| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
135.32 |
0.9763 |
0.3137 |
143 |
2 |
109.40 |
2009-06-30 |
| 2. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
127.87 |
1.0676 |
0.1561 |
456 |
3 |
115.16 |
2009-06-30 |
| 3. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
127.82 |
1.0800 |
0.1316 |
129 |
5 |
104.73 |
2009-07-01 |
| 4. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
127.06 |
1.1086 |
0.1031 |
233 |
5 |
116.56 |
2009-07-01 |
| 5. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
125.79 |
1.0387 |
0.1647 |
333 |
10 |
105.06 |
2009-07-02 |
| 6. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
125.41 |
1.1198 |
0.0747 |
247 |
9 |
107.91 |
2009-06-30 |
| 7. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
122.31 |
1.0291 |
0.1346 |
240 |
4 |
107.81 |
2009-06-16 |
| 8. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
121.69 |
1.0543 |
0.1023 |
182 |
9 |
104.10 |
2009-06-30 |
| 9. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
121.29 |
1.0487 |
0.1051 |
253 |
3 |
103.37 |
2009-06-30 |
| 10. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
120.34 |
1.0960 |
0.0550 |
315 |
7 |
111.66 |
2009-06-30 |
| 11. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
119.73 |
1.0479 |
0.0916 |
205 |
7 |
105.56 |
2009-06-30 |
| 12. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
119.47 |
1.0130 |
0.1257 |
288 |
10 |
99.86 |
2009-06-30 |
| 13. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
119.26 |
1.0617 |
0.0730 |
171 |
8 |
98.50 |
2009-06-16 |
| 14. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
119.26 |
1.0881 |
0.0446 |
210 |
6 |
109.21 |
2009-06-12 |
| 15. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
119.21 |
1.0125 |
0.1221 |
232 |
3 |
101.74 |
2009-06-30 |
| 16. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
119.14 |
1.0362 |
0.1055 |
437 |
6 |
105.07 |
2009-07-02 |
| 17. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
118.98 |
1.0272 |
0.1046 |
226 |
5 |
92.59 |
2009-07-02 |
| 18. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
118.55 |
1.0672 |
0.0614 |
239 |
4 |
103.31 |
2009-06-16 |
| 19. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
118.41 |
0.9927 |
0.1363 |
276 |
7 |
98.66 |
2009-07-01 |
| 20. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
118.37 |
1.0341 |
0.0934 |
273 |
6 |
105.67 |
2009-06-23 |
| 21. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
118.37 |
1.0481 |
0.0723 |
255 |
7 |
102.99 |
2009-07-01 |
| 22. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
118.29 |
1.0450 |
0.0876 |
358 |
5 |
102.26 |
2009-06-05 |
| 23. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
118.27 |
1.0404 |
0.0916 |
406 |
7 |
102.67 |
2009-06-16 |
| 24. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
118.17 |
1.0036 |
0.1235 |
277 |
7 |
100.44 |
2009-06-30 |
| 25. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
117.96 |
1.0521 |
0.0664 |
197 |
5 |
99.16 |
2009-06-30 |
| 26. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
117.48 |
1.0576 |
0.0591 |
231 |
4 |
107.09 |
2009-06-30 |
| 27. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
117.20 |
1.0125 |
0.0994 |
171 |
8 |
90.64 |
2009-06-23 |
| 28. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
116.62 |
1.0060 |
0.1060 |
225 |
5 |
99.37 |
2009-07-01 |
| 29. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
116.59 |
1.0288 |
0.0775 |
166 |
8 |
105.81 |
2009-06-30 |
| 30. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
116.56 |
1.0686 |
0.0457 |
354 |
5 |
98.12 |
2009-07-01 |
| 31. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
116.56 |
1.0557 |
0.0562 |
289 |
6 |
107.86 |
2009-06-30 |
| 32. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
116.34 |
0.9801 |
0.1282 |
289 |
6 |
97.05 |
2009-06-16 |
| 33. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
116.34 |
1.0227 |
0.0920 |
378 |
6 |
96.98 |
2009-07-01 |
| 34. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
116.14 |
1.0419 |
0.0679 |
341 |
5 |
105.50 |
2009-06-04 |
| 35. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
116.14 |
1.0628 |
0.0459 |
363 |
4 |
107.76 |
2009-07-01 |
| 36. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
116.04 |
1.0736 |
0.0347 |
350 |
4 |
110.14 |
2009-07-02 |
| 37. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
115.61 |
1.0370 |
0.0644 |
262 |
1 |
115.61 |
2009-06-16 |
| 38. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
115.60 |
1.0582 |
0.0402 |
180 |
7 |
92.60 |
2009-06-30 |
| 39. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
115.32 |
1.0472 |
0.0453 |
149 |
5 |
96.10 |
2009-07-01 |
| 40. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
115.27 |
1.0372 |
0.0608 |
249 |
7 |
100.98 |
2009-06-18 |
| 41. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
115.16 |
1.0197 |
0.0758 |
204 |
5 |
104.20 |
2009-06-22 |
| 42. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
114.98 |
1.0320 |
0.0696 |
401 |
4 |
95.71 |
2009-06-18 |
| 43. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
114.84 |
1.0418 |
0.0532 |
214 |
4 |
104.56 |
2009-06-30 |
| 44. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
114.78 |
1.0135 |
0.0835 |
358 |
5 |
92.52 |
2009-06-09 |
| 45. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
114.57 |
1.0495 |
0.0416 |
323 |
5 |
105.24 |
2009-06-16 |
| 46. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
114.56 |
1.0476 |
0.0346 |
110 |
8 |
99.31 |
2009-06-30 |
| 47. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
114.23 |
1.0877 |
-0.0027 |
129 |
7 |
105.19 |
2009-06-16 |
| 48. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
113.85 |
1.0178 |
0.0652 |
207 |
3 |
97.13 |
2009-06-09 |
| 49. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
113.75 |
0.9561 |
0.1293 |
362 |
6 |
102.58 |
2009-07-01 |
| 50. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
113.65 |
1.0462 |
0.0396 |
340 |
7 |
100.80 |
2009-06-30 |
| 51. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
113.64 |
1.0601 |
0.0194 |
256 |
4 |
104.90 |
2009-07-01 |
| 52. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
113.60 |
1.0588 |
0.0237 |
281 |
14 |
101.56 |
2009-06-30 |
| 53. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
113.49 |
1.0461 |
0.0374 |
318 |
7 |
102.06 |
2009-07-01 |
| 54. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
113.40 |
1.0264 |
0.0498 |
191 |
4 |
98.28 |
2009-07-01 |
| 55. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
113.17 |
1.0095 |
0.0673 |
211 |
5 |
97.63 |
2009-07-01 |
| 56. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
112.98 |
0.9849 |
0.0927 |
337 |
7 |
98.08 |
2009-07-01 |
| 57. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
112.82 |
1.0403 |
0.0329 |
234 |
4 |
103.48 |
2009-06-30 |
| 58. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
112.57 |
0.9787 |
0.0972 |
364 |
4 |
103.64 |
2009-06-30 |
| 59. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
112.52 |
0.9928 |
0.0786 |
293 |
7 |
94.39 |
2009-06-22 |
| 60. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
112.52 |
1.0082 |
0.0588 |
212 |
3 |
103.80 |
2009-06-30 |
| 61. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
112.41 |
0.9869 |
0.0804 |
193 |
6 |
96.21 |
2009-06-22 |
| 62. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
112.21 |
1.0426 |
0.0224 |
131 |
5 |
93.53 |
2009-06-01 |
| 63. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
112.16 |
0.9807 |
0.0763 |
129 |
6 |
97.47 |
2009-06-30 |
| 64. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
111.92 |
1.0086 |
0.0534 |
218 |
8 |
90.25 |
2009-06-03 |
| 65. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
111.79 |
1.0115 |
0.0483 |
189 |
4 |
95.78 |
2009-06-22 |
| 66. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
111.73 |
0.9880 |
0.0722 |
199 |
2 |
108.11 |
2009-06-30 |
| 67. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
111.72 |
0.9963 |
0.0656 |
274 |
5 |
98.57 |
2009-06-18 |
| 68. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
111.71 |
0.9927 |
0.0682 |
234 |
4 |
96.08 |
2009-06-18 |
| 69. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
111.60 |
0.9500 |
0.1149 |
287 |
5 |
88.13 |
2009-06-16 |
| 70. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
111.17 |
1.0351 |
0.0279 |
276 |
2 |
106.72 |
2009-06-18 |
| 71. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
110.96 |
0.9996 |
0.0650 |
483 |
4 |
104.33 |
2009-06-30 |
| 72. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
110.82 |
1.0432 |
0.0131 |
276 |
6 |
98.13 |
2009-06-16 |
| 73. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
110.61 |
1.0464 |
0.0123 |
294 |
3 |
97.90 |
2009-06-16 |
| 74. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
110.50 |
0.9609 |
0.0965 |
331 |
3 |
94.05 |
2009-06-30 |
| 75. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
110.17 |
1.0901 |
-0.0386 |
288 |
5 |
95.89 |
2009-06-16 |
| 76. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
109.70 |
0.9673 |
0.0799 |
292 |
6 |
91.60 |
2009-06-30 |
| 77. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
109.50 |
0.9012 |
0.1454 |
322 |
3 |
103.69 |
2009-06-30 |
| 78. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
109.49 |
0.9727 |
0.0770 |
442 |
2 |
103.27 |
2009-06-05 |
| 79. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
109.48 |
1.0279 |
0.0093 |
172 |
4 |
107.70 |
2009-06-30 |
| 80. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
109.41 |
0.9884 |
0.0563 |
267 |
4 |
102.57 |
2009-06-02 |
| 81. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
109.33 |
0.9503 |
0.0844 |
211 |
5 |
92.79 |
2009-06-16 |
| 82. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
109.28 |
1.0669 |
-0.0227 |
379 |
3 |
102.89 |
2009-06-22 |
| 83. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
109.19 |
1.0333 |
0.0017 |
176 |
2 |
105.77 |
2009-07-01 |
| 84. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
109.17 |
1.0101 |
0.0316 |
336 |
4 |
93.89 |
2009-06-16 |
| 85. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
109.10 |
0.9841 |
0.0518 |
217 |
6 |
94.70 |
2009-07-01 |
| 86. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
109.03 |
0.9957 |
0.0427 |
323 |
6 |
100.88 |
2009-06-19 |
| 87. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
108.87 |
0.9948 |
0.0411 |
233 |
3 |
96.76 |
2009-07-01 |
| 88. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
108.78 |
0.9698 |
0.0714 |
389 |
9 |
95.63 |
2009-07-01 |
| 89. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
108.74 |
1.0654 |
-0.0321 |
247 |
6 |
94.77 |
2009-06-12 |
| 90. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
108.73 |
0.9538 |
0.0817 |
276 |
3 |
97.13 |
2009-06-30 |
| 91. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
108.44 |
1.0540 |
-0.0261 |
184 |
2 |
107.12 |
2009-06-16 |
| 92. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
108.43 |
1.0270 |
0.0064 |
303 |
4 |
104.38 |
2009-06-23 |
| 93. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
108.37 |
1.0682 |
-0.0349 |
266 |
7 |
95.30 |
2009-06-30 |
| 94. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
108.10 |
1.1093 |
-0.0853 |
220 |
4 |
97.37 |
2009-06-11 |
| 95. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
108.10 |
1.0466 |
-0.0174 |
230 |
6 |
100.77 |
2009-06-16 |
| 96. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
108.03 |
0.9332 |
0.0972 |
295 |
7 |
95.55 |
2009-06-30 |
| 97. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
108.02 |
0.9931 |
0.0403 |
339 |
8 |
96.54 |
2009-06-11 |
| 98. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
107.90 |
0.9357 |
0.0898 |
204 |
4 |
94.30 |
2009-06-30 |
| 99. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
107.85 |
1.0600 |
-0.0324 |
351 |
3 |
101.43 |
2009-06-19 |
| 100. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
107.74 |
1.0867 |
-0.0649 |
171 |
6 |
92.89 |
2009-06-16 |
| 101. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
107.69 |
0.9658 |
0.0636 |
308 |
4 |
99.43 |
2009-06-30 |
| 102. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
107.63 |
0.9909 |
0.0388 |
293 |
3 |
101.73 |
2009-06-28 |
| 103. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
107.49 |
0.9952 |
0.0310 |
220 |
3 |
99.96 |
2009-06-18 |
| 104. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
107.45 |
0.9299 |
0.0851 |
168 |
7 |
98.81 |
2009-06-18 |
| 105. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
107.40 |
0.9809 |
0.0381 |
209 |
1 |
107.40 |
2009-06-23 |
| 106. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
107.37 |
0.9839 |
0.0386 |
308 |
6 |
97.19 |
2009-06-30 |
| 107. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
107.34 |
1.0506 |
-0.0286 |
259 |
3 |
96.29 |
2009-06-01 |
| 108. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
107.28 |
1.0079 |
0.0129 |
273 |
4 |
97.82 |
2009-06-18 |
| 109. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
107.14 |
1.0777 |
-0.0593 |
226 |
3 |
99.91 |
2009-06-01 |
| 110. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
107.13 |
1.0638 |
-0.0454 |
247 |
3 |
96.44 |
2009-07-01 |
| 111. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
106.90 |
1.0332 |
-0.0156 |
267 |
5 |
99.06 |
2009-06-28 |
| 112. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
106.82 |
0.9885 |
0.0290 |
355 |
4 |
93.88 |
2009-06-15 |
| 113. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
106.76 |
1.0103 |
0.0008 |
209 |
4 |
89.66 |
2009-06-05 |
| 114. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
106.74 |
1.0267 |
-0.0070 |
261 |
5 |
97.63 |
2009-06-17 |
| 115. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
106.72 |
1.0035 |
0.0135 |
310 |
1 |
106.72 |
2009-06-16 |
| 116. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
106.37 |
1.0334 |
-0.0209 |
261 |
3 |
93.56 |
2009-06-16 |
| 117. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
106.28 |
0.9957 |
0.0205 |
323 |
4 |
95.47 |
2009-06-18 |
| 118. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
106.26 |
0.9392 |
0.0789 |
360 |
10 |
89.26 |
2009-06-23 |
| 119. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
106.21 |
0.9681 |
0.0490 |
392 |
3 |
96.17 |
2009-06-30 |
| 120. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
106.21 |
1.1070 |
-0.0966 |
265 |
7 |
101.36 |
2009-07-01 |
| 121. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
105.94 |
0.9713 |
0.0363 |
193 |
5 |
98.13 |
2009-06-18 |
| 122. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
105.82 |
1.0199 |
-0.0159 |
225 |
1 |
105.82 |
2009-06-01 |
| 123. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
105.78 |
0.9143 |
0.0941 |
300 |
7 |
95.95 |
2009-06-30 |
| 124. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
105.63 |
0.9829 |
0.0224 |
229 |
3 |
88.83 |
2009-06-09 |
| 125. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
105.62 |
0.9966 |
0.0165 |
377 |
6 |
95.53 |
2009-06-18 |
| 126. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
105.56 |
0.8936 |
0.1106 |
346 |
3 |
90.41 |
2009-06-30 |
| 127. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
105.15 |
1.0301 |
-0.0300 |
268 |
6 |
88.11 |
2009-06-16 |
| 128. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
105.14 |
0.9933 |
0.0154 |
450 |
4 |
97.58 |
2009-06-30 |
| 129. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
105.08 |
1.0189 |
-0.0188 |
290 |
4 |
101.08 |
2009-06-11 |
| 130. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
105.06 |
1.0411 |
-0.0388 |
341 |
2 |
101.23 |
2009-06-16 |
| 131. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
104.99 |
1.0059 |
-0.0049 |
283 |
4 |
100.29 |
2009-06-23 |
| 132. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
104.95 |
0.9422 |
0.0522 |
190 |
7 |
85.28 |
2009-06-18 |
| 133. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
104.72 |
1.0042 |
-0.0107 |
168 |
2 |
102.24 |
2009-06-30 |
| 134. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
104.65 |
1.0018 |
-0.0049 |
246 |
3 |
95.80 |
2009-06-16 |
| 135. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
104.54 |
1.0265 |
-0.0273 |
375 |
5 |
96.59 |
2009-06-22 |
| 136. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
104.40 |
1.0253 |
-0.0281 |
337 |
2 |
94.42 |
2009-06-18 |
| 137. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
104.13 |
1.0132 |
-0.0210 |
371 |
6 |
92.33 |
2009-06-30 |
| 138. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
104.06 |
1.0016 |
-0.0123 |
217 |
3 |
92.26 |
2009-06-15 |
| 139. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
104.03 |
1.0414 |
-0.0517 |
234 |
4 |
96.94 |
2009-06-12 |
| 140. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
103.84 |
0.9673 |
0.0254 |
393 |
4 |
94.95 |
2009-06-18 |
| 141. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
103.81 |
1.0639 |
-0.0743 |
303 |
6 |
94.64 |
2009-06-09 |
| 142. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
103.81 |
0.9765 |
0.0113 |
269 |
3 |
95.97 |
2009-06-30 |
| 143. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
103.73 |
1.0511 |
-0.0615 |
252 |
3 |
98.59 |
2009-06-01 |
| 144. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
103.72 |
0.9145 |
0.0767 |
404 |
3 |
91.04 |
2009-06-30 |
| 145. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
103.36 |
0.9583 |
0.0264 |
237 |
3 |
95.68 |
2009-07-01 |
| 146. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
103.31 |
0.9597 |
0.0243 |
251 |
5 |
91.51 |
2009-07-01 |
| 147. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
103.28 |
0.9011 |
0.0856 |
322 |
10 |
88.30 |
2009-06-30 |
| 148. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
103.18 |
0.9810 |
0.0065 |
362 |
3 |
96.81 |
2009-06-19 |
| 149. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
103.07 |
0.9981 |
-0.0175 |
211 |
3 |
94.18 |
2009-06-18 |
| 150. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
103.07 |
1.0250 |
-0.0406 |
271 |
3 |
93.52 |
2009-06-12 |
| 151. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
102.79 |
0.9135 |
0.0741 |
393 |
3 |
87.73 |
2009-06-30 |
| 152. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
102.66 |
1.0743 |
-0.0957 |
297 |
3 |
97.37 |
2009-06-02 |
| 153. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
102.65 |
0.9762 |
0.0012 |
249 |
2 |
86.47 |
2009-07-01 |
| 154. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
102.50 |
0.9704 |
0.0056 |
254 |
2 |
96.58 |
2009-06-23 |
| 155. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
102.25 |
1.0615 |
-0.0909 |
201 |
3 |
91.52 |
2009-06-16 |
| 156. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
102.00 |
0.9915 |
-0.0212 |
281 |
5 |
96.54 |
2009-06-05 |
| 157. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
101.67 |
0.9909 |
-0.0190 |
334 |
4 |
94.69 |
2009-06-18 |
| 158. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
101.44 |
0.9917 |
-0.0238 |
317 |
6 |
95.43 |
2009-06-15 |
| 159. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
101.35 |
0.9644 |
0.0037 |
398 |
7 |
91.55 |
2009-06-19 |
| 160. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
101.29 |
0.9332 |
0.0312 |
267 |
5 |
91.97 |
2009-06-30 |
| 161. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
101.21 |
0.9827 |
-0.0182 |
314 |
3 |
92.87 |
2009-07-01 |
| 162. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
101.18 |
1.0234 |
-0.0560 |
392 |
3 |
95.71 |
2009-06-29 |
| 163. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
101.11 |
1.0194 |
-0.0588 |
224 |
2 |
99.53 |
2009-06-30 |
| 164. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
101.09 |
1.0287 |
-0.0673 |
269 |
4 |
91.13 |
2009-06-02 |
| 165. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
100.98 |
0.9119 |
0.0538 |
396 |
6 |
84.00 |
2009-06-15 |
| 166. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
100.94 |
0.8986 |
0.0630 |
216 |
3 |
86.99 |
2009-06-01 |
| 167. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
100.90 |
0.9594 |
-0.0005 |
258 |
3 |
85.50 |
2009-06-18 |
| 168. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
100.80 |
1.0800 |
-0.1232 |
213 |
2 |
85.96 |
2009-05-28 |
| 169. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
100.79 |
0.9468 |
0.0126 |
318 |
9 |
88.84 |
2009-06-18 |
| 170. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
100.77 |
1.0208 |
-0.0615 |
231 |
5 |
93.11 |
2009-06-02 |
| 171. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
100.66 |
0.9284 |
0.0337 |
346 |
4 |
94.32 |
2009-07-01 |
| 172. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
100.56 |
1.0006 |
-0.0432 |
311 |
5 |
97.18 |
2009-06-04 |
| 173. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
100.23 |
1.0567 |
-0.1028 |
314 |
3 |
96.17 |
2009-06-18 |
| 174. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
100.15 |
0.9680 |
-0.0144 |
256 |
5 |
94.61 |
2009-06-30 |
| 175. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
100.10 |
0.9719 |
-0.0117 |
383 |
6 |
95.25 |
2009-06-09 |
| 176. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
100.06 |
1.0865 |
-0.1341 |
237 |
1 |
100.06 |
2009-06-02 |
| 177. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
100.01 |
0.9271 |
0.0246 |
295 |
4 |
93.26 |
2009-06-09 |
| 178. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
99.82 |
0.8887 |
0.0755 |
464 |
5 |
86.60 |
2009-06-16 |
| 179. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
99.80 |
0.9114 |
0.0462 |
399 |
3 |
93.02 |
2009-06-16 |
| 180. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
99.75 |
0.9228 |
0.0313 |
305 |
5 |
85.97 |
2009-07-01 |
| 181. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
99.66 |
1.0607 |
-0.1091 |
357 |
1 |
99.66 |
2009-06-18 |
| 182. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
99.24 |
0.9603 |
-0.0100 |
430 |
3 |
85.25 |
2009-06-03 |
| 183. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
99.16 |
1.0106 |
-0.0676 |
302 |
3 |
87.35 |
2009-06-22 |
| 184. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
99.06 |
0.9885 |
-0.0388 |
469 |
3 |
92.33 |
2009-06-30 |
| 185. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
99.02 |
0.9852 |
-0.0432 |
235 |
6 |
88.47 |
2009-06-30 |
| 186. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
98.90 |
0.9400 |
0.0041 |
434 |
2 |
96.17 |
2009-07-01 |
| 187. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
98.88 |
0.9604 |
-0.0212 |
285 |
5 |
87.21 |
2009-06-22 |
| 188. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
98.78 |
0.9101 |
0.0341 |
351 |
3 |
87.44 |
2009-06-01 |
| 189. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
98.53 |
1.0427 |
-0.1039 |
269 |
5 |
90.69 |
2009-06-01 |
| 190. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
98.46 |
1.0033 |
-0.0657 |
203 |
3 |
86.40 |
2009-06-15 |
| 191. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
98.36 |
1.0498 |
-0.1123 |
261 |
2 |
91.67 |
2009-06-12 |
| 192. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
98.21 |
1.0845 |
-0.1507 |
212 |
2 |
97.51 |
2009-06-15 |
| 193. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
98.16 |
1.0529 |
-0.1159 |
373 |
1 |
98.16 |
2009-06-02 |
| 194. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
98.14 |
0.9836 |
-0.0493 |
289 |
2 |
89.98 |
2009-06-12 |
| 195. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
98.06 |
1.0561 |
-0.1246 |
227 |
3 |
94.49 |
2009-05-28 |
| 196. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
97.53 |
0.9833 |
-0.0525 |
387 |
3 |
91.00 |
2009-06-17 |
| 197. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
97.52 |
1.0543 |
-0.1237 |
360 |
2 |
95.19 |
2009-06-18 |
| 198. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
97.42 |
0.9922 |
-0.0643 |
264 |
5 |
90.91 |
2009-06-29 |
| 199. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
97.15 |
0.9029 |
0.0245 |
393 |
3 |
84.18 |
2009-07-01 |
| 200. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
97.13 |
0.9841 |
-0.0612 |
263 |
4 |
93.45 |
2009-06-01 |
| 201. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
97.01 |
1.0128 |
-0.0826 |
369 |
4 |
95.03 |
2009-06-22 |
| 202. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
96.95 |
1.0094 |
-0.0865 |
256 |
3 |
80.70 |
2009-06-01 |
| 203. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
96.95 |
0.9678 |
-0.0407 |
392 |
4 |
94.18 |
2009-06-18 |
| 204. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
96.66 |
1.0590 |
-0.1401 |
250 |
4 |
92.94 |
2009-06-09 |
| 205. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
96.59 |
0.9243 |
-0.0028 |
240 |
5 |
79.11 |
2009-06-04 |
| 206. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
96.43 |
0.9890 |
-0.0673 |
272 |
2 |
80.35 |
2009-06-04 |
| 207. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
96.32 |
0.9650 |
-0.0455 |
347 |
3 |
87.93 |
2009-06-22 |
| 208. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
95.96 |
0.9980 |
-0.0825 |
295 |
2 |
91.98 |
2009-05-05 |
| 209. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
95.80 |
0.9424 |
-0.0281 |
320 |
2 |
91.17 |
2009-06-18 |
| 210. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
95.79 |
0.9866 |
-0.0745 |
308 |
6 |
90.84 |
2009-06-15 |
| 211. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
95.68 |
1.0057 |
-0.0922 |
382 |
3 |
85.40 |
2009-06-03 |
| 212. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
95.68 |
0.9541 |
-0.0429 |
236 |
5 |
90.18 |
2009-06-11 |
| 213. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
95.67 |
0.8993 |
0.0140 |
366 |
3 |
91.93 |
2009-05-29 |
| 214. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
95.46 |
0.9162 |
-0.0065 |
401 |
3 |
85.83 |
2009-06-16 |
| 215. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
95.34 |
0.9864 |
-0.0752 |
292 |
1 |
95.34 |
2009-06-01 |
| 216. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
95.32 |
0.9574 |
-0.0470 |
354 |
5 |
86.37 |
2009-06-11 |
| 217. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
95.28 |
1.0181 |
-0.1100 |
276 |
4 |
84.69 |
2009-06-01 |
| 218. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
95.14 |
0.9736 |
-0.0610 |
378 |
4 |
89.46 |
2009-06-15 |
| 219. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
95.02 |
0.9632 |
-0.0577 |
287 |
3 |
80.73 |
2009-06-04 |
| 220. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
94.97 |
0.9703 |
-0.0599 |
394 |
1 |
94.97 |
2009-06-19 |
| 221. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
94.91 |
0.9756 |
-0.0730 |
223 |
2 |
85.64 |
2009-07-01 |
| 222. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
94.75 |
0.8437 |
0.0573 |
268 |
4 |
83.40 |
2009-06-30 |
| 223. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
94.51 |
1.0165 |
-0.1179 |
316 |
2 |
89.53 |
2009-06-05 |
| 224. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
93.98 |
0.8830 |
0.0138 |
300 |
4 |
84.70 |
2009-06-01 |
| 225. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
93.59 |
0.9434 |
-0.0483 |
367 |
4 |
90.02 |
2009-06-03 |
| 226. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
93.29 |
0.9027 |
-0.0185 |
189 |
5 |
82.36 |
2009-06-16 |
| 227. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
93.24 |
0.9108 |
-0.0236 |
235 |
1 |
93.24 |
2009-06-23 |
| 228. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
92.98 |
0.9136 |
-0.0255 |
348 |
5 |
80.39 |
2009-06-01 |
| 229. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
92.32 |
0.9128 |
-0.0372 |
237 |
4 |
81.92 |
2009-06-30 |
| 230. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
91.78 |
0.8986 |
-0.0203 |
363 |
5 |
82.75 |
2009-06-15 |
| 231. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
91.48 |
0.9206 |
-0.0497 |
317 |
4 |
83.46 |
2009-06-19 |
| 232. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
91.46 |
0.9479 |
-0.0760 |
317 |
7 |
77.01 |
2009-06-09 |
| 233. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
91.34 |
0.8964 |
-0.0303 |
199 |
3 |
84.36 |
2009-06-09 |
| 234. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
91.31 |
0.9726 |
-0.0986 |
396 |
4 |
88.27 |
2009-06-01 |
| 235. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
91.06 |
0.9842 |
-0.1156 |
335 |
1 |
91.06 |
2009-07-01 |
| 236. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
90.86 |
0.9359 |
-0.0707 |
355 |
2 |
84.67 |
2009-05-29 |
| 237. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
90.84 |
0.9271 |
-0.0603 |
323 |
6 |
80.43 |
2009-06-01 |
| 238. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
90.52 |
0.9740 |
-0.1095 |
371 |
1 |
90.52 |
2009-06-02 |
| 239. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
89.66 |
0.9974 |
-0.1483 |
163 |
2 |
85.90 |
2009-06-30 |
| 240. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
89.34 |
0.9636 |
-0.1151 |
281 |
2 |
86.78 |
2009-04-30 |
| 241. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
89.19 |
0.9780 |
-0.1358 |
173 |
4 |
86.24 |
2009-05-29 |
| 242. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
89.10 |
0.9339 |
-0.0805 |
317 |
4 |
82.78 |
2009-06-01 |
| 243. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
88.64 |
0.9070 |
-0.0686 |
192 |
4 |
74.62 |
2009-06-29 |
| 244. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
88.04 |
0.9402 |
-0.1047 |
310 |
3 |
79.96 |
2009-06-22 |
| 245. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
87.42 |
1.0028 |
-0.1724 |
259 |
3 |
81.78 |
2009-05-29 |
| 246. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
87.30 |
0.8656 |
-0.0341 |
242 |
4 |
76.44 |
2009-06-18 |
| 247. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
87.21 |
0.9931 |
-0.1675 |
218 |
5 |
82.55 |
2009-06-09 |
| 248. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
87.10 |
0.9265 |
-0.0992 |
254 |
2 |
84.94 |
2009-06-09 |
| 249. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
86.91 |
0.8986 |
-0.0737 |
205 |
2 |
79.89 |
2009-06-01 |
| 250. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
86.85 |
0.8624 |
-0.0411 |
174 |
5 |
74.39 |
2009-06-02 |
| 251. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
86.79 |
0.8913 |
-0.0643 |
201 |
4 |
80.38 |
2009-06-02 |
| 252. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
85.09 |
0.9346 |
-0.1283 |
211 |
3 |
80.69 |
2009-05-28 |
| 253. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
82.94 |
0.9352 |
-0.1477 |
194 |
1 |
82.94 |
2009-06-16 |
| 254. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
82.69 |
0.9183 |
-0.1312 |
308 |
2 |
80.78 |
2009-06-01 |
| 255. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
82.60 |
0.8666 |
-0.0838 |
206 |
3 |
78.64 |
2009-05-26 |
| 256. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
80.73 |
0.9380 |
-0.1721 |
284 |
2 |
79.70 |
2009-05-26 |
| 257. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
79.20 |
0.9068 |
-0.1560 |
212 |
1 |
79.20 |
2009-06-01 |
| 258. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
77.63 |
0.9631 |
-0.2259 |
273 |
1 |
77.63 |
2009-04-30 |
| 259. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
77.43 |
0.8794 |
-0.1370 |
427 |
4 |
75.50 |
2009-06-01 |
| 260. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
77.18 |
0.7923 |
-0.0583 |
316 |
1 |
77.18 |
2009-06-01 |
| 261. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
69.37 |
0.8172 |
-0.1630 |
204 |
3 |
62.33 |
2009-05-21 |