| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
66.60 |
1.0845 |
0.3450 |
212 |
2 |
61.14 |
2009-10-24 |
| 2. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
64.85 |
1.0960 |
0.3009 |
315 |
2 |
57.87 |
2010-03-24 |
| 3. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
64.76 |
1.0969 |
0.2962 |
303 |
1 |
64.76 |
2009-10-24 |
| 4. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
61.27 |
1.0426 |
0.2690 |
131 |
4 |
44.91 |
2009-11-25 |
| 5. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
60.42 |
1.0472 |
0.2437 |
149 |
2 |
55.12 |
2009-10-24 |
| 6. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
59.49 |
1.0288 |
0.2437 |
166 |
4 |
47.13 |
2009-11-26 |
| 7. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
59.23 |
0.9310 |
0.3401 |
278 |
7 |
47.05 |
2009-10-24 |
| 8. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
58.39 |
0.9927 |
0.2613 |
276 |
5 |
45.94 |
2009-06-01 |
| 9. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
58.19 |
1.0543 |
0.1915 |
182 |
3 |
48.72 |
2009-06-04 |
| 10. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
57.78 |
0.9963 |
0.2416 |
274 |
4 |
52.90 |
2009-11-25 |
| 11. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
57.58 |
0.9957 |
0.2443 |
323 |
2 |
50.51 |
2010-03-24 |
| 12. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
57.49 |
0.9829 |
0.2504 |
229 |
2 |
52.80 |
2009-10-24 |
| 13. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
57.02 |
1.0403 |
0.1819 |
234 |
1 |
57.02 |
2009-06-04 |
| 14. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
56.85 |
1.0178 |
0.2007 |
207 |
2 |
51.46 |
2009-10-01 |
| 15. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
56.64 |
1.0540 |
0.1567 |
184 |
3 |
50.54 |
2009-06-01 |
| 16. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
56.47 |
1.0901 |
0.1239 |
288 |
5 |
46.88 |
2009-08-10 |
| 17. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
56.18 |
1.0601 |
0.1425 |
256 |
1 |
56.18 |
2009-05-30 |
| 18. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
56.15 |
1.0268 |
0.1714 |
179 |
1 |
56.15 |
2009-10-23 |
| 19. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
56.14 |
1.0777 |
0.1251 |
226 |
4 |
53.08 |
2009-10-23 |
| 20. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
56.11 |
1.0042 |
0.1963 |
168 |
9 |
42.84 |
2009-10-20 |
| 21. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
56.08 |
1.0411 |
0.1643 |
341 |
4 |
50.67 |
2009-06-02 |
| 22. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
55.83 |
1.0867 |
0.1071 |
171 |
1 |
55.83 |
2009-06-01 |
| 23. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
55.74 |
0.9010 |
0.2978 |
266 |
3 |
45.78 |
2009-06-01 |
| 24. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
55.53 |
1.0654 |
0.1238 |
247 |
6 |
44.90 |
2010-03-24 |
| 25. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
55.46 |
0.9864 |
0.2076 |
292 |
1 |
55.46 |
2009-10-25 |
| 26. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
55.36 |
1.0057 |
0.1853 |
382 |
1 |
55.36 |
2009-06-04 |
| 27. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
55.34 |
1.0561 |
0.1296 |
227 |
3 |
53.59 |
2009-10-01 |
| 28. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
55.30 |
1.1086 |
0.0786 |
233 |
5 |
44.53 |
2009-05-30 |
| 29. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
55.20 |
1.0672 |
0.1162 |
239 |
4 |
48.23 |
2009-05-30 |
| 30. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
54.75 |
1.0638 |
0.1091 |
247 |
4 |
44.13 |
2009-10-24 |
| 31. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
54.44 |
1.0877 |
0.0771 |
129 |
6 |
39.74 |
2009-05-15 |
| 32. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
54.35 |
1.0557 |
0.1118 |
289 |
2 |
49.60 |
2009-10-25 |
| 33. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
54.10 |
0.9299 |
0.2226 |
168 |
1 |
54.10 |
2009-05-16 |
| 34. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
53.83 |
0.9680 |
0.1872 |
256 |
7 |
42.96 |
2009-05-30 |
| 35. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
53.68 |
1.0498 |
0.1032 |
261 |
4 |
44.67 |
2009-10-01 |
| 36. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
53.42 |
1.0628 |
0.0854 |
363 |
2 |
50.16 |
2009-06-02 |
| 37. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
53.36 |
0.9023 |
0.2412 |
268 |
6 |
40.46 |
2009-10-01 |
| 38. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
53.35 |
0.9745 |
0.1723 |
388 |
10 |
40.58 |
2009-11-25 |
| 39. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
53.33 |
1.0567 |
0.0873 |
314 |
2 |
51.61 |
2009-05-28 |
| 40. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
53.31 |
0.9869 |
0.1534 |
193 |
3 |
44.91 |
2010-03-24 |
| 41. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
52.94 |
0.9621 |
0.1709 |
201 |
2 |
48.06 |
2009-04-28 |
| 42. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
52.83 |
0.9315 |
0.2038 |
273 |
5 |
43.60 |
2009-06-04 |
| 43. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
52.81 |
0.9827 |
0.1513 |
314 |
1 |
52.81 |
2009-06-04 |
| 44. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
52.66 |
1.0466 |
0.0828 |
230 |
3 |
43.38 |
2009-10-23 |
| 45. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
52.57 |
1.0529 |
0.0776 |
373 |
2 |
46.43 |
2009-06-18 |
| 46. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
52.39 |
0.8959 |
0.2335 |
328 |
3 |
49.07 |
2009-10-01 |
| 47. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
52.39 |
1.0101 |
0.1157 |
336 |
2 |
49.59 |
2009-11-25 |
| 48. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
52.32 |
1.0432 |
0.0799 |
276 |
1 |
52.32 |
2009-05-28 |
| 49. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
52.27 |
1.0419 |
0.0826 |
341 |
1 |
52.27 |
2009-05-26 |
| 50. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
52.26 |
1.0800 |
0.0383 |
213 |
6 |
45.03 |
2009-06-04 |
| 51. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
52.16 |
1.0873 |
0.0287 |
243 |
6 |
45.10 |
2009-05-21 |
| 52. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
51.69 |
0.9594 |
0.1477 |
258 |
3 |
44.66 |
2009-05-29 |
| 53. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
51.68 |
0.9636 |
0.1437 |
281 |
3 |
47.13 |
2009-10-24 |
| 54. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
51.55 |
1.0094 |
0.0966 |
256 |
3 |
46.87 |
2009-06-01 |
| 55. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
51.49 |
0.9339 |
0.1765 |
317 |
1 |
51.49 |
2009-10-01 |
| 56. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
51.42 |
1.0511 |
0.0538 |
252 |
5 |
47.20 |
2009-10-01 |
| 57. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
51.30 |
1.0334 |
0.0665 |
261 |
3 |
47.92 |
2009-06-04 |
| 58. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
51.27 |
1.0291 |
0.0686 |
240 |
4 |
45.91 |
2009-10-24 |
| 59. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
51.26 |
1.0590 |
0.0395 |
250 |
5 |
38.46 |
2009-05-29 |
| 60. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
51.15 |
1.0521 |
0.0396 |
197 |
4 |
37.83 |
2009-05-16 |
| 61. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
51.04 |
0.9890 |
0.1098 |
272 |
4 |
42.86 |
2009-11-25 |
| 62. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
51.01 |
0.9768 |
0.1187 |
237 |
6 |
40.32 |
2009-10-01 |
| 63. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
50.96 |
1.0018 |
0.0917 |
246 |
3 |
41.73 |
2009-05-15 |
| 64. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
50.93 |
1.0253 |
0.0702 |
337 |
5 |
47.13 |
2009-06-04 |
| 65. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
50.76 |
1.0135 |
0.0786 |
358 |
1 |
50.76 |
2009-06-04 |
| 66. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
50.71 |
1.0427 |
0.0460 |
269 |
1 |
50.71 |
2009-05-27 |
| 67. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
50.65 |
1.0106 |
0.0749 |
302 |
3 |
47.74 |
2009-10-24 |
| 68. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
50.63 |
0.9885 |
0.1042 |
469 |
1 |
50.63 |
2009-10-01 |
| 69. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
50.60 |
1.0270 |
0.0590 |
303 |
7 |
44.93 |
2009-10-23 |
| 70. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
50.59 |
1.0362 |
0.0553 |
437 |
1 |
50.59 |
2009-06-02 |
| 71. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
50.58 |
1.0199 |
0.0613 |
225 |
5 |
40.67 |
2009-10-24 |
| 72. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
50.53 |
1.0479 |
0.0344 |
205 |
9 |
43.52 |
2009-06-04 |
| 73. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
50.47 |
0.8880 |
0.1947 |
296 |
6 |
38.57 |
2009-11-26 |
| 74. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
50.45 |
0.8778 |
0.2062 |
285 |
2 |
47.92 |
2009-10-24 |
| 75. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
50.44 |
0.9108 |
0.1710 |
235 |
5 |
38.78 |
2009-10-01 |
| 76. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
50.23 |
0.9371 |
0.1315 |
156 |
3 |
44.74 |
2009-05-18 |
| 77. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
50.07 |
1.0272 |
0.0447 |
226 |
5 |
40.06 |
2009-06-04 |
| 78. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
50.05 |
0.9271 |
0.1460 |
295 |
4 |
39.11 |
2009-06-02 |
| 79. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
50.05 |
0.9673 |
0.1101 |
393 |
3 |
46.12 |
2009-06-01 |
| 80. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
50.01 |
0.9780 |
0.0885 |
173 |
1 |
50.01 |
2009-10-20 |
| 81. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
49.97 |
0.9974 |
0.0705 |
163 |
3 |
45.05 |
2009-10-24 |
| 82. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
49.94 |
1.0495 |
0.0212 |
323 |
4 |
44.37 |
2009-06-18 |
| 83. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
49.84 |
1.0036 |
0.0664 |
277 |
5 |
39.61 |
2009-05-27 |
| 84. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
49.81 |
1.0588 |
0.0096 |
281 |
4 |
47.17 |
2009-06-19 |
| 85. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
49.80 |
1.0582 |
0.0068 |
180 |
5 |
47.20 |
2009-10-24 |
| 86. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
49.78 |
1.0414 |
0.0254 |
234 |
6 |
42.63 |
2009-10-24 |
| 87. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
49.75 |
0.8192 |
0.2499 |
200 |
2 |
41.60 |
2009-10-01 |
| 88. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
49.70 |
0.9836 |
0.0825 |
289 |
5 |
41.20 |
2009-06-04 |
| 89. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
49.54 |
0.9928 |
0.0691 |
293 |
5 |
41.61 |
2009-06-02 |
| 90. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
49.54 |
0.8988 |
0.1629 |
193 |
5 |
39.08 |
2009-05-26 |
| 91. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
49.48 |
1.0227 |
0.0446 |
378 |
3 |
45.43 |
2009-06-01 |
| 92. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
49.46 |
0.9841 |
0.0751 |
263 |
6 |
34.97 |
2009-06-04 |
| 93. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
49.35 |
1.0418 |
0.0174 |
214 |
2 |
48.37 |
2009-06-04 |
| 94. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
49.34 |
1.0669 |
-0.0055 |
379 |
1 |
49.34 |
2009-06-02 |
| 95. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
49.30 |
1.0576 |
-0.0031 |
231 |
4 |
43.35 |
2009-06-02 |
| 96. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
49.21 |
1.0132 |
0.0428 |
371 |
2 |
47.64 |
2009-10-01 |
| 97. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
49.12 |
1.0800 |
-0.0335 |
129 |
3 |
43.14 |
2009-05-30 |
| 98. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
48.91 |
1.0372 |
0.0113 |
249 |
3 |
40.05 |
2009-06-01 |
| 99. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
48.85 |
0.9384 |
0.1067 |
296 |
1 |
48.85 |
2009-10-01 |
| 100. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
48.82 |
0.9283 |
0.1201 |
317 |
3 |
45.51 |
2009-05-16 |
| 101. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
48.75 |
0.8824 |
0.1648 |
202 |
1 |
48.75 |
2009-11-25 |
| 102. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
48.61 |
0.9909 |
0.0562 |
293 |
5 |
40.35 |
2009-05-28 |
| 103. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
48.57 |
0.9650 |
0.0793 |
347 |
3 |
45.78 |
2009-10-24 |
| 104. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
48.51 |
0.9991 |
0.0406 |
339 |
1 |
48.51 |
2009-10-01 |
| 105. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
48.48 |
1.0617 |
-0.0239 |
171 |
4 |
42.64 |
2009-05-16 |
| 106. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
48.48 |
0.9468 |
0.0927 |
318 |
4 |
42.91 |
2009-06-18 |
| 107. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
48.41 |
1.0197 |
0.0166 |
204 |
4 |
39.68 |
2009-05-27 |
| 108. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
48.39 |
0.9054 |
0.1343 |
204 |
2 |
45.36 |
2009-05-16 |
| 109. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
48.37 |
1.0250 |
0.0152 |
271 |
6 |
39.65 |
2009-10-25 |
| 110. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
48.32 |
0.9324 |
0.1068 |
246 |
2 |
39.71 |
2009-05-01 |
| 111. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
48.25 |
1.0059 |
0.0300 |
283 |
4 |
45.04 |
2009-06-02 |
| 112. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
48.21 |
1.0881 |
-0.0582 |
210 |
4 |
41.86 |
2009-06-18 |
| 113. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
48.20 |
0.9286 |
0.1068 |
177 |
3 |
39.29 |
2009-05-16 |
| 114. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
48.14 |
1.1093 |
-0.0826 |
220 |
1 |
48.14 |
2009-05-08 |
| 115. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
48.11 |
0.9810 |
0.0557 |
362 |
4 |
45.82 |
2009-05-29 |
| 116. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
48.11 |
1.0208 |
0.0108 |
231 |
4 |
43.07 |
2009-10-24 |
| 117. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
48.09 |
1.0035 |
0.0283 |
310 |
3 |
44.43 |
2009-06-04 |
| 118. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
47.98 |
0.9709 |
0.0567 |
264 |
6 |
42.36 |
2009-06-24 |
| 119. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
47.97 |
1.0736 |
-0.0423 |
350 |
2 |
45.32 |
2009-06-18 |
| 120. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
47.94 |
1.0600 |
-0.0317 |
351 |
3 |
42.96 |
2009-06-01 |
| 121. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
47.89 |
0.8339 |
0.1925 |
209 |
3 |
38.78 |
2009-05-02 |
| 122. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
47.87 |
0.9538 |
0.0725 |
276 |
6 |
42.54 |
2009-10-20 |
| 123. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
47.84 |
0.8656 |
0.1614 |
242 |
5 |
38.96 |
2009-10-01 |
| 124. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
47.83 |
1.0082 |
0.0124 |
212 |
5 |
43.55 |
2009-10-24 |
| 125. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
47.77 |
1.0333 |
-0.0141 |
176 |
5 |
41.39 |
2009-05-27 |
| 126. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
47.74 |
0.8964 |
0.1244 |
199 |
5 |
40.87 |
2009-10-24 |
| 127. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
47.73 |
1.0086 |
0.0106 |
218 |
3 |
40.81 |
2009-05-28 |
| 128. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
47.63 |
0.9400 |
0.0839 |
434 |
2 |
41.90 |
2009-05-13 |
| 129. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
47.60 |
0.8837 |
0.1363 |
157 |
1 |
47.60 |
2010-03-24 |
| 130. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
47.59 |
0.9084 |
0.1136 |
271 |
4 |
43.90 |
2009-05-29 |
| 131. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
47.32 |
1.0006 |
0.0140 |
311 |
3 |
42.12 |
2009-05-30 |
| 132. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
47.20 |
1.0095 |
0.0011 |
211 |
1 |
47.20 |
2009-06-02 |
| 133. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
47.13 |
1.0130 |
-0.0024 |
288 |
2 |
45.35 |
2009-10-24 |
| 134. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
47.10 |
1.0125 |
-0.0041 |
232 |
2 |
43.97 |
2009-11-25 |
| 135. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
47.09 |
0.9841 |
0.0223 |
217 |
3 |
37.75 |
2009-10-01 |
| 136. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
46.98 |
0.9866 |
0.0211 |
308 |
7 |
39.84 |
2009-06-04 |
| 137. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
46.81 |
1.0028 |
-0.0003 |
259 |
1 |
46.81 |
2009-06-02 |
| 138. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
46.77 |
0.9162 |
0.0878 |
401 |
2 |
45.96 |
2009-10-24 |
| 139. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
46.67 |
1.0506 |
-0.0504 |
259 |
4 |
40.22 |
2009-05-16 |
| 140. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
46.64 |
1.0865 |
-0.0867 |
237 |
4 |
40.42 |
2009-04-24 |
| 141. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
46.61 |
0.9500 |
0.0510 |
287 |
2 |
42.35 |
2009-10-24 |
| 142. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
46.59 |
0.9927 |
0.0029 |
234 |
4 |
38.64 |
2009-05-30 |
| 143. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
46.41 |
0.8127 |
0.1787 |
167 |
2 |
36.96 |
2009-10-01 |
| 144. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
46.15 |
0.9922 |
-0.0022 |
264 |
3 |
39.58 |
2009-05-16 |
| 145. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
46.00 |
1.0493 |
-0.0562 |
264 |
1 |
46.00 |
2009-11-25 |
| 146. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
45.98 |
0.9011 |
0.0878 |
322 |
3 |
42.68 |
2009-08-10 |
| 147. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
45.93 |
0.9948 |
-0.0113 |
233 |
4 |
39.68 |
2009-06-18 |
| 148. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
45.86 |
0.9980 |
-0.0127 |
295 |
3 |
39.84 |
2009-06-19 |
| 149. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
45.74 |
1.0487 |
-0.0704 |
253 |
3 |
38.28 |
2009-06-14 |
| 150. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
45.74 |
1.0115 |
-0.0362 |
189 |
3 |
38.42 |
2010-03-24 |
| 151. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
45.67 |
1.0370 |
-0.0582 |
262 |
3 |
40.11 |
2009-05-05 |
| 152. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
45.66 |
0.8847 |
0.0919 |
282 |
1 |
45.66 |
2009-06-01 |
| 153. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
45.56 |
0.9880 |
-0.0155 |
199 |
3 |
36.47 |
2009-06-04 |
| 154. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
45.52 |
0.9884 |
-0.0101 |
267 |
5 |
37.82 |
2009-05-16 |
| 155. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
45.40 |
0.9260 |
0.0502 |
348 |
4 |
37.05 |
2009-05-27 |
| 156. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
45.35 |
0.9762 |
-0.0041 |
249 |
2 |
35.75 |
2009-05-15 |
| 157. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
45.34 |
0.9740 |
0.0012 |
371 |
1 |
45.34 |
2009-06-18 |
| 158. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
45.32 |
0.9275 |
0.0492 |
243 |
4 |
40.78 |
2009-05-05 |
| 159. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
45.01 |
1.0234 |
-0.0545 |
392 |
1 |
45.01 |
2009-06-04 |
| 160. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
44.87 |
0.9917 |
-0.0278 |
317 |
3 |
39.05 |
2009-05-05 |
| 161. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
44.64 |
0.9713 |
-0.0159 |
193 |
3 |
39.97 |
2009-10-01 |
| 162. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
44.61 |
0.8603 |
0.0958 |
270 |
2 |
42.83 |
2009-10-20 |
| 163. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
44.61 |
1.0341 |
-0.0785 |
273 |
2 |
44.04 |
2009-05-16 |
| 164. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
44.45 |
1.0682 |
-0.1144 |
266 |
1 |
44.45 |
2009-06-02 |
| 165. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
44.40 |
1.0165 |
-0.0657 |
316 |
2 |
36.89 |
2009-06-19 |
| 166. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
44.32 |
0.9703 |
-0.0138 |
394 |
1 |
44.32 |
2009-05-12 |
| 167. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
44.29 |
0.9849 |
-0.0344 |
337 |
3 |
40.01 |
2009-05-18 |
| 168. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
44.20 |
1.0301 |
-0.0841 |
268 |
4 |
40.38 |
2009-05-16 |
| 169. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
44.10 |
1.0189 |
-0.0743 |
290 |
2 |
42.65 |
2009-05-27 |
| 170. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
44.08 |
0.9604 |
-0.0178 |
285 |
2 |
39.78 |
2009-05-14 |
| 171. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
43.91 |
0.9285 |
0.0108 |
244 |
1 |
43.91 |
2009-04-24 |
| 172. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
43.81 |
0.9332 |
0.0057 |
267 |
4 |
41.01 |
2009-06-01 |
| 173. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
43.73 |
1.0320 |
-0.0888 |
401 |
1 |
43.73 |
2009-05-21 |
| 174. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
43.70 |
0.9952 |
-0.0563 |
220 |
3 |
36.45 |
2009-05-27 |
| 175. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
43.65 |
0.9422 |
-0.0118 |
190 |
5 |
37.98 |
2009-05-14 |
| 176. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
43.62 |
0.9704 |
-0.0356 |
254 |
2 |
35.32 |
2009-05-15 |
| 177. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
43.51 |
0.9228 |
0.0141 |
305 |
3 |
35.56 |
2009-06-02 |
| 178. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
43.41 |
0.8381 |
0.0958 |
283 |
3 |
41.27 |
2009-08-10 |
| 179. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
43.36 |
0.9352 |
-0.0071 |
194 |
3 |
41.88 |
2009-05-28 |
| 180. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
43.30 |
0.8827 |
0.0412 |
190 |
4 |
35.51 |
2009-05-15 |
| 181. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
43.04 |
1.0351 |
-0.1089 |
276 |
1 |
43.04 |
2009-05-26 |
| 182. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
43.03 |
0.9801 |
-0.0583 |
289 |
2 |
40.82 |
2009-06-19 |
| 183. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
43.00 |
0.9726 |
-0.0460 |
396 |
2 |
41.19 |
2009-10-24 |
| 184. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
42.99 |
0.9027 |
0.0150 |
189 |
3 |
32.08 |
2009-10-01 |
| 185. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
42.93 |
0.8845 |
0.0367 |
239 |
2 |
41.61 |
2009-05-15 |
| 186. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
42.78 |
0.8988 |
0.0179 |
216 |
4 |
35.48 |
2009-05-15 |
| 187. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
42.64 |
0.9103 |
0.0032 |
269 |
1 |
42.64 |
2010-04-06 |
| 188. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
42.64 |
0.9621 |
-0.0460 |
212 |
4 |
37.14 |
2009-05-16 |
| 189. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
42.57 |
0.9425 |
-0.0296 |
248 |
3 |
38.91 |
2009-10-25 |
| 190. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
42.41 |
1.0125 |
-0.1087 |
171 |
1 |
42.41 |
2009-05-23 |
| 191. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
42.40 |
1.0615 |
-0.1560 |
201 |
2 |
41.80 |
2009-05-16 |
| 192. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
42.19 |
0.9012 |
0.0063 |
322 |
4 |
39.88 |
2009-06-01 |
| 193. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
42.18 |
0.9561 |
-0.0508 |
362 |
4 |
39.53 |
2009-08-10 |
| 194. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
41.98 |
0.9931 |
-0.0892 |
339 |
4 |
39.96 |
2009-10-24 |
| 195. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
41.95 |
1.0194 |
-0.1227 |
224 |
1 |
41.95 |
2009-05-05 |
| 196. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
41.91 |
0.9597 |
-0.0616 |
251 |
3 |
35.68 |
2009-05-29 |
| 197. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
41.83 |
0.9583 |
-0.0616 |
237 |
5 |
36.32 |
2009-06-18 |
| 198. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
41.82 |
0.9673 |
-0.0691 |
292 |
1 |
41.82 |
2009-10-20 |
| 199. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
41.76 |
1.0265 |
-0.1281 |
375 |
1 |
41.76 |
2009-06-03 |
| 200. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
41.60 |
0.9402 |
-0.0509 |
310 |
2 |
41.30 |
2009-05-30 |
| 201. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
41.52 |
1.0016 |
-0.1137 |
217 |
2 |
38.75 |
2009-05-19 |
| 202. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
41.51 |
0.9332 |
-0.0425 |
295 |
1 |
41.51 |
2009-05-27 |
| 203. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
41.51 |
1.0060 |
-0.1160 |
225 |
2 |
38.33 |
2009-05-30 |
| 204. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
41.50 |
1.0462 |
-0.1541 |
340 |
2 |
38.69 |
2009-04-28 |
| 205. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
41.49 |
0.8830 |
0.0084 |
300 |
1 |
41.49 |
2009-10-01 |
| 206. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
41.38 |
0.9380 |
-0.0530 |
284 |
5 |
35.83 |
2009-06-18 |
| 207. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
41.24 |
0.9128 |
-0.0321 |
237 |
3 |
39.56 |
2009-08-15 |
| 208. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
41.17 |
0.8474 |
0.0351 |
265 |
2 |
36.77 |
2009-05-19 |
| 209. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
40.85 |
0.9068 |
-0.0336 |
212 |
2 |
39.04 |
2009-05-18 |
| 210. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
40.76 |
0.9839 |
-0.1110 |
308 |
3 |
38.65 |
2009-05-30 |
| 211. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
40.72 |
0.8863 |
-0.0175 |
127 |
2 |
39.57 |
2009-04-29 |
| 212. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
40.71 |
0.9779 |
-0.1074 |
255 |
2 |
36.22 |
2009-05-07 |
| 213. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
40.70 |
0.8646 |
0.0037 |
110 |
3 |
35.70 |
2009-05-05 |
| 214. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
40.64 |
1.0332 |
-0.1633 |
267 |
1 |
40.64 |
2009-05-16 |
| 215. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
40.55 |
0.9346 |
-0.0689 |
211 |
4 |
37.29 |
2009-05-14 |
| 216. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
40.55 |
1.0461 |
-0.1753 |
318 |
2 |
40.09 |
2009-05-16 |
| 217. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
40.53 |
0.9070 |
-0.0436 |
192 |
4 |
38.59 |
2009-08-10 |
| 218. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
40.46 |
0.8986 |
-0.0270 |
363 |
2 |
40.10 |
2009-10-24 |
| 219. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
40.44 |
0.9631 |
-0.0974 |
273 |
2 |
39.32 |
2009-06-04 |
| 220. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
40.28 |
0.9271 |
-0.0618 |
323 |
4 |
37.27 |
2009-05-30 |
| 221. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
39.89 |
0.9264 |
-0.0712 |
177 |
1 |
39.89 |
2009-04-24 |
| 222. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
39.36 |
0.9357 |
-0.0950 |
204 |
2 |
34.38 |
2009-06-18 |
| 223. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
39.28 |
1.0287 |
-0.1886 |
269 |
2 |
38.42 |
2009-04-28 |
| 224. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
39.04 |
0.9541 |
-0.1175 |
236 |
1 |
39.04 |
2009-05-07 |
| 225. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
38.41 |
0.9265 |
-0.1052 |
254 |
5 |
32.67 |
2009-08-10 |
| 226. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
38.41 |
0.9644 |
-0.1389 |
398 |
2 |
37.27 |
2009-06-28 |
| 227. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
38.37 |
0.8936 |
-0.0731 |
346 |
2 |
38.36 |
2009-05-15 |
| 228. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
38.19 |
0.8742 |
-0.0520 |
202 |
3 |
34.66 |
2009-06-18 |
| 229. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
38.11 |
0.8925 |
-0.0696 |
293 |
6 |
33.17 |
2009-04-21 |
| 230. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
37.99 |
0.8913 |
-0.0764 |
201 |
5 |
34.71 |
2009-10-24 |
| 231. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
37.88 |
0.8869 |
-0.0783 |
176 |
2 |
33.53 |
2009-04-21 |
| 232. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
37.77 |
0.8164 |
-0.0081 |
197 |
2 |
35.90 |
2009-03-12 |
| 233. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
37.75 |
0.8572 |
-0.0507 |
232 |
2 |
35.15 |
2009-05-16 |
| 234. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
37.67 |
1.0279 |
-0.2271 |
172 |
1 |
37.67 |
2009-05-01 |
| 235. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
37.44 |
0.7923 |
0.0098 |
316 |
2 |
34.84 |
2009-05-18 |
| 236. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
37.40 |
0.9809 |
-0.1842 |
209 |
1 |
37.40 |
2009-05-16 |
| 237. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
36.75 |
0.9243 |
-0.1356 |
240 |
1 |
36.75 |
2009-04-28 |
| 238. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
36.75 |
0.8172 |
-0.0349 |
204 |
2 |
34.76 |
2009-06-01 |
| 239. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
36.67 |
1.0033 |
-0.2181 |
203 |
1 |
36.67 |
2009-05-26 |
| 240. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
35.69 |
1.0267 |
-0.2599 |
261 |
3 |
33.91 |
2009-05-01 |
| 241. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
35.62 |
0.9359 |
-0.1730 |
355 |
1 |
35.62 |
2009-05-27 |
| 242. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
35.51 |
0.8911 |
-0.1300 |
207 |
2 |
33.45 |
2009-04-30 |
| 243. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
35.48 |
0.9143 |
-0.1541 |
300 |
2 |
31.70 |
2009-05-12 |
| 244. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
35.36 |
0.9349 |
-0.1757 |
287 |
2 |
33.53 |
2009-04-06 |
| 245. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
35.16 |
0.9479 |
-0.1939 |
317 |
1 |
35.16 |
2009-05-01 |
| 246. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
35.15 |
0.9852 |
-0.2337 |
235 |
3 |
31.07 |
2009-05-14 |
| 247. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
34.68 |
0.8986 |
-0.1561 |
216 |
3 |
32.66 |
2009-06-04 |
| 248. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
34.52 |
0.9915 |
-0.2539 |
281 |
2 |
33.63 |
2009-03-12 |
| 249. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
34.33 |
0.8965 |
-0.1616 |
150 |
1 |
34.33 |
2009-04-29 |
| 250. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
34.12 |
0.8117 |
-0.0785 |
209 |
2 |
30.53 |
2009-04-29 |
| 251. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
33.30 |
0.9001 |
-0.1875 |
217 |
2 |
30.42 |
2009-04-06 |
| 252. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
33.09 |
0.8830 |
-0.1814 |
134 |
1 |
33.09 |
2009-03-13 |
| 253. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
32.82 |
0.8986 |
-0.1985 |
205 |
1 |
32.82 |
2009-05-08 |
| 254. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
32.53 |
1.0079 |
-0.3133 |
273 |
1 |
32.53 |
2009-03-21 |
| 255. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
31.81 |
0.9957 |
-0.3159 |
323 |
1 |
31.81 |
2009-05-14 |
| 256. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
31.53 |
0.8777 |
-0.2081 |
130 |
1 |
31.53 |
2009-03-23 |
| 257. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
30.70 |
0.8666 |
-0.2130 |
206 |
2 |
28.91 |
2009-04-23 |
| 258. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
30.36 |
0.8406 |
-0.1947 |
170 |
2 |
29.92 |
2009-03-11 |
| 259. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
29.97 |
0.8669 |
-0.2204 |
255 |
1 |
29.97 |
2009-04-06 |
| 260. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
29.79 |
1.0181 |
-0.3803 |
276 |
1 |
29.79 |
2009-03-21 |
| 261. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
29.08 |
0.7987 |
-0.1784 |
176 |
1 |
29.08 |
2009-03-11 |
| 262. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
27.23 |
0.8815 |
-0.2954 |
296 |
1 |
27.23 |
2009-03-21 |
| 263. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
26.53 |
0.7271 |
-0.1606 |
186 |
1 |
26.53 |
2009-03-11 |