Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
90.82 |
0.9917 |
0.0793 |
317 |
15 |
80.31 |
2009-09-18 |
2. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
93.19 |
1.0506 |
0.0459 |
259 |
12 |
83.95 |
2009-07-27 |
3. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
96.20 |
1.0094 |
0.1232 |
256 |
12 |
80.55 |
2009-07-15 |
4. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
92.36 |
1.0250 |
0.0650 |
271 |
12 |
81.22 |
2009-07-29 |
5. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
101.89 |
1.0877 |
0.1088 |
129 |
11 |
85.90 |
2009-07-29 |
6. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
88.79 |
1.0265 |
0.0220 |
375 |
11 |
78.78 |
2009-07-22 |
7. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
96.74 |
1.0234 |
0.1196 |
392 |
11 |
81.00 |
2009-09-01 |
8. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
73.14 |
0.8437 |
0.0152 |
268 |
10 |
68.26 |
2009-09-12 |
9. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
95.23 |
1.0079 |
0.1122 |
273 |
10 |
85.44 |
2009-07-23 |
10. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
87.86 |
1.0291 |
0.0026 |
240 |
10 |
79.60 |
2009-09-11 |
11. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
84.76 |
0.9909 |
0.0101 |
334 |
10 |
78.59 |
2009-07-29 |
12. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
97.09 |
0.9829 |
0.1595 |
229 |
10 |
79.11 |
2009-07-29 |
13. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
92.63 |
1.0686 |
0.0253 |
354 |
10 |
85.82 |
2009-09-11 |
14. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
90.37 |
1.0676 |
0.0005 |
456 |
10 |
79.32 |
2009-07-29 |
15. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
88.76 |
1.0227 |
0.0279 |
378 |
10 |
80.11 |
2009-08-03 |
16. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
86.07 |
0.9434 |
0.0737 |
367 |
10 |
74.71 |
2009-09-16 |
17. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
89.90 |
0.8913 |
0.1682 |
201 |
10 |
76.60 |
2009-07-22 |
18. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
95.24 |
1.0267 |
0.0976 |
261 |
10 |
81.27 |
2009-09-16 |
19. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
84.57 |
1.0370 |
-0.0423 |
262 |
9 |
80.72 |
2009-07-28 |
20. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
83.49 |
0.9745 |
0.0097 |
388 |
9 |
78.60 |
2009-07-23 |
21. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
86.15 |
0.9644 |
0.0523 |
398 |
9 |
78.58 |
2009-07-22 |
22. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
92.58 |
0.9780 |
0.1055 |
173 |
9 |
82.02 |
2009-07-23 |
23. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
88.09 |
1.0351 |
0.0053 |
276 |
9 |
78.42 |
2009-07-23 |
24. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
88.06 |
0.9974 |
0.0349 |
163 |
9 |
77.75 |
2009-09-15 |
25. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
83.77 |
1.0419 |
-0.0534 |
341 |
9 |
78.22 |
2009-09-08 |
26. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
88.80 |
0.9727 |
0.0790 |
442 |
9 |
80.34 |
2009-07-18 |
27. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
86.50 |
1.0669 |
-0.0460 |
379 |
9 |
81.28 |
2009-07-28 |
28. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
76.87 |
0.8986 |
0.0101 |
363 |
9 |
69.42 |
2009-09-11 |
29. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
88.39 |
1.0867 |
-0.0510 |
171 |
8 |
82.32 |
2009-07-11 |
30. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
81.95 |
0.9928 |
-0.0295 |
293 |
8 |
73.33 |
2009-07-18 |
31. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
89.59 |
1.0521 |
-0.0034 |
197 |
8 |
79.38 |
2009-07-18 |
32. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
94.85 |
1.1086 |
0.0084 |
233 |
8 |
84.89 |
2009-07-29 |
33. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
93.79 |
1.0332 |
0.0702 |
267 |
8 |
84.99 |
2009-07-27 |
34. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
95.78 |
1.0115 |
0.1109 |
189 |
8 |
81.02 |
2009-07-29 |
35. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
93.11 |
1.0561 |
0.0380 |
227 |
8 |
85.65 |
2009-09-16 |
36. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
87.94 |
1.0082 |
0.0216 |
212 |
8 |
80.18 |
2009-07-15 |
37. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
84.23 |
0.9392 |
0.0578 |
360 |
8 |
73.35 |
2009-09-15 |
38. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
96.70 |
1.0682 |
0.0714 |
266 |
8 |
81.29 |
2009-09-15 |
39. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
85.93 |
0.9915 |
0.0186 |
281 |
8 |
77.00 |
2009-09-15 |
40. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
83.48 |
1.0432 |
-0.0606 |
276 |
8 |
76.61 |
2009-07-18 |
41. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
87.68 |
1.0743 |
-0.0415 |
297 |
8 |
79.60 |
2009-09-14 |
42. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
89.31 |
0.9836 |
0.0675 |
289 |
8 |
72.42 |
2009-07-11 |
43. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
82.49 |
0.9957 |
-0.0256 |
323 |
8 |
75.59 |
2009-07-17 |
44. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
81.31 |
0.9500 |
0.0080 |
287 |
8 |
75.05 |
2009-09-29 |
45. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
89.64 |
1.0181 |
0.0381 |
276 |
8 |
79.82 |
2009-09-14 |
46. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
86.18 |
0.9678 |
0.0504 |
392 |
8 |
77.03 |
2009-07-11 |
47. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
92.91 |
1.0495 |
0.0436 |
323 |
8 |
80.94 |
2009-07-13 |
48. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
83.91 |
0.9271 |
0.0625 |
323 |
8 |
77.90 |
2010-08-13 |
49. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
81.72 |
0.9162 |
0.0461 |
401 |
8 |
76.43 |
2009-07-17 |
50. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
85.72 |
1.0033 |
0.0055 |
203 |
8 |
81.69 |
2010-08-13 |
51. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
86.70 |
1.0427 |
-0.0217 |
269 |
8 |
80.07 |
2009-07-17 |
52. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
86.30 |
1.0135 |
0.0052 |
358 |
8 |
79.37 |
2009-09-11 |
53. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
81.03 |
0.9299 |
0.0147 |
168 |
8 |
67.16 |
2009-07-14 |
54. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
97.09 |
1.0777 |
0.0633 |
226 |
8 |
86.42 |
2009-07-23 |
55. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
90.05 |
1.0387 |
0.0252 |
333 |
8 |
82.03 |
2009-08-30 |
56. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
94.61 |
1.0865 |
0.0270 |
237 |
8 |
84.47 |
2009-07-27 |
57. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
87.57 |
1.0035 |
0.0275 |
310 |
8 |
79.44 |
2009-07-22 |
58. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
92.28 |
0.9841 |
0.1004 |
263 |
8 |
83.91 |
2009-07-23 |
59. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
92.45 |
1.0638 |
0.0224 |
247 |
8 |
86.15 |
2009-07-20 |
60. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
90.72 |
0.9880 |
0.0755 |
199 |
8 |
83.05 |
2009-07-22 |
61. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
84.40 |
1.0057 |
-0.0099 |
382 |
8 |
78.58 |
2009-07-30 |
62. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
111.92 |
1.0476 |
0.2616 |
110 |
8 |
85.15 |
2009-09-01 |
63. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
90.25 |
1.0253 |
0.0398 |
337 |
8 |
78.09 |
2009-07-29 |
64. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
95.11 |
1.0334 |
0.0856 |
261 |
8 |
79.23 |
2009-07-23 |
65. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
79.34 |
0.9827 |
-0.0488 |
314 |
8 |
74.58 |
2009-07-29 |
66. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
85.29 |
1.0567 |
-0.0536 |
314 |
8 |
78.40 |
2009-07-18 |
67. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
85.76 |
0.9841 |
0.0216 |
217 |
8 |
80.29 |
2009-07-23 |
68. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
85.27 |
0.9869 |
0.0127 |
193 |
8 |
75.49 |
2009-07-23 |
69. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
84.38 |
0.9704 |
0.0222 |
254 |
7 |
78.15 |
2009-09-16 |
70. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
84.33 |
0.9931 |
0.0034 |
339 |
7 |
74.58 |
2009-08-04 |
71. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
85.18 |
0.9909 |
0.0158 |
293 |
7 |
78.27 |
2009-07-15 |
72. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
100.32 |
1.0487 |
0.1304 |
253 |
7 |
88.02 |
2009-07-18 |
73. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
85.77 |
0.9650 |
0.0468 |
347 |
7 |
74.16 |
2009-07-18 |
74. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
94.09 |
1.0095 |
0.0967 |
211 |
7 |
89.37 |
2009-07-23 |
75. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
88.59 |
0.9931 |
0.0455 |
218 |
7 |
80.47 |
2009-09-01 |
76. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
86.53 |
1.0481 |
-0.0377 |
255 |
7 |
78.58 |
2009-09-01 |
77. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
86.39 |
1.0279 |
-0.0172 |
172 |
7 |
79.37 |
2009-07-16 |
78. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
87.85 |
1.0006 |
0.0331 |
311 |
7 |
79.56 |
2009-07-17 |
79. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
82.81 |
0.9839 |
-0.0101 |
308 |
7 |
76.48 |
2009-07-23 |
80. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
88.15 |
0.9332 |
0.1041 |
267 |
7 |
75.92 |
2009-07-11 |
81. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
81.33 |
0.9070 |
0.0447 |
192 |
7 |
69.48 |
2009-07-30 |
82. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
83.59 |
0.9538 |
0.0293 |
276 |
7 |
75.63 |
2009-07-22 |
83. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
79.88 |
1.0464 |
-0.1020 |
294 |
7 |
76.94 |
2009-09-26 |
84. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
86.26 |
1.0028 |
0.0110 |
259 |
7 |
82.45 |
2009-09-26 |
85. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
92.95 |
1.0615 |
0.0296 |
201 |
7 |
85.42 |
2009-09-18 |
86. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
78.02 |
0.9114 |
0.0134 |
399 |
7 |
73.41 |
2009-07-27 |
87. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
96.88 |
1.0529 |
0.0903 |
373 |
7 |
82.46 |
2009-08-30 |
88. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
84.58 |
0.9787 |
0.0197 |
364 |
7 |
80.92 |
2009-07-29 |
89. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
77.88 |
0.9952 |
-0.0771 |
220 |
7 |
74.24 |
2009-07-10 |
90. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
93.94 |
1.0511 |
0.0565 |
252 |
7 |
83.44 |
2009-07-18 |
91. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
91.28 |
1.0403 |
0.0323 |
234 |
7 |
83.09 |
2010-08-13 |
92. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
89.48 |
0.9966 |
0.0636 |
377 |
7 |
81.32 |
2009-09-05 |
93. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
88.24 |
1.0372 |
0.0007 |
249 |
7 |
80.62 |
2009-09-15 |
94. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
93.18 |
1.0617 |
0.0332 |
171 |
7 |
85.99 |
2009-07-18 |
95. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
82.77 |
1.0125 |
-0.0404 |
232 |
7 |
77.60 |
2009-07-18 |
96. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
78.84 |
0.9810 |
-0.0489 |
362 |
7 |
73.90 |
2009-07-29 |
97. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
74.71 |
0.9574 |
-0.0760 |
354 |
7 |
70.92 |
2009-07-29 |
98. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
84.17 |
1.0059 |
-0.0146 |
283 |
7 |
77.67 |
2009-07-29 |
99. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
81.36 |
0.9359 |
0.0217 |
355 |
7 |
75.43 |
2009-07-23 |
100. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
94.28 |
1.0600 |
0.0501 |
351 |
7 |
86.93 |
2009-07-29 |
101. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
84.15 |
1.0960 |
-0.1020 |
315 |
7 |
79.97 |
2009-07-29 |
102. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
83.59 |
1.0018 |
-0.0182 |
246 |
7 |
79.04 |
2009-07-29 |
103. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
81.24 |
0.9594 |
-0.0057 |
258 |
6 |
73.84 |
2009-07-29 |
104. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
86.66 |
0.9400 |
0.0822 |
434 |
6 |
72.55 |
2009-07-29 |
105. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
83.73 |
1.0582 |
-0.0764 |
180 |
6 |
78.14 |
2009-09-18 |
106. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
81.73 |
0.8880 |
0.0734 |
296 |
6 |
75.13 |
2009-09-15 |
107. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
82.16 |
0.9425 |
0.0246 |
248 |
6 |
74.24 |
2009-09-01 |
108. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
98.36 |
1.0800 |
0.0752 |
213 |
6 |
91.42 |
2009-09-01 |
109. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
84.56 |
0.9636 |
0.0298 |
281 |
6 |
76.45 |
2009-09-01 |
110. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
76.12 |
0.9503 |
-0.0621 |
211 |
6 |
67.49 |
2009-09-01 |
111. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
100.22 |
1.0873 |
0.0898 |
243 |
6 |
87.09 |
2009-09-12 |
112. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
82.86 |
0.9948 |
-0.0213 |
233 |
6 |
74.33 |
2009-09-14 |
113. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
87.51 |
1.0320 |
0.0037 |
401 |
6 |
80.06 |
2009-09-11 |
114. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
81.63 |
1.0301 |
-0.0713 |
268 |
6 |
76.21 |
2009-09-16 |
115. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
94.55 |
1.0479 |
0.0635 |
205 |
6 |
85.89 |
2009-07-29 |
116. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
88.59 |
1.0414 |
0.0002 |
234 |
6 |
81.58 |
2010-08-13 |
117. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
82.76 |
0.9346 |
0.0360 |
211 |
6 |
78.72 |
2009-07-29 |
118. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
86.10 |
1.0588 |
-0.0457 |
281 |
6 |
80.30 |
2010-08-13 |
119. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
84.61 |
0.9479 |
0.0492 |
317 |
6 |
79.26 |
2009-07-18 |
120. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
88.69 |
1.0472 |
-0.0099 |
149 |
6 |
81.01 |
2009-07-11 |
121. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
77.96 |
1.0178 |
-0.1029 |
207 |
6 |
69.99 |
2009-07-17 |
122. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
98.67 |
1.1070 |
0.0537 |
265 |
6 |
84.78 |
2009-07-17 |
123. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
79.59 |
0.9271 |
0.0084 |
295 |
6 |
71.66 |
2009-07-12 |
124. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
74.72 |
0.8986 |
-0.0220 |
205 |
6 |
68.16 |
2009-07-23 |
125. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
85.18 |
0.9963 |
0.0034 |
274 |
6 |
77.10 |
2009-07-16 |
126. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
88.93 |
1.0590 |
-0.0136 |
250 |
6 |
77.70 |
2009-07-16 |
127. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
88.91 |
1.0557 |
-0.0082 |
289 |
6 |
83.95 |
2009-07-23 |
128. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
91.36 |
1.0125 |
0.0579 |
171 |
6 |
79.43 |
2009-07-23 |
129. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
80.34 |
0.9332 |
0.0130 |
295 |
6 |
76.28 |
2009-07-23 |
130. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
77.17 |
0.8778 |
0.0313 |
285 |
6 |
71.46 |
2009-07-17 |
131. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
74.69 |
0.9027 |
-0.0283 |
189 |
6 |
68.82 |
2009-07-09 |
132. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
77.63 |
0.9011 |
0.0148 |
322 |
6 |
72.02 |
2009-07-23 |
133. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
77.08 |
0.9632 |
-0.0558 |
287 |
6 |
74.73 |
2009-07-10 |
134. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
84.75 |
0.9468 |
0.0500 |
318 |
6 |
78.06 |
2009-07-18 |
135. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
89.35 |
1.0736 |
-0.0195 |
350 |
6 |
81.90 |
2009-07-27 |
136. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
80.56 |
0.9713 |
-0.0253 |
193 |
6 |
73.40 |
2009-07-08 |
137. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
88.16 |
1.0466 |
-0.0096 |
230 |
6 |
79.96 |
2009-07-22 |
138. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
81.45 |
0.9519 |
0.0099 |
323 |
5 |
76.87 |
2009-07-16 |
139. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
82.57 |
1.0270 |
-0.0552 |
303 |
5 |
76.95 |
2009-07-27 |
140. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
77.52 |
0.9101 |
0.0052 |
351 |
5 |
70.67 |
2009-07-29 |
141. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
82.18 |
0.9128 |
0.0510 |
237 |
5 |
76.46 |
2009-07-27 |
142. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
84.38 |
1.0106 |
-0.0190 |
302 |
5 |
79.80 |
2009-07-16 |
143. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
79.66 |
0.8172 |
0.1153 |
204 |
5 |
72.66 |
2009-07-23 |
144. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
83.31 |
0.9852 |
-0.0058 |
235 |
5 |
77.39 |
2009-07-16 |
145. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
85.95 |
0.9228 |
0.0929 |
305 |
5 |
77.34 |
2009-07-23 |
146. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
82.59 |
0.9658 |
0.0093 |
308 |
5 |
77.94 |
2009-07-30 |
147. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
81.37 |
0.9609 |
0.0009 |
331 |
5 |
76.54 |
2009-07-30 |
148. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
82.29 |
1.0498 |
-0.0807 |
261 |
5 |
71.98 |
2009-07-30 |
149. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
89.51 |
0.9807 |
0.0611 |
129 |
5 |
76.30 |
2009-07-27 |
150. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
78.86 |
0.9833 |
-0.0536 |
387 |
5 |
75.26 |
2009-07-30 |
151. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
76.12 |
0.9135 |
-0.0098 |
393 |
5 |
71.08 |
2009-07-27 |
152. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
83.78 |
1.0628 |
-0.0753 |
363 |
5 |
78.85 |
2009-07-12 |
153. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
86.80 |
0.9352 |
0.0850 |
194 |
5 |
70.50 |
2009-07-13 |
154. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
91.63 |
1.0199 |
0.0548 |
225 |
5 |
82.38 |
2009-07-16 |
155. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
89.01 |
0.9583 |
0.0896 |
237 |
5 |
77.58 |
2009-07-29 |
156. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
79.81 |
0.9726 |
-0.0289 |
396 |
5 |
73.60 |
2009-07-30 |
157. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
90.69 |
1.0264 |
0.0367 |
191 |
5 |
78.92 |
2009-07-17 |
158. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
87.79 |
1.0450 |
-0.0067 |
358 |
5 |
74.82 |
2009-07-04 |
159. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
85.72 |
0.9933 |
0.0226 |
450 |
5 |
81.87 |
2009-09-01 |
160. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
98.07 |
1.0672 |
0.0863 |
239 |
5 |
90.58 |
2009-09-12 |
161. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
82.17 |
0.9809 |
-0.0183 |
209 |
5 |
77.09 |
2009-07-10 |
162. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
85.44 |
1.0404 |
-0.0303 |
406 |
5 |
79.02 |
2009-07-20 |
163. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
91.24 |
1.0418 |
0.0328 |
214 |
5 |
80.55 |
2009-07-27 |
164. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
83.00 |
0.9884 |
-0.0096 |
267 |
5 |
74.59 |
2009-10-01 |
165. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
99.53 |
1.0194 |
0.1505 |
224 |
5 |
89.22 |
2009-09-11 |
166. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
83.90 |
1.1198 |
-0.1339 |
247 |
5 |
79.23 |
2009-07-16 |
167. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
84.18 |
0.9885 |
0.0019 |
355 |
5 |
81.70 |
2009-07-18 |
168. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
75.70 |
0.9603 |
-0.0649 |
430 |
5 |
70.35 |
2009-07-01 |
169. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
79.44 |
0.9981 |
-0.0648 |
211 |
5 |
69.78 |
2009-07-22 |
170. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
75.34 |
0.9709 |
-0.0866 |
264 |
5 |
69.20 |
2009-07-27 |
171. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
88.01 |
1.0103 |
0.0196 |
209 |
5 |
80.32 |
2009-07-11 |
172. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
76.48 |
0.8887 |
0.0243 |
464 |
5 |
70.05 |
2009-07-08 |
173. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
87.74 |
1.0845 |
-0.0532 |
212 |
5 |
81.90 |
2009-07-17 |
174. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
76.79 |
0.8656 |
0.0384 |
242 |
5 |
66.16 |
2009-07-11 |
175. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
83.66 |
0.9451 |
0.0469 |
419 |
5 |
75.06 |
2009-09-01 |
176. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
85.33 |
0.9922 |
0.0123 |
264 |
5 |
74.33 |
2009-07-18 |
177. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
84.80 |
1.0101 |
-0.0107 |
336 |
5 |
77.11 |
2009-07-22 |
178. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
80.71 |
0.8986 |
0.0512 |
216 |
5 |
69.31 |
2009-07-20 |
179. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
82.27 |
0.8624 |
0.1006 |
174 |
5 |
72.05 |
2009-07-17 |
180. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
85.95 |
1.0016 |
0.0080 |
217 |
5 |
82.25 |
2009-07-22 |
181. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
78.24 |
0.9143 |
0.0066 |
300 |
4 |
74.74 |
2009-09-08 |
182. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
88.84 |
1.0543 |
-0.0122 |
182 |
4 |
79.48 |
2009-07-19 |
183. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
81.75 |
0.8936 |
0.0668 |
346 |
4 |
76.08 |
2009-07-19 |
184. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
89.04 |
1.0540 |
-0.0112 |
184 |
4 |
81.93 |
2009-07-23 |
185. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
91.04 |
1.0601 |
0.0082 |
256 |
4 |
81.52 |
2009-07-08 |
186. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
80.18 |
0.9119 |
0.0353 |
396 |
4 |
75.85 |
2009-07-22 |
187. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
82.92 |
0.9736 |
0.0088 |
378 |
4 |
72.35 |
2009-07-29 |
188. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
79.72 |
1.0639 |
-0.1253 |
303 |
4 |
72.83 |
2009-07-22 |
189. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
85.80 |
1.0462 |
-0.0338 |
340 |
4 |
77.68 |
2009-09-01 |
190. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
81.11 |
0.9762 |
-0.0223 |
249 |
4 |
77.65 |
2009-07-10 |
191. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
79.20 |
0.9561 |
-0.0232 |
362 |
4 |
74.85 |
2009-09-01 |
192. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
78.07 |
0.8794 |
0.0451 |
427 |
4 |
73.18 |
2009-07-29 |
193. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
78.61 |
0.9380 |
-0.0152 |
284 |
4 |
75.16 |
2009-08-31 |
194. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
85.73 |
0.9885 |
0.0268 |
469 |
4 |
78.96 |
2009-07-23 |
195. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
85.64 |
1.0208 |
-0.0134 |
231 |
4 |
75.52 |
2009-07-22 |
196. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
80.44 |
0.9996 |
-0.0461 |
483 |
4 |
71.97 |
2009-07-29 |
197. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
74.81 |
0.9136 |
-0.0310 |
348 |
4 |
68.15 |
2009-07-30 |
198. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
81.57 |
0.9763 |
-0.0174 |
143 |
4 |
74.59 |
2009-07-23 |
199. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
83.80 |
0.9765 |
0.0086 |
269 |
4 |
74.81 |
2009-07-23 |
200. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
87.18 |
1.0128 |
0.0198 |
369 |
4 |
82.64 |
2009-07-18 |
201. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
95.19 |
1.0086 |
0.1077 |
218 |
4 |
86.41 |
2009-07-11 |
202. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
88.57 |
0.9698 |
0.0774 |
389 |
4 |
82.72 |
2009-09-12 |
203. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
76.29 |
1.0060 |
-0.1084 |
225 |
4 |
73.81 |
2009-07-22 |
204. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
85.98 |
0.9680 |
0.0437 |
256 |
4 |
79.31 |
2009-07-18 |
205. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
82.56 |
0.9849 |
-0.0126 |
337 |
4 |
74.19 |
2009-07-20 |
206. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
84.25 |
1.0543 |
-0.0609 |
360 |
4 |
81.54 |
2009-07-27 |
207. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
86.70 |
0.9957 |
0.0284 |
323 |
4 |
80.09 |
2009-07-20 |
208. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
78.35 |
0.9864 |
-0.0613 |
292 |
4 |
75.68 |
2009-07-27 |
209. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
82.31 |
0.9631 |
0.0045 |
273 |
4 |
75.10 |
2009-07-23 |
210. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
85.30 |
0.9980 |
0.0077 |
295 |
4 |
82.72 |
2009-07-07 |
211. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
74.39 |
0.9402 |
-0.0677 |
310 |
4 |
69.43 |
2009-07-08 |
212. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
79.88 |
1.0461 |
-0.1045 |
318 |
4 |
75.28 |
2009-07-13 |
213. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
77.29 |
0.9145 |
-0.0023 |
404 |
4 |
73.86 |
2009-09-18 |
214. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
85.65 |
0.9422 |
0.0604 |
190 |
4 |
77.58 |
2009-07-27 |
215. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
86.00 |
0.9890 |
0.0267 |
272 |
4 |
79.32 |
2009-09-14 |
216. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
90.21 |
1.0288 |
0.0281 |
166 |
4 |
78.36 |
2009-09-16 |
217. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
81.15 |
0.9866 |
-0.0318 |
308 |
4 |
72.70 |
2009-09-14 |
218. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
91.53 |
1.0800 |
-0.0097 |
129 |
4 |
85.10 |
2009-07-16 |
219. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
74.63 |
0.8964 |
-0.0221 |
199 |
4 |
70.07 |
2009-07-11 |
220. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
90.06 |
1.0411 |
0.0206 |
341 |
3 |
85.11 |
2009-07-29 |
221. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
82.33 |
0.9424 |
0.0285 |
320 |
3 |
78.93 |
2009-07-23 |
222. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
74.84 |
0.9604 |
-0.0828 |
285 |
3 |
70.91 |
2009-09-14 |
223. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
76.33 |
1.0036 |
-0.1053 |
277 |
3 |
74.12 |
2009-09-05 |
224. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
80.78 |
0.9719 |
-0.0147 |
383 |
3 |
72.27 |
2009-07-27 |
225. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
78.27 |
1.0333 |
-0.1181 |
176 |
3 |
74.26 |
2009-07-14 |
226. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
82.82 |
1.0287 |
-0.0556 |
269 |
3 |
82.14 |
2009-07-13 |
227. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
93.64 |
1.1093 |
-0.0127 |
220 |
3 |
89.31 |
2009-07-15 |
228. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
83.18 |
0.9703 |
0.0147 |
394 |
3 |
80.23 |
2009-07-22 |
229. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
79.93 |
0.9265 |
0.0124 |
254 |
3 |
78.74 |
2009-07-17 |
230. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
78.35 |
0.9243 |
-0.0009 |
240 |
3 |
69.16 |
2009-07-22 |
231. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
84.35 |
1.0165 |
-0.0250 |
316 |
3 |
79.38 |
2009-07-22 |
232. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
81.17 |
1.0272 |
-0.0747 |
226 |
3 |
71.68 |
2009-07-22 |
233. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
80.57 |
0.9108 |
0.0366 |
235 |
3 |
77.27 |
2009-07-18 |
234. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
87.56 |
0.9541 |
0.0768 |
236 |
3 |
70.81 |
2009-07-23 |
235. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
90.66 |
1.0901 |
-0.0211 |
288 |
3 |
88.24 |
2009-07-23 |
236. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
97.33 |
1.0426 |
0.0993 |
131 |
3 |
82.27 |
2009-07-14 |
237. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
81.36 |
0.9673 |
-0.0065 |
393 |
3 |
79.09 |
2009-07-30 |
238. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
73.23 |
0.9339 |
-0.0675 |
317 |
3 |
71.48 |
2009-07-14 |
239. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
85.83 |
1.0132 |
-0.0028 |
371 |
3 |
80.61 |
2009-07-23 |
240. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
72.25 |
0.8666 |
-0.0201 |
206 |
3 |
68.06 |
2009-07-23 |
241. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
70.22 |
0.7923 |
0.0333 |
316 |
3 |
63.46 |
2009-09-08 |
242. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
82.01 |
1.0189 |
-0.0549 |
290 |
3 |
81.11 |
2009-07-18 |
243. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
78.52 |
1.0576 |
-0.1371 |
231 |
3 |
78.05 |
2009-07-09 |
244. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
96.57 |
1.0881 |
0.0449 |
210 |
3 |
88.29 |
2009-07-10 |
245. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
74.45 |
0.8993 |
-0.0214 |
366 |
3 |
72.57 |
2009-07-11 |
246. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
71.82 |
0.8830 |
-0.0365 |
300 |
3 |
56.70 |
2009-07-06 |
247. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
69.12 |
0.9029 |
-0.0882 |
393 |
3 |
68.45 |
2009-07-04 |
248. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
76.89 |
0.9284 |
-0.0207 |
346 |
2 |
73.87 |
2009-09-14 |
249. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
89.19 |
1.0607 |
-0.0083 |
357 |
2 |
88.39 |
2009-07-15 |
250. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
82.79 |
1.0197 |
-0.0477 |
204 |
2 |
70.23 |
2009-07-15 |
251. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
86.65 |
1.0060 |
0.0202 |
244 |
2 |
84.78 |
2009-09-16 |
252. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
72.75 |
0.9681 |
-0.1075 |
392 |
2 |
69.68 |
2009-09-30 |
253. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
77.64 |
1.0042 |
-0.0952 |
168 |
2 |
74.34 |
2009-07-18 |
254. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
72.62 |
0.9756 |
-0.1229 |
223 |
2 |
66.15 |
2009-09-16 |
255. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
82.01 |
1.0341 |
-0.0701 |
273 |
2 |
81.53 |
2009-07-18 |
256. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
79.05 |
0.9206 |
0.0094 |
317 |
2 |
77.60 |
2009-06-29 |
257. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
79.76 |
0.9597 |
-0.0216 |
251 |
2 |
78.07 |
2009-07-10 |
258. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
68.62 |
0.9357 |
-0.1318 |
204 |
2 |
68.07 |
2009-08-04 |
259. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
82.88 |
0.9927 |
-0.0211 |
234 |
2 |
81.12 |
2009-08-30 |
260. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
78.63 |
0.9012 |
0.0269 |
322 |
2 |
77.40 |
2009-07-18 |
261. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
74.72 |
0.9740 |
-0.0924 |
371 |
2 |
74.03 |
2009-07-22 |
262. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
78.94 |
1.0130 |
-0.0847 |
288 |
2 |
77.29 |
2009-07-18 |
263. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
80.74 |
0.9927 |
-0.0426 |
276 |
2 |
77.74 |
2009-07-10 |
264. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
70.35 |
0.9183 |
-0.0908 |
308 |
2 |
68.20 |
2009-06-28 |
265. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
75.61 |
0.9873 |
-0.0880 |
396 |
1 |
75.61 |
2009-09-22 |
266. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
80.98 |
1.0969 |
-0.1423 |
303 |
1 |
80.98 |
2009-09-01 |
267. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
76.81 |
0.9842 |
-0.0790 |
335 |
1 |
76.81 |
2009-07-20 |
268. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
72.18 |
0.9801 |
-0.1237 |
282 |
1 |
72.18 |
2009-09-13 |
269. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
81.91 |
0.9949 |
-0.0211 |
304 |
1 |
81.91 |
2009-09-12 |
270. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
86.23 |
1.0350 |
-0.0060 |
416 |
1 |
86.23 |
2009-09-16 |
271. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
81.25 |
0.9873 |
-0.0329 |
274 |
1 |
81.25 |
2009-09-16 |
272. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
73.50 |
0.9673 |
-0.1013 |
292 |
1 |
73.50 |
2009-07-03 |
273. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
77.17 |
1.0362 |
-0.1226 |
437 |
1 |
77.17 |
2009-07-18 |
274. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
77.04 |
0.8718 |
0.0374 |
318 |
1 |
77.04 |
2009-09-04 |
275. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
66.88 |
1.0010 |
-0.2116 |
213 |
1 |
66.88 |
2009-09-08 |
276. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
61.70 |
0.9801 |
-0.2562 |
289 |
1 |
61.70 |
2009-06-24 |
277. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
86.22 |
0.9841 |
0.0417 |
325 |
1 |
86.22 |
2009-09-12 |
278. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
67.65 |
0.9023 |
-0.1091 |
268 |
1 |
67.65 |
2009-06-24 |