04-22 |
258. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
71.47 |
0.9135 |
0.0483 |
393 |
3 |
64.11 |
2009-04-14 |
259. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
62.39 |
0.9128 |
-0.0845 |
237 |
3 |
60.17 |
2009-04-08 |
260. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
70.39 |
0.9114 |
0.0346 |
399 |
4 |
63.78 |
2009-04-08 |
261. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
75.98 |
0.9108 |
0.1026 |
235 |
6 |
70.84 |
2010-04-22 |
262. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
59.76 |
0.9101 |
-0.1104 |
351 |
3 |
57.46 |
2009-03-11 |
263. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
70.98 |
0.9070 |
0.0346 |
192 |
8 |
66.10 |
2010-04-24 |
264. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
62.38 |
0.9068 |
-0.0777 |
212 |
4 |
57.47 |
2010-04-22 |
265. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
63.06 |
0.9029 |
-0.0601 |
393 |
3 |
58.33 |
2009-03-01 |
266. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
70.92 |
0.9027 |
0.0394 |
189 |
8 |
64.73 |
2009-04-14 |
267. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
58.90 |
0.9012 |
-0.1134 |
322 |
1 |
58.90 |
2009-03-01 |
268. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
61.65 |
0.9011 |
-0.0767 |
322 |
3 |
59.38 |
2009-02-10 |
269. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
69.01 |
0.8993 |
0.0234 |
366 |
5 |
63.66 |
2010-04-24 |
270. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
63.13 |
0.8986 |
-0.0570 |
216 |
5 |
59.60 |
2009-04-11 |
271. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
61.48 |
0.8986 |
-0.0814 |
205 |
2 |
60.65 |
2009-04-13 |
272. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
66.26 |
0.8964 |
-0.0163 |
199 |
3 |
63.11 |
2009-04-11 |
273. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
59.86 |
0.8936 |
-0.0976 |
346 |
3 |
56.10 |
2009-03-01 |
274. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
66.61 |
0.8913 |
-0.0021 |
201 |
3 |
61.61 |
2009-03-06 |
275. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
57.52 |
0.8887 |
-0.1091 |
464 |
2 |
56.64 |
2009-03-07 |
276. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
68.51 |
0.8880 |
0.0253 |
296 |
3 |
64.10 |
2009-03-24 |
277. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
68.85 |
0.8830 |
0.0373 |
300 |
1 |
68.85 |
2009-03-01 |
278. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
62.83 |
0.8794 |
-0.0358 |
427 |
2 |
62.66 |
2009-03-02 |
279. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
69.58 |
0.8778 |
0.0516 |
285 |
3 |
66.02 |
2009-04-14 |
280. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
58.74 |
0.8666 |
-0.0870 |
206 |
2 |
52.50 |
2009-02-05 |
281. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
66.62 |
0.8656 |
0.0235 |
242 |
6 |
59.26 |
2009-06-01 |
282. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
50.45 |
0.8624 |
-0.1962 |
174 |
1 |
50.45 |
2009-03-14 |
283. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
63.06 |
0.8437 |
-0.0043 |
268 |
3 |
57.61 |
2009-04-07 |
284. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
67.57 |
0.8172 |
0.0791 |
204 |
3 |
60.55 |
2009-03-01 |
285. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
54.43 |
0.7923 |
-0.0674 |
316 |
2 |
54.39 |
2009-04-08 |