| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
127.55 |
0.9885 |
0.3948 |
355 |
2 |
112.14 |
2015-04-10 |
| 2. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
101.79 |
0.9780 |
0.1184 |
173 |
7 |
72.01 |
2009-03-22 |
| 3. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
104.22 |
1.0103 |
0.1131 |
209 |
8 |
85.02 |
2009-03-22 |
| 4. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
109.28 |
1.0125 |
0.1702 |
232 |
6 |
83.07 |
2009-03-17 |
| 5. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
116.20 |
1.0743 |
0.1864 |
297 |
4 |
91.05 |
2009-03-17 |
| 6. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
114.33 |
1.0901 |
0.1511 |
288 |
4 |
92.90 |
2009-03-17 |
| 7. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
96.17 |
1.0035 |
0.0385 |
310 |
3 |
93.16 |
2009-03-17 |
| 8. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
115.48 |
0.9931 |
0.2631 |
339 |
3 |
94.33 |
2009-03-17 |
| 9. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
106.98 |
0.9841 |
0.1717 |
217 |
6 |
87.08 |
2009-03-17 |
| 10. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
86.75 |
1.0128 |
-0.0672 |
369 |
3 |
77.96 |
2009-03-17 |
| 11. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
89.20 |
0.9392 |
0.0323 |
360 |
6 |
77.63 |
2009-03-17 |
| 12. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
88.80 |
0.9980 |
-0.0347 |
295 |
4 |
80.15 |
2009-03-17 |
| 13. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
88.22 |
0.9864 |
-0.0278 |
292 |
5 |
83.56 |
2009-03-17 |
| 14. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
91.38 |
0.9380 |
0.0497 |
284 |
8 |
78.34 |
2009-03-17 |
| 15. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
96.75 |
0.9271 |
0.1202 |
295 |
8 |
82.49 |
2009-03-17 |
| 16. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
84.00 |
0.8830 |
0.0283 |
300 |
8 |
74.35 |
2009-03-11 |
| 17. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
104.24 |
1.0557 |
0.0748 |
289 |
7 |
78.27 |
2009-03-11 |
| 18. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
94.56 |
1.0265 |
0.0010 |
375 |
6 |
87.84 |
2009-03-07 |
| 19. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
98.04 |
1.0006 |
0.0611 |
311 |
6 |
82.55 |
2009-03-05 |
| 20. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
123.67 |
1.0881 |
0.2489 |
210 |
4 |
90.58 |
2009-03-05 |
| 21. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
76.74 |
0.9114 |
-0.0742 |
399 |
3 |
72.87 |
2009-03-01 |
| 22. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
97.12 |
1.0125 |
0.0343 |
171 |
3 |
73.28 |
2009-03-01 |
| 23. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
90.81 |
0.9135 |
0.0783 |
393 |
5 |
72.99 |
2009-02-22 |
| 24. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
94.96 |
1.0607 |
-0.0297 |
357 |
4 |
86.47 |
2009-02-22 |
| 25. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
104.99 |
1.0873 |
0.0471 |
243 |
6 |
90.49 |
2009-02-21 |
| 26. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
118.74 |
0.8986 |
0.3892 |
216 |
8 |
79.59 |
2009-02-21 |
| 27. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
90.64 |
1.0334 |
-0.0529 |
261 |
5 |
86.59 |
2009-02-21 |
| 28. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
88.25 |
0.9996 |
-0.0370 |
483 |
3 |
83.50 |
2009-02-20 |
| 29. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
97.25 |
1.0028 |
0.0492 |
259 |
10 |
82.75 |
2009-02-20 |
| 30. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
70.75 |
0.8437 |
-0.0799 |
268 |
3 |
65.19 |
2009-02-20 |
| 31. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
99.81 |
1.0411 |
0.0417 |
341 |
5 |
83.87 |
2009-02-20 |
| 32. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
115.42 |
1.0418 |
0.2101 |
214 |
4 |
100.95 |
2009-02-20 |
| 33. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
102.77 |
1.0845 |
0.0277 |
212 |
4 |
90.22 |
2009-02-20 |
| 34. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
83.90 |
0.9108 |
-0.0032 |
235 |
3 |
80.43 |
2009-02-20 |
| 35. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
95.29 |
0.9500 |
0.0835 |
287 |
7 |
82.93 |
2009-02-20 |
| 36. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
103.00 |
0.9933 |
0.1299 |
450 |
3 |
91.99 |
2009-02-20 |
| 37. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
83.85 |
1.0095 |
-0.1037 |
211 |
6 |
73.30 |
2009-02-20 |
| 38. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
102.55 |
1.0638 |
0.0451 |
247 |
4 |
86.77 |
2009-02-20 |
| 39. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
95.15 |
0.9400 |
0.0929 |
434 |
4 |
73.17 |
2009-02-20 |
| 40. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
92.78 |
0.9183 |
0.0870 |
308 |
7 |
76.76 |
2009-02-20 |
| 41. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
105.99 |
1.0617 |
0.0847 |
171 |
3 |
90.57 |
2009-02-20 |
| 42. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
99.50 |
0.9981 |
0.0786 |
211 |
5 |
86.20 |
2009-02-20 |
| 43. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
91.04 |
0.9574 |
0.0313 |
354 |
6 |
79.25 |
2009-02-20 |
| 44. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
120.80 |
1.1070 |
0.2016 |
265 |
3 |
95.30 |
2009-02-20 |
| 45. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
94.60 |
0.9833 |
0.0434 |
387 |
4 |
85.05 |
2009-02-18 |
| 46. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
108.71 |
1.0960 |
0.0861 |
315 |
8 |
87.80 |
2009-02-18 |
| 47. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
95.66 |
0.9836 |
0.0523 |
289 |
7 |
83.56 |
2009-02-18 |
| 48. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
82.12 |
0.9011 |
-0.0096 |
322 |
4 |
70.89 |
2009-02-14 |
| 49. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
97.22 |
1.0060 |
0.0475 |
225 |
9 |
83.68 |
2009-02-14 |
| 50. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
102.13 |
0.9966 |
0.1169 |
377 |
7 |
84.64 |
2009-02-14 |
| 51. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
101.01 |
1.0867 |
0.0030 |
171 |
6 |
81.91 |
2009-02-14 |
| 52. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
96.71 |
1.0506 |
-0.0037 |
259 |
3 |
90.22 |
2009-02-10 |
| 53. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
82.68 |
0.8993 |
-0.0021 |
366 |
4 |
73.40 |
2009-02-09 |
| 54. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
79.31 |
0.9957 |
-0.1382 |
323 |
1 |
79.31 |
2009-02-08 |
| 55. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
99.53 |
1.0404 |
0.0425 |
406 |
5 |
88.71 |
2009-02-08 |
| 56. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
86.25 |
1.0461 |
-0.1106 |
318 |
7 |
79.46 |
2009-02-07 |
| 57. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
90.47 |
1.0414 |
-0.0630 |
234 |
1 |
90.47 |
2009-02-07 |
| 58. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
99.33 |
1.0628 |
0.0150 |
363 |
3 |
97.22 |
2009-02-06 |
| 59. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
81.92 |
0.8656 |
0.0217 |
242 |
3 |
72.41 |
2009-02-06 |
| 60. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
101.59 |
0.9890 |
0.1153 |
272 |
5 |
89.19 |
2009-02-06 |
| 61. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
90.30 |
0.9632 |
0.0154 |
287 |
5 |
82.97 |
2009-02-06 |
| 62. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
94.49 |
1.0341 |
-0.0116 |
273 |
6 |
85.38 |
2009-02-06 |
| 63. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
77.62 |
0.9703 |
-0.1244 |
394 |
3 |
71.93 |
2009-02-05 |
| 64. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
87.83 |
0.9424 |
0.0106 |
320 |
6 |
71.89 |
2009-02-05 |
| 65. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
109.37 |
1.0481 |
0.1294 |
255 |
6 |
84.20 |
2009-02-05 |
| 66. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
101.19 |
1.0197 |
0.0746 |
204 |
8 |
87.07 |
2009-02-05 |
| 67. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
96.76 |
1.0576 |
-0.0126 |
231 |
6 |
90.68 |
2009-02-05 |
| 68. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
106.10 |
1.0561 |
0.0915 |
227 |
5 |
91.49 |
2009-02-04 |
| 69. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
92.73 |
1.0270 |
-0.0225 |
303 |
5 |
82.02 |
2009-02-04 |
| 70. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
88.12 |
0.9740 |
-0.0170 |
371 |
8 |
80.24 |
2009-02-04 |
| 71. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
101.80 |
0.9807 |
0.1104 |
129 |
5 |
88.33 |
2009-02-04 |
| 72. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
101.90 |
1.0082 |
0.0906 |
212 |
6 |
85.94 |
2009-02-04 |
| 73. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
86.10 |
0.9012 |
0.0340 |
322 |
4 |
72.34 |
2009-02-04 |
| 74. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
101.62 |
0.9678 |
0.1372 |
392 |
7 |
79.76 |
2009-02-03 |
| 75. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
90.04 |
0.9673 |
0.0095 |
292 |
8 |
75.72 |
2009-02-03 |
| 76. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
66.40 |
0.9101 |
-0.1891 |
351 |
1 |
66.40 |
2009-02-03 |
| 77. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
82.58 |
0.8172 |
0.0718 |
204 |
5 |
65.23 |
2009-02-03 |
| 78. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
92.39 |
1.0264 |
-0.0304 |
191 |
3 |
86.23 |
2009-02-03 |
| 79. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
93.26 |
1.0498 |
-0.0389 |
261 |
6 |
86.70 |
2009-02-03 |
| 80. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
76.53 |
0.9206 |
-0.0927 |
317 |
7 |
70.19 |
2009-02-03 |
| 81. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
90.17 |
0.9352 |
0.0397 |
194 |
5 |
80.32 |
2009-02-03 |
| 82. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
108.49 |
0.9787 |
0.2003 |
364 |
6 |
84.92 |
2009-02-03 |
| 83. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
105.84 |
0.9680 |
0.1788 |
256 |
6 |
87.38 |
2009-02-02 |
| 84. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
87.64 |
0.9228 |
0.0302 |
305 |
5 |
74.47 |
2009-02-02 |
| 85. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
80.74 |
0.9402 |
-0.0688 |
310 |
7 |
74.02 |
2009-02-02 |
| 86. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
121.05 |
1.0590 |
0.2523 |
250 |
11 |
93.27 |
2009-02-02 |
| 87. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
88.90 |
1.0016 |
-0.0410 |
217 |
5 |
79.18 |
2009-02-02 |
| 88. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
96.04 |
1.0466 |
-0.0070 |
230 |
6 |
80.29 |
2009-02-02 |
| 89. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
98.44 |
0.9852 |
0.0803 |
235 |
3 |
81.78 |
2009-02-02 |
| 90. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
88.23 |
1.0370 |
-0.0823 |
262 |
2 |
87.58 |
2009-02-02 |
| 91. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
120.50 |
0.9927 |
0.3104 |
234 |
11 |
95.14 |
2009-02-02 |
| 92. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
84.53 |
0.9869 |
-0.0759 |
193 |
1 |
84.53 |
2009-02-02 |
| 93. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
90.88 |
1.0132 |
-0.0289 |
371 |
6 |
83.28 |
2009-02-02 |
| 94. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
89.58 |
0.9756 |
-0.0067 |
223 |
7 |
79.20 |
2009-02-02 |
| 95. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
95.22 |
1.0253 |
0.0087 |
337 |
2 |
95.05 |
2009-02-02 |
| 96. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
86.75 |
1.0059 |
-0.0659 |
283 |
6 |
77.74 |
2009-02-01 |
| 97. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
96.69 |
1.0419 |
0.0082 |
341 |
4 |
84.06 |
2009-02-01 |
| 98. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
88.60 |
1.0227 |
-0.0577 |
378 |
8 |
78.20 |
2009-02-01 |
| 99. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
96.15 |
1.0472 |
-0.0123 |
149 |
7 |
76.28 |
2009-01-31 |
| 100. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
78.77 |
0.9299 |
-0.0865 |
168 |
6 |
71.30 |
2009-01-31 |
| 101. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
104.19 |
1.0676 |
0.0657 |
456 |
3 |
84.54 |
2009-01-31 |
| 102. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
88.14 |
0.9829 |
-0.0297 |
229 |
5 |
80.94 |
2009-01-31 |
| 103. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
70.83 |
0.9644 |
-0.1960 |
398 |
2 |
67.48 |
2009-01-31 |
| 104. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
97.26 |
1.0094 |
0.0439 |
256 |
5 |
87.80 |
2009-01-31 |
| 105. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
91.38 |
1.0194 |
-0.0323 |
224 |
2 |
83.15 |
2009-01-31 |
| 106. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
83.29 |
1.0600 |
-0.1586 |
351 |
4 |
76.48 |
2009-01-31 |
| 107. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
93.60 |
1.0601 |
-0.0499 |
256 |
3 |
84.74 |
2009-01-31 |
| 108. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
87.91 |
0.9029 |
0.0512 |
393 |
6 |
74.10 |
2009-01-31 |
| 109. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
94.63 |
1.0432 |
-0.0180 |
276 |
3 |
85.76 |
2009-01-31 |
| 110. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
106.05 |
1.0403 |
0.1070 |
234 |
2 |
98.58 |
2009-01-31 |
| 111. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
107.25 |
1.0654 |
0.0942 |
247 |
6 |
91.79 |
2009-01-31 |
| 112. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
95.52 |
0.9243 |
0.1121 |
240 |
5 |
70.93 |
2009-01-31 |
| 113. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
89.94 |
0.9880 |
-0.0187 |
199 |
6 |
79.90 |
2009-01-31 |
| 114. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
76.22 |
0.9609 |
-0.1320 |
331 |
3 |
72.39 |
2009-01-31 |
| 115. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
94.24 |
1.0189 |
0.0008 |
290 |
3 |
78.47 |
2009-01-31 |
| 116. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
107.58 |
0.9915 |
0.1733 |
281 |
6 |
88.73 |
2009-01-31 |
| 117. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
98.94 |
1.1093 |
-0.0434 |
220 |
8 |
85.05 |
2009-01-31 |
| 118. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
90.10 |
0.9541 |
0.0218 |
236 |
5 |
74.32 |
2009-01-31 |
| 119. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
98.20 |
0.9736 |
0.0970 |
378 |
7 |
81.71 |
2009-01-31 |
| 120. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
101.57 |
1.0250 |
0.0781 |
271 |
5 |
85.23 |
2009-01-30 |
| 121. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
80.12 |
0.9128 |
-0.0491 |
237 |
1 |
80.12 |
2009-01-30 |
| 122. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
93.81 |
0.9885 |
0.0339 |
469 |
6 |
83.93 |
2009-01-30 |
| 123. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
85.59 |
0.9948 |
-0.0698 |
233 |
4 |
71.14 |
2009-01-30 |
| 124. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
106.01 |
1.0427 |
0.1068 |
269 |
3 |
93.01 |
2009-01-30 |
| 125. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
99.00 |
1.0464 |
0.0308 |
294 |
7 |
83.25 |
2009-01-30 |
| 126. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
89.41 |
0.9839 |
-0.0164 |
308 |
7 |
78.24 |
2009-01-30 |
| 127. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
108.36 |
1.0521 |
0.1165 |
197 |
5 |
92.56 |
2009-01-30 |
| 128. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
96.43 |
0.8964 |
0.1449 |
199 |
8 |
80.65 |
2009-01-30 |
| 129. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
96.22 |
0.9631 |
0.0783 |
273 |
5 |
86.30 |
2009-01-30 |
| 130. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
107.58 |
1.0288 |
0.1322 |
166 |
12 |
83.09 |
2009-01-30 |
| 131. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
96.91 |
0.9346 |
0.1119 |
211 |
5 |
78.06 |
2009-01-30 |
| 132. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
80.33 |
0.9027 |
-0.0374 |
189 |
4 |
71.16 |
2009-01-30 |
| 133. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
101.07 |
0.9709 |
0.1225 |
264 |
6 |
79.50 |
2009-01-30 |
| 134. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
77.41 |
1.0332 |
-0.1968 |
267 |
4 |
70.04 |
2009-01-29 |
| 135. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
97.64 |
1.0540 |
-0.0016 |
184 |
5 |
77.50 |
2009-01-29 |
| 136. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
87.50 |
1.0287 |
-0.0829 |
269 |
5 |
77.82 |
2009-01-28 |
| 137. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
101.43 |
1.0101 |
0.0904 |
336 |
4 |
86.73 |
2009-01-28 |
| 138. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
98.01 |
1.0462 |
0.0182 |
340 |
3 |
88.93 |
2009-01-28 |
| 139. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
82.37 |
0.9597 |
-0.0684 |
251 |
6 |
72.51 |
2009-01-28 |
| 140. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
81.97 |
0.9909 |
-0.0996 |
293 |
5 |
77.58 |
2009-01-28 |
| 141. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
95.62 |
0.9698 |
0.0706 |
389 |
3 |
89.02 |
2009-01-28 |
| 142. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
73.83 |
0.9332 |
-0.1338 |
295 |
2 |
68.67 |
2009-01-27 |
| 143. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
93.76 |
0.8778 |
0.1391 |
285 |
8 |
74.17 |
2009-01-25 |
| 144. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
108.40 |
1.0567 |
0.1176 |
314 |
9 |
91.09 |
2009-01-25 |
| 145. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
79.07 |
0.9119 |
-0.0525 |
396 |
6 |
70.60 |
2009-01-25 |
| 146. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
106.94 |
1.0086 |
0.1458 |
218 |
4 |
89.61 |
2009-01-25 |
| 147. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
95.25 |
1.0736 |
-0.0396 |
350 |
6 |
88.52 |
2009-01-25 |
| 148. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
87.48 |
0.9434 |
0.0078 |
367 |
5 |
81.12 |
2009-01-25 |
| 149. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
87.91 |
1.0181 |
-0.0654 |
276 |
5 |
69.10 |
2009-01-25 |
| 150. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
106.84 |
1.0615 |
0.0931 |
201 |
4 |
98.80 |
2009-01-25 |
| 151. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
96.74 |
1.0669 |
-0.0161 |
379 |
4 |
87.79 |
2009-01-25 |
| 152. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
105.50 |
0.9422 |
0.1957 |
190 |
5 |
83.45 |
2009-01-25 |
| 153. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
89.17 |
0.9603 |
0.0103 |
430 |
5 |
81.78 |
2009-01-25 |
| 154. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
95.76 |
1.0487 |
-0.0140 |
253 |
7 |
84.65 |
2009-01-25 |
| 155. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
103.71 |
1.0877 |
0.0324 |
129 |
6 |
82.91 |
2009-01-25 |
| 156. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
67.48 |
0.9068 |
-0.1798 |
212 |
1 |
67.48 |
2009-01-25 |
| 157. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
92.90 |
1.0865 |
-0.0809 |
237 |
3 |
87.32 |
2009-01-25 |
| 158. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
87.88 |
0.9763 |
-0.0257 |
143 |
7 |
79.74 |
2009-01-25 |
| 159. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
90.81 |
0.9810 |
0.0070 |
362 |
6 |
76.11 |
2009-01-25 |
| 160. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
86.86 |
0.9503 |
-0.0170 |
211 |
3 |
85.86 |
2009-01-25 |
| 161. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
89.24 |
1.0267 |
-0.0577 |
261 |
4 |
81.26 |
2009-01-25 |
| 162. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
91.97 |
1.0234 |
-0.0237 |
392 |
4 |
79.73 |
2009-01-25 |
| 163. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
95.40 |
1.0543 |
-0.0190 |
360 |
3 |
83.77 |
2009-01-25 |
| 164. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
106.38 |
0.9922 |
0.1610 |
264 |
7 |
89.40 |
2009-01-25 |
| 165. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
121.20 |
1.1198 |
0.1932 |
247 |
6 |
95.79 |
2009-01-25 |
| 166. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
108.27 |
1.0333 |
0.1348 |
176 |
7 |
86.76 |
2009-01-25 |
| 167. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
92.39 |
0.9604 |
0.0377 |
285 |
6 |
76.72 |
2009-01-25 |
| 168. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
82.11 |
0.8880 |
0.0003 |
296 |
4 |
75.17 |
2009-01-25 |
| 169. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
92.67 |
1.0588 |
-0.0555 |
281 |
3 |
89.60 |
2009-01-25 |
| 170. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
93.33 |
0.9070 |
0.0986 |
192 |
7 |
87.11 |
2009-01-25 |
| 171. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
109.23 |
1.0686 |
0.1186 |
354 |
7 |
86.07 |
2009-01-25 |
| 172. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
99.62 |
1.0372 |
0.0414 |
249 |
8 |
73.04 |
2009-01-25 |
| 173. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
96.34 |
0.9866 |
0.0570 |
308 |
7 |
84.17 |
2009-01-25 |
| 174. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
78.40 |
0.9952 |
-0.1450 |
220 |
4 |
66.90 |
2009-01-25 |
| 175. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
88.02 |
0.9957 |
-0.0391 |
323 |
9 |
77.72 |
2009-01-25 |
| 176. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
95.10 |
1.0800 |
-0.0573 |
129 |
1 |
95.10 |
2009-01-25 |
| 177. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
96.18 |
1.0272 |
0.0122 |
226 |
3 |
84.54 |
2009-01-25 |
| 178. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
87.43 |
0.9538 |
-0.0078 |
276 |
5 |
79.36 |
2009-01-25 |
| 179. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
91.94 |
0.9357 |
0.0574 |
204 |
3 |
84.11 |
2009-01-25 |
| 180. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
89.28 |
1.0320 |
-0.0597 |
401 |
5 |
79.10 |
2009-01-25 |
| 181. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
89.43 |
0.9359 |
0.0328 |
355 |
6 |
81.65 |
2009-01-25 |
| 182. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
88.41 |
0.9765 |
-0.0204 |
269 |
2 |
83.35 |
2009-01-25 |
| 183. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
98.10 |
1.0682 |
-0.0047 |
266 |
5 |
90.94 |
2009-01-25 |
| 184. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
87.08 |
0.8986 |
0.0421 |
205 |
4 |
76.71 |
2009-01-25 |
| 185. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
72.79 |
0.9284 |
-0.1380 |
346 |
3 |
70.60 |
2009-01-25 |
| 186. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
94.89 |
1.0476 |
-0.0296 |
110 |
9 |
79.19 |
2009-01-25 |
| 187. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
80.94 |
0.9849 |
-0.1082 |
337 |
3 |
78.40 |
2009-01-25 |
| 188. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
96.05 |
1.0800 |
-0.0428 |
213 |
6 |
87.34 |
2009-01-25 |
| 189. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
92.49 |
0.9809 |
0.0165 |
209 |
9 |
75.48 |
2009-01-25 |
| 190. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
116.58 |
1.0672 |
0.1953 |
239 |
4 |
92.66 |
2009-01-25 |
| 191. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
81.15 |
0.9974 |
-0.1235 |
163 |
6 |
73.60 |
2009-01-25 |
| 192. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
103.88 |
1.0495 |
0.0754 |
323 |
7 |
81.32 |
2009-01-25 |
| 193. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
102.75 |
1.0301 |
0.0816 |
268 |
4 |
86.15 |
2009-01-24 |
| 194. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
87.24 |
0.9143 |
0.0308 |
300 |
5 |
72.74 |
2009-01-24 |
| 195. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
81.94 |
0.9827 |
-0.0954 |
314 |
3 |
77.88 |
2009-01-24 |
| 196. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
83.83 |
0.8666 |
0.0379 |
206 |
6 |
69.57 |
2009-01-24 |
| 197. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
99.90 |
1.0036 |
0.0794 |
277 |
1 |
99.90 |
2009-01-24 |
| 198. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
76.01 |
0.8913 |
-0.0680 |
201 |
3 |
68.08 |
2009-01-24 |
| 199. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
94.87 |
0.9963 |
0.0285 |
274 |
4 |
73.99 |
2009-01-24 |
| 200. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
105.48 |
1.0511 |
0.0935 |
252 |
4 |
85.87 |
2009-01-24 |
| 201. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
83.20 |
0.9673 |
-0.0633 |
393 |
3 |
73.71 |
2009-01-24 |
| 202. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
81.81 |
0.9727 |
-0.0810 |
442 |
3 |
79.46 |
2009-01-24 |
| 203. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
102.72 |
1.0057 |
0.1099 |
382 |
6 |
89.27 |
2009-01-24 |
| 204. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
102.49 |
1.0279 |
0.0766 |
172 |
5 |
86.30 |
2009-01-24 |
| 205. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
93.49 |
1.0582 |
-0.0491 |
180 |
6 |
85.72 |
2009-01-24 |
| 206. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
83.74 |
0.9726 |
-0.0614 |
396 |
4 |
78.32 |
2009-01-24 |
| 207. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
81.51 |
0.8986 |
-0.0119 |
363 |
3 |
75.80 |
2009-01-23 |
| 208. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
74.28 |
1.0115 |
-0.2138 |
189 |
1 |
74.28 |
2009-01-23 |
| 209. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
104.48 |
1.1086 |
0.0237 |
233 |
3 |
96.62 |
2009-01-23 |
| 210. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
94.13 |
1.0639 |
-0.0436 |
303 |
4 |
87.14 |
2009-01-23 |
| 211. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
80.52 |
0.8624 |
0.0038 |
174 |
6 |
71.39 |
2009-01-22 |
| 212. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
90.60 |
1.0543 |
-0.0769 |
182 |
3 |
84.49 |
2009-01-22 |
| 213. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
83.26 |
0.9583 |
-0.0571 |
237 |
6 |
75.74 |
2009-01-22 |
| 214. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
72.47 |
0.9842 |
-0.1988 |
335 |
3 |
66.42 |
2009-01-21 |
| 215. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
70.08 |
0.9884 |
-0.2287 |
267 |
2 |
58.58 |
2009-01-20 |
| 216. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
89.72 |
1.0387 |
-0.0634 |
333 |
3 |
82.73 |
2009-01-20 |
| 217. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
76.25 |
0.9561 |
-0.1301 |
362 |
4 |
71.74 |
2009-01-20 |
| 218. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
79.70 |
1.0130 |
-0.1509 |
288 |
2 |
79.01 |
2009-01-19 |
| 219. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
90.27 |
0.9927 |
-0.0150 |
276 |
6 |
81.17 |
2009-01-19 |
| 220. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
76.34 |
0.9479 |
-0.1208 |
317 |
2 |
76.25 |
2009-01-18 |
| 221. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
95.80 |
1.0042 |
0.0293 |
168 |
5 |
78.41 |
2009-01-18 |
| 222. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
84.50 |
0.9425 |
-0.0275 |
248 |
1 |
84.50 |
2009-01-14 |
| 223. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
93.35 |
0.9658 |
0.0486 |
308 |
7 |
76.83 |
2009-01-14 |
| 224. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
82.80 |
0.9909 |
-0.0913 |
334 |
3 |
78.46 |
2009-01-13 |
| 225. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
90.32 |
1.0199 |
-0.0461 |
225 |
4 |
81.11 |
2009-01-12 |
| 226. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
77.53 |
0.9271 |
-0.0863 |
323 |
4 |
70.17 |
2009-01-12 |
| 227. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
88.43 |
0.9332 |
0.0239 |
267 |
5 |
68.91 |
2009-01-10 |
| 228. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
91.25 |
0.9931 |
-0.0092 |
218 |
3 |
81.03 |
2009-01-07 |
| 229. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
89.41 |
0.9265 |
0.0401 |
254 |
7 |
73.79 |
2009-01-07 |
| 230. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
85.54 |
1.0479 |
-0.1239 |
205 |
4 |
76.02 |
2009-01-07 |
| 231. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
106.58 |
1.0529 |
0.1045 |
373 |
6 |
91.67 |
2009-01-07 |
| 232. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
76.17 |
0.9704 |
-0.1469 |
254 |
5 |
67.07 |
2009-01-07 |
| 233. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
70.04 |
0.9719 |
-0.2080 |
383 |
2 |
68.30 |
2009-01-07 |
| 234. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
100.10 |
1.0178 |
0.0647 |
207 |
4 |
86.41 |
2009-01-06 |
| 235. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
89.50 |
0.9745 |
-0.0037 |
388 |
3 |
76.24 |
2009-01-06 |
| 236. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
82.65 |
0.9650 |
-0.0682 |
347 |
2 |
69.98 |
2009-01-05 |
| 237. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
94.43 |
1.0106 |
0.0108 |
302 |
4 |
83.65 |
2009-01-05 |
| 238. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
79.81 |
1.0165 |
-0.1541 |
316 |
4 |
73.67 |
2009-01-03 |
| 239. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
91.83 |
1.0450 |
-0.0456 |
358 |
3 |
83.29 |
2009-01-03 |
| 240. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
89.66 |
0.9762 |
-0.0057 |
249 |
4 |
65.11 |
2009-01-03 |
| 241. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
91.22 |
0.9713 |
0.0148 |
193 |
5 |
80.55 |
2009-01-03 |
| 242. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
81.38 |
0.9451 |
-0.0569 |
419 |
3 |
77.54 |
2009-01-03 |
| 243. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
73.00 |
0.9681 |
-0.1735 |
392 |
3 |
67.70 |
2009-01-03 |
| 244. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
73.52 |
0.9594 |
-0.1666 |
258 |
3 |
68.45 |
2009-01-03 |
| 245. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
88.64 |
0.9468 |
0.0123 |
318 |
5 |
77.76 |
2009-01-03 |
| 246. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
66.18 |
0.8794 |
-0.1581 |
427 |
4 |
64.16 |
2009-01-03 |
| 247. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
88.89 |
1.0033 |
-0.0409 |
203 |
3 |
64.93 |
2009-01-03 |
| 248. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
73.85 |
1.0291 |
-0.2330 |
240 |
1 |
73.85 |
2009-01-02 |
| 249. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
86.93 |
1.0079 |
-0.0682 |
273 |
3 |
81.07 |
2008-12-27 |
| 250. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
88.31 |
1.0018 |
-0.0457 |
246 |
2 |
78.95 |
2008-12-27 |
| 251. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
65.48 |
0.7923 |
-0.0846 |
316 |
2 |
64.86 |
2008-12-27 |
| 252. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
77.17 |
0.9801 |
-0.1460 |
289 |
1 |
77.17 |
2008-12-27 |
| 253. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
78.00 |
1.0135 |
-0.1668 |
358 |
2 |
74.91 |
2008-12-26 |
| 254. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
67.47 |
0.9339 |
-0.1994 |
317 |
1 |
67.47 |
2008-12-23 |
| 255. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
75.34 |
0.9636 |
-0.1505 |
281 |
1 |
75.34 |
2008-12-23 |
| 256. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
75.22 |
1.0426 |
-0.2334 |
131 |
3 |
63.07 |
2008-12-23 |
| 257. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
70.72 |
0.8887 |
-0.1107 |
464 |
5 |
61.87 |
2008-12-23 |
| 258. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
77.26 |
1.0351 |
-0.1958 |
276 |
1 |
77.26 |
2008-12-22 |
| 259. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
85.96 |
0.9841 |
-0.0555 |
263 |
3 |
74.07 |
2008-12-22 |
| 260. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
73.60 |
0.8936 |
-0.0992 |
346 |
4 |
67.40 |
2008-12-21 |
| 261. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
64.63 |
0.9136 |
-0.2125 |
348 |
3 |
63.41 |
2008-12-19 |
| 262. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
74.47 |
1.0362 |
-0.2249 |
437 |
2 |
72.16 |
2008-12-18 |
| 263. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
72.12 |
0.9917 |
-0.2102 |
317 |
2 |
56.29 |
2008-12-18 |
| 264. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
99.18 |
1.0777 |
-0.0056 |
226 |
4 |
91.22 |
2008-12-15 |
| 265. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
79.94 |
0.9519 |
-0.0834 |
323 |
3 |
73.07 |
2008-12-15 |
| 266. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
76.76 |
0.9145 |
-0.0811 |
404 |
3 |
74.53 |
2008-11-28 |