Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
51.87 |
0.9285 |
0.3262 |
244 |
5 |
42.26 |
2008-12-26 |
2. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
51.72 |
0.9841 |
0.2655 |
217 |
4 |
37.32 |
2008-12-26 |
3. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
50.91 |
1.0279 |
0.1995 |
172 |
8 |
41.83 |
2009-02-23 |
4. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
50.31 |
1.0865 |
0.1318 |
237 |
7 |
43.89 |
2008-12-26 |
5. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
49.28 |
1.0462 |
0.1503 |
340 |
6 |
40.18 |
2008-12-31 |
6. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
49.09 |
0.8906 |
0.3074 |
128 |
6 |
39.58 |
2008-12-14 |
7. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
48.98 |
1.0615 |
0.1217 |
201 |
7 |
41.21 |
2009-07-04 |
8. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
48.94 |
1.0060 |
0.1799 |
225 |
6 |
40.79 |
2008-12-26 |
9. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
48.62 |
1.0095 |
0.1665 |
211 |
8 |
40.33 |
2008-12-26 |
10. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
48.56 |
1.1070 |
0.0678 |
265 |
7 |
42.16 |
2008-12-18 |
11. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
48.23 |
1.0267 |
0.1443 |
261 |
11 |
38.40 |
2008-12-26 |
12. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
48.15 |
0.8965 |
0.2699 |
150 |
5 |
40.17 |
2008-12-22 |
13. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
48.02 |
1.0601 |
0.0995 |
256 |
9 |
37.89 |
2008-12-26 |
14. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
47.96 |
1.0540 |
0.1023 |
184 |
6 |
38.57 |
2008-12-15 |
15. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
47.53 |
1.0197 |
0.1294 |
204 |
4 |
41.20 |
2008-12-31 |
16. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
47.52 |
0.9756 |
0.1743 |
223 |
6 |
38.96 |
2008-12-24 |
17. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
47.51 |
1.0867 |
0.0593 |
171 |
7 |
38.63 |
2008-12-24 |
18. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
47.47 |
0.9283 |
0.2225 |
317 |
6 |
42.53 |
2008-12-31 |
19. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
47.20 |
0.9927 |
0.1468 |
234 |
6 |
40.54 |
2009-01-01 |
20. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
47.14 |
0.8847 |
0.2545 |
282 |
3 |
38.72 |
2008-12-26 |
21. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
47.02 |
0.9264 |
0.2129 |
177 |
7 |
42.94 |
2009-01-16 |
22. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
46.94 |
0.9827 |
0.1547 |
314 |
15 |
40.67 |
2008-12-26 |
23. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
46.83 |
1.0883 |
0.0519 |
189 |
1 |
46.83 |
2010-04-10 |
24. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
46.81 |
1.0411 |
0.0940 |
341 |
1 |
46.81 |
2008-12-15 |
25. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
46.74 |
1.0333 |
0.0932 |
176 |
8 |
37.87 |
2009-01-06 |
26. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
46.69 |
1.0125 |
0.1130 |
171 |
1 |
46.69 |
2008-12-15 |
27. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
46.68 |
0.9286 |
0.2034 |
177 |
9 |
39.65 |
2009-07-04 |
28. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
46.64 |
1.0800 |
0.0422 |
129 |
5 |
38.12 |
2008-11-28 |
29. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
46.42 |
0.9380 |
0.1843 |
284 |
7 |
39.51 |
2009-01-06 |
30. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
46.30 |
0.8339 |
0.2865 |
209 |
6 |
37.87 |
2009-02-14 |
31. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
46.24 |
0.8680 |
0.2466 |
196 |
10 |
38.25 |
2008-12-31 |
32. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
46.04 |
1.0403 |
0.0726 |
234 |
9 |
36.89 |
2008-12-24 |
33. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
46.02 |
0.9252 |
0.1895 |
148 |
6 |
38.66 |
2008-12-22 |
34. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
46.01 |
1.0288 |
0.0804 |
166 |
7 |
37.74 |
2008-12-01 |
35. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
45.99 |
0.9909 |
0.1271 |
293 |
7 |
42.02 |
2008-12-03 |
36. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
45.86 |
0.9541 |
0.1567 |
236 |
3 |
37.98 |
2008-12-24 |
37. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
45.81 |
0.9324 |
0.1796 |
246 |
5 |
39.63 |
2008-12-31 |
38. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
45.76 |
1.0582 |
0.0465 |
180 |
7 |
38.55 |
2008-12-24 |
39. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
45.76 |
0.8958 |
0.2085 |
188 |
1 |
45.76 |
2010-04-10 |
40. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
45.71 |
1.0103 |
0.0905 |
209 |
4 |
39.99 |
2009-03-19 |
41. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
45.56 |
1.0372 |
0.0653 |
249 |
5 |
38.61 |
2008-12-15 |
42. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
45.44 |
1.0426 |
0.0534 |
131 |
5 |
37.06 |
2009-01-06 |
43. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
45.22 |
1.0672 |
0.0262 |
239 |
6 |
36.56 |
2008-12-15 |
44. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
45.17 |
0.9023 |
0.1897 |
268 |
8 |
36.97 |
2008-11-22 |
45. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
45.11 |
1.0101 |
0.0836 |
336 |
7 |
37.90 |
2008-12-29 |
46. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
45.11 |
1.1198 |
-0.0289 |
247 |
5 |
40.09 |
2008-12-05 |
47. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
45.05 |
0.8845 |
0.2073 |
239 |
9 |
38.93 |
2008-12-22 |
48. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
45.05 |
0.9143 |
0.1772 |
300 |
7 |
36.61 |
2008-12-26 |
49. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
45.04 |
1.0291 |
0.0590 |
240 |
11 |
38.04 |
2008-12-26 |
50. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
45.03 |
0.8925 |
0.2045 |
293 |
5 |
39.38 |
2008-12-15 |
51. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
44.98 |
1.0418 |
0.0478 |
214 |
6 |
34.26 |
2008-11-30 |
52. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
44.75 |
1.0479 |
0.0337 |
205 |
4 |
39.46 |
2009-01-16 |
53. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
44.64 |
1.0414 |
0.0382 |
234 |
6 |
38.64 |
2010-04-10 |
54. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
44.58 |
1.0464 |
0.0376 |
294 |
1 |
44.58 |
2008-12-26 |
55. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
44.51 |
0.9981 |
0.0783 |
211 |
4 |
38.93 |
2009-07-04 |
56. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
44.46 |
1.0272 |
0.0468 |
226 |
2 |
36.25 |
2008-12-24 |
57. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
44.41 |
0.9685 |
0.1071 |
304 |
10 |
37.32 |
2009-07-04 |
58. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
44.33 |
0.8913 |
0.1832 |
201 |
9 |
36.41 |
2009-01-01 |
59. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
44.30 |
1.0561 |
0.0142 |
227 |
6 |
38.22 |
2008-12-04 |
60. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
44.30 |
0.9779 |
0.0928 |
255 |
7 |
40.82 |
2009-01-01 |
61. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
44.29 |
1.0777 |
-0.0078 |
226 |
5 |
38.09 |
2008-12-14 |
62. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
44.11 |
0.8742 |
0.1979 |
202 |
7 |
36.17 |
2008-12-23 |
63. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
44.11 |
1.0334 |
0.0336 |
261 |
9 |
37.18 |
2008-12-24 |
64. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
44.09 |
0.8988 |
0.1683 |
216 |
4 |
39.25 |
2009-07-04 |
65. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
44.05 |
1.0498 |
0.0175 |
261 |
5 |
40.06 |
2008-12-26 |
66. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
44.02 |
0.9422 |
0.1181 |
190 |
8 |
36.95 |
2008-12-24 |
67. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
43.97 |
0.9957 |
0.0683 |
323 |
5 |
38.18 |
2008-12-24 |
68. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
43.96 |
1.0654 |
-0.0040 |
247 |
13 |
40.89 |
2008-12-09 |
69. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
43.91 |
0.9780 |
0.0785 |
173 |
4 |
39.64 |
2008-11-28 |
70. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
43.75 |
1.0287 |
0.0290 |
269 |
7 |
37.36 |
2008-12-03 |
71. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
43.72 |
1.0042 |
0.0501 |
168 |
5 |
33.86 |
2008-12-10 |
72. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
43.69 |
1.0165 |
0.0401 |
316 |
5 |
37.28 |
2008-12-10 |
73. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
43.67 |
0.9928 |
0.0635 |
293 |
3 |
39.94 |
2009-03-19 |
74. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
43.59 |
1.0178 |
0.0354 |
207 |
7 |
37.78 |
2008-12-26 |
75. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
43.59 |
1.0901 |
-0.0332 |
288 |
5 |
36.41 |
2008-12-15 |
76. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
43.54 |
1.0106 |
0.0421 |
302 |
6 |
38.88 |
2009-01-06 |
77. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
43.52 |
0.8986 |
0.1529 |
205 |
11 |
33.07 |
2008-12-10 |
78. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
43.35 |
1.0590 |
-0.0110 |
250 |
6 |
35.86 |
2009-07-04 |
79. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
43.34 |
0.9980 |
0.0531 |
295 |
5 |
39.01 |
2008-12-24 |
80. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
43.32 |
0.8646 |
0.1803 |
110 |
4 |
35.05 |
2008-12-10 |
81. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
43.28 |
0.9839 |
0.0633 |
308 |
5 |
37.91 |
2008-12-22 |
82. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
43.19 |
1.0250 |
0.0231 |
271 |
5 |
37.80 |
2008-11-29 |
83. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
43.18 |
1.0881 |
-0.0470 |
210 |
7 |
37.67 |
2008-12-29 |
84. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
43.12 |
0.9183 |
0.1261 |
308 |
7 |
36.29 |
2008-12-15 |
85. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
43.08 |
0.9745 |
0.0701 |
388 |
2 |
40.93 |
2008-12-24 |
86. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
43.08 |
0.9952 |
0.0497 |
220 |
3 |
39.26 |
2008-12-03 |
87. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
42.99 |
1.0873 |
-0.0500 |
243 |
6 |
38.25 |
2008-11-29 |
88. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
42.94 |
1.0639 |
-0.0237 |
303 |
4 |
39.86 |
2009-07-04 |
89. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
42.91 |
1.0638 |
-0.0274 |
247 |
6 |
37.98 |
2008-12-05 |
90. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
42.90 |
1.0600 |
-0.0216 |
351 |
6 |
39.40 |
2008-12-26 |
91. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
42.76 |
0.8572 |
0.1758 |
232 |
10 |
35.48 |
2008-12-26 |
92. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
42.74 |
1.0006 |
0.0336 |
311 |
5 |
37.93 |
2008-12-29 |
93. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
42.71 |
1.0332 |
-0.0003 |
267 |
7 |
36.64 |
2008-12-05 |
94. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
42.68 |
0.9673 |
0.0677 |
292 |
4 |
38.56 |
2009-07-04 |
95. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
42.60 |
1.0877 |
-0.0603 |
129 |
6 |
32.17 |
2008-11-26 |
96. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
42.57 |
1.0686 |
-0.0349 |
354 |
2 |
42.38 |
2008-12-26 |
97. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
42.55 |
1.0033 |
0.0266 |
203 |
10 |
37.67 |
2008-12-15 |
98. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
42.55 |
0.9884 |
0.0437 |
267 |
5 |
34.36 |
2008-12-26 |
99. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
42.55 |
0.9260 |
0.1066 |
348 |
10 |
37.02 |
2008-12-26 |
100. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
42.53 |
1.0557 |
-0.0254 |
289 |
4 |
38.95 |
2008-12-26 |
101. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
42.46 |
1.0270 |
0.0010 |
303 |
4 |
41.27 |
2008-12-05 |
102. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
42.45 |
0.9011 |
0.1293 |
322 |
5 |
37.33 |
2008-12-26 |
103. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
42.42 |
1.0082 |
0.0133 |
212 |
11 |
36.88 |
2008-12-15 |
104. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
42.39 |
1.0521 |
-0.0320 |
197 |
6 |
37.09 |
2010-04-11 |
105. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
42.35 |
1.1093 |
-0.0901 |
220 |
6 |
37.65 |
2008-12-15 |
106. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
42.33 |
1.0028 |
0.0204 |
259 |
7 |
38.71 |
2008-11-28 |
107. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
42.30 |
0.9166 |
0.1095 |
133 |
6 |
36.96 |
2010-04-10 |
108. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
42.29 |
1.0466 |
-0.0237 |
230 |
2 |
40.70 |
2009-01-14 |
109. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
42.29 |
0.8869 |
0.1340 |
176 |
10 |
35.20 |
2009-01-16 |
110. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
42.24 |
0.9768 |
0.0466 |
237 |
7 |
38.94 |
2008-12-31 |
111. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
42.17 |
0.9644 |
0.0591 |
398 |
1 |
42.17 |
2008-12-26 |
112. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
42.16 |
0.9213 |
0.0966 |
165 |
1 |
42.16 |
2009-01-16 |
113. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
42.14 |
0.8815 |
0.1430 |
296 |
5 |
37.25 |
2008-12-22 |
114. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
42.11 |
0.9636 |
0.0539 |
281 |
2 |
36.62 |
2008-11-26 |
115. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
42.11 |
1.0607 |
-0.0390 |
357 |
1 |
42.11 |
2009-01-06 |
116. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
42.11 |
0.9621 |
0.0539 |
201 |
9 |
35.81 |
2008-12-31 |
117. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
42.06 |
0.9698 |
0.0529 |
389 |
1 |
42.06 |
2009-01-16 |
118. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
42.01 |
1.0125 |
0.0025 |
232 |
10 |
34.76 |
2008-12-31 |
119. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
41.99 |
1.0341 |
-0.0187 |
273 |
6 |
35.55 |
2008-11-28 |
120. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
41.95 |
0.9963 |
0.0163 |
274 |
8 |
36.98 |
2008-12-24 |
121. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
41.78 |
1.0362 |
-0.0190 |
437 |
1 |
41.78 |
2008-12-26 |
122. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
41.77 |
0.9880 |
0.0184 |
199 |
5 |
36.38 |
2008-12-15 |
123. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
41.76 |
0.8192 |
0.1932 |
200 |
6 |
35.42 |
2009-01-01 |
124. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
41.73 |
0.8656 |
0.1453 |
242 |
8 |
34.39 |
2008-12-31 |
125. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
41.71 |
1.1086 |
-0.0990 |
233 |
3 |
36.14 |
2008-11-09 |
126. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
41.70 |
0.9001 |
0.1092 |
217 |
5 |
36.41 |
2008-11-17 |
127. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
41.70 |
0.9931 |
0.0119 |
218 |
2 |
39.44 |
2008-11-28 |
128. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
41.64 |
0.9271 |
0.0800 |
295 |
10 |
35.03 |
2008-12-23 |
129. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
41.64 |
0.9068 |
0.0988 |
212 |
8 |
36.19 |
2008-12-26 |
130. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
41.63 |
0.9271 |
0.0826 |
323 |
6 |
37.86 |
2008-12-29 |
131. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
41.55 |
1.0743 |
-0.0679 |
297 |
4 |
37.17 |
2009-01-16 |
132. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
41.55 |
0.9357 |
0.0674 |
204 |
8 |
33.81 |
2008-12-15 |
133. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
41.53 |
1.0018 |
0.0033 |
246 |
6 |
37.05 |
2008-11-21 |
134. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
41.44 |
0.9915 |
0.0102 |
281 |
6 |
32.56 |
2008-12-03 |
135. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
41.35 |
1.0016 |
-0.0028 |
217 |
10 |
37.14 |
2010-04-10 |
136. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
41.33 |
0.9927 |
0.0091 |
262 |
6 |
38.80 |
2009-02-14 |
137. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
41.32 |
0.9621 |
0.0400 |
212 |
8 |
37.93 |
2008-12-24 |
138. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
41.32 |
0.9762 |
0.0235 |
249 |
5 |
37.25 |
2008-12-04 |
139. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
41.29 |
1.0059 |
-0.0058 |
283 |
5 |
36.56 |
2008-12-03 |
140. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
41.26 |
0.9371 |
0.0523 |
156 |
6 |
35.43 |
2008-12-03 |
141. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
41.26 |
1.0227 |
-0.0184 |
378 |
1 |
41.26 |
2008-12-19 |
142. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
41.23 |
1.0800 |
-0.0854 |
213 |
10 |
35.95 |
2008-12-31 |
143. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
41.21 |
0.9265 |
0.0694 |
254 |
9 |
36.00 |
2009-07-04 |
144. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
41.17 |
1.0132 |
-0.0166 |
371 |
1 |
41.17 |
2008-11-30 |
145. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
41.09 |
1.0487 |
-0.0568 |
253 |
3 |
37.52 |
2009-01-16 |
146. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
41.03 |
0.9299 |
0.0543 |
168 |
6 |
34.42 |
2008-12-22 |
147. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
40.99 |
0.9103 |
0.0811 |
269 |
3 |
38.16 |
2008-12-05 |
148. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
40.98 |
0.9402 |
0.0493 |
310 |
8 |
36.00 |
2008-12-03 |
149. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
40.92 |
0.9864 |
0.0073 |
292 |
4 |
35.34 |
2008-12-26 |
150. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
40.91 |
0.9010 |
0.0912 |
266 |
6 |
34.39 |
2008-12-26 |
151. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
40.89 |
0.9315 |
0.0595 |
273 |
6 |
36.39 |
2010-04-11 |
152. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
40.85 |
0.9400 |
0.0508 |
434 |
2 |
40.58 |
2008-12-24 |
153. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
40.81 |
0.9503 |
0.0303 |
211 |
3 |
35.56 |
2008-12-14 |
154. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
40.79 |
0.9243 |
0.0646 |
240 |
1 |
40.79 |
2008-12-05 |
155. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
40.79 |
0.9922 |
-0.0048 |
264 |
8 |
35.66 |
2009-02-23 |
156. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
40.78 |
0.8624 |
0.1194 |
174 |
6 |
34.47 |
2008-12-26 |
157. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
40.77 |
0.9594 |
0.0251 |
258 |
2 |
38.66 |
2008-12-03 |
158. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
40.74 |
0.9974 |
-0.0157 |
163 |
4 |
35.78 |
2008-12-26 |
159. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
40.62 |
0.8827 |
0.0959 |
190 |
3 |
33.05 |
2008-11-29 |
160. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
40.57 |
0.9809 |
-0.0034 |
209 |
5 |
33.63 |
2008-11-28 |
161. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
40.57 |
0.9704 |
0.0110 |
254 |
1 |
40.57 |
2008-12-18 |
162. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
40.55 |
0.9349 |
0.0486 |
287 |
6 |
37.13 |
2010-04-11 |
163. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
40.53 |
0.9145 |
0.0694 |
404 |
2 |
39.51 |
2008-12-05 |
164. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
40.51 |
0.9574 |
0.0258 |
354 |
4 |
35.86 |
2008-12-29 |
165. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
40.42 |
0.9346 |
0.0403 |
211 |
8 |
35.31 |
2009-04-17 |
166. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
40.41 |
1.0495 |
-0.0725 |
323 |
4 |
38.03 |
2008-11-29 |
167. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
40.38 |
0.9561 |
0.0223 |
362 |
3 |
36.37 |
2008-12-24 |
168. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
40.32 |
0.9583 |
0.0175 |
237 |
7 |
39.24 |
2008-12-29 |
169. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
40.25 |
0.8603 |
0.1132 |
270 |
10 |
34.61 |
2008-12-26 |
170. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
40.23 |
0.9604 |
0.0106 |
285 |
2 |
36.43 |
2008-11-19 |
171. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
40.14 |
0.9927 |
-0.0211 |
276 |
2 |
37.86 |
2009-01-16 |
172. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
40.13 |
1.0094 |
-0.0386 |
256 |
6 |
37.16 |
2009-03-19 |
173. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
40.11 |
0.9332 |
0.0370 |
267 |
9 |
33.48 |
2008-11-29 |
174. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
40.03 |
0.9425 |
0.0265 |
248 |
4 |
33.71 |
2008-12-24 |
175. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
39.93 |
0.9162 |
0.0508 |
401 |
1 |
39.93 |
2008-12-26 |
176. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
39.90 |
0.9801 |
-0.0153 |
289 |
1 |
39.90 |
2008-12-04 |
177. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
39.90 |
0.8127 |
0.1488 |
167 |
3 |
36.09 |
2008-11-22 |
178. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
39.83 |
0.8669 |
0.1027 |
255 |
2 |
39.07 |
2008-12-19 |
179. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
39.80 |
0.9597 |
0.0032 |
251 |
11 |
37.43 |
2008-12-26 |
180. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
39.75 |
0.9866 |
-0.0247 |
308 |
6 |
34.18 |
2009-02-14 |
181. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
39.74 |
0.9869 |
-0.0293 |
193 |
6 |
34.99 |
2008-12-31 |
182. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
39.45 |
0.9468 |
0.0072 |
318 |
3 |
36.57 |
2008-11-26 |
183. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
39.45 |
0.9275 |
0.0319 |
243 |
4 |
34.93 |
2008-11-16 |
184. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
39.37 |
0.9084 |
0.0453 |
271 |
3 |
36.00 |
2008-12-14 |
185. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
39.37 |
0.9709 |
-0.0200 |
264 |
3 |
38.57 |
2008-12-03 |
186. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
39.26 |
1.0010 |
-0.0476 |
213 |
1 |
39.26 |
2010-04-11 |
187. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
39.20 |
0.9917 |
-0.0415 |
317 |
4 |
36.23 |
2008-11-28 |
188. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
39.18 |
0.8964 |
0.0483 |
199 |
6 |
37.64 |
2009-04-17 |
189. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
39.16 |
1.0472 |
-0.1064 |
149 |
3 |
34.63 |
2008-12-03 |
190. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
39.13 |
0.9713 |
-0.0263 |
193 |
1 |
39.13 |
2008-11-07 |
191. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
39.13 |
0.8959 |
0.0559 |
328 |
1 |
39.13 |
2008-12-29 |
192. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
39.06 |
1.0181 |
-0.0721 |
276 |
2 |
36.21 |
2008-11-17 |
193. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
39.05 |
1.0086 |
-0.0685 |
218 |
5 |
34.60 |
2008-11-28 |
194. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
38.99 |
0.9890 |
-0.0421 |
272 |
2 |
38.81 |
2008-11-21 |
195. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
38.94 |
0.9128 |
0.0261 |
237 |
2 |
33.27 |
2008-12-31 |
196. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
38.82 |
0.9829 |
-0.0448 |
229 |
4 |
33.42 |
2008-12-26 |
197. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
38.81 |
0.9228 |
0.0203 |
305 |
6 |
35.22 |
2008-12-10 |
198. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
38.80 |
0.9631 |
-0.0253 |
273 |
2 |
35.86 |
2008-11-16 |
199. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
38.72 |
0.9948 |
-0.0595 |
233 |
3 |
33.79 |
2008-11-30 |
200. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
38.68 |
1.0461 |
-0.1085 |
318 |
3 |
36.42 |
2008-12-05 |
201. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
38.67 |
1.0135 |
-0.0750 |
358 |
1 |
38.67 |
2008-12-24 |
202. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
38.65 |
0.9836 |
-0.0488 |
289 |
4 |
37.08 |
2008-11-30 |
203. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
38.54 |
1.0036 |
-0.0706 |
277 |
1 |
38.54 |
2009-02-14 |
204. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
38.51 |
1.0567 |
-0.1257 |
314 |
3 |
33.93 |
2008-12-22 |
205. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
38.43 |
0.8988 |
0.0297 |
193 |
6 |
36.58 |
2008-12-22 |
206. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
38.39 |
0.9359 |
-0.0068 |
355 |
1 |
38.39 |
2008-12-19 |
207. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
38.27 |
1.0506 |
-0.1256 |
259 |
3 |
37.36 |
2008-12-22 |
208. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
38.20 |
1.0264 |
-0.1069 |
191 |
5 |
34.52 |
2008-12-31 |
209. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
38.15 |
0.9310 |
-0.0090 |
278 |
6 |
33.47 |
2008-12-09 |
210. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
38.08 |
1.0588 |
-0.1379 |
281 |
2 |
37.78 |
2009-01-16 |
211. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
38.03 |
0.8666 |
0.0505 |
206 |
5 |
33.81 |
2008-12-01 |
212. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
38.00 |
0.9538 |
-0.0351 |
276 |
3 |
33.03 |
2009-07-04 |
213. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
37.69 |
1.0511 |
-0.1380 |
252 |
3 |
34.45 |
2008-11-21 |
214. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
37.62 |
0.8911 |
0.0197 |
207 |
3 |
33.63 |
2008-11-09 |
215. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
37.53 |
1.0208 |
-0.1135 |
231 |
2 |
35.28 |
2008-12-29 |
216. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
37.48 |
0.9054 |
0.0028 |
204 |
1 |
37.48 |
2009-01-16 |
217. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
37.45 |
0.9027 |
-0.0007 |
189 |
3 |
33.71 |
2008-12-03 |
218. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
37.45 |
1.0189 |
-0.1140 |
290 |
2 |
35.59 |
2008-12-15 |
219. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
37.36 |
0.8986 |
0.0053 |
216 |
5 |
32.31 |
2008-11-21 |
220. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
37.28 |
1.0079 |
-0.1076 |
273 |
5 |
34.73 |
2008-12-03 |
221. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
37.24 |
0.9763 |
-0.0764 |
143 |
6 |
32.43 |
2008-11-21 |
222. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
37.16 |
1.0529 |
-0.1519 |
373 |
2 |
35.79 |
2008-11-13 |
223. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
37.12 |
0.9352 |
-0.0389 |
194 |
4 |
31.21 |
2008-11-17 |
224. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
37.00 |
0.8117 |
0.0861 |
209 |
5 |
34.01 |
2008-12-03 |
225. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
36.99 |
0.9807 |
-0.0980 |
129 |
4 |
28.79 |
2008-11-17 |
226. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
36.93 |
0.8246 |
0.0684 |
183 |
2 |
32.57 |
2008-11-09 |
227. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
36.92 |
0.9931 |
-0.0960 |
339 |
2 |
35.20 |
2008-11-13 |
228. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
36.87 |
0.8936 |
-0.0033 |
346 |
2 |
36.11 |
2008-11-30 |
229. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
36.82 |
0.9070 |
-0.0217 |
192 |
5 |
33.02 |
2008-12-26 |
230. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
36.55 |
0.8474 |
0.0367 |
265 |
5 |
32.12 |
2008-11-29 |
231. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
36.45 |
0.8437 |
0.0367 |
268 |
4 |
33.37 |
2008-11-17 |
232. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
36.41 |
0.9108 |
-0.0307 |
235 |
7 |
33.41 |
2008-11-19 |
233. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
35.57 |
0.8985 |
-0.0422 |
127 |
1 |
35.57 |
2008-10-26 |
234. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
35.56 |
1.0576 |
-0.2009 |
231 |
2 |
35.24 |
2008-11-06 |
235. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
35.56 |
0.8778 |
-0.0165 |
285 |
3 |
33.47 |
2008-12-23 |
236. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
35.41 |
0.8830 |
-0.0247 |
300 |
4 |
33.00 |
2008-11-16 |
237. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
35.19 |
0.8164 |
0.0338 |
197 |
1 |
35.19 |
2008-10-27 |
238. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
34.52 |
0.8194 |
0.0138 |
193 |
2 |
31.48 |
2008-11-30 |
239. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
34.47 |
0.8124 |
0.0161 |
167 |
1 |
34.47 |
2008-10-30 |
240. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
34.43 |
0.9680 |
-0.1359 |
256 |
2 |
31.24 |
2008-12-05 |
241. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
34.36 |
0.8880 |
-0.0577 |
296 |
3 |
30.58 |
2009-04-17 |
242. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
34.15 |
0.8172 |
0.0036 |
204 |
4 |
32.24 |
2008-12-10 |
243. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
34.01 |
0.8381 |
-0.0128 |
283 |
2 |
32.70 |
2008-11-14 |
244. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
33.85 |
0.9841 |
-0.1679 |
263 |
4 |
31.19 |
2008-12-03 |
245. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
33.53 |
0.8168 |
-0.0089 |
115 |
1 |
33.53 |
2008-10-29 |
246. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
33.40 |
0.9500 |
-0.1414 |
287 |
3 |
31.65 |
2008-11-28 |
247. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
32.03 |
0.9204 |
-0.1461 |
121 |
1 |
32.03 |
2008-10-25 |
248. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
31.93 |
0.7923 |
-0.0206 |
316 |
3 |
31.68 |
2008-11-14 |
249. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
30.86 |
0.8863 |
-0.1448 |
127 |
5 |
27.89 |
2008-11-29 |
250. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
30.65 |
1.0199 |
-0.2838 |
225 |
3 |
27.70 |
2008-12-11 |
251. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
30.28 |
0.9650 |
-0.2314 |
347 |
2 |
30.05 |
2008-11-21 |
252. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
28.71 |
0.8077 |
-0.1150 |
148 |
1 |
28.71 |
2008-10-27 |
253. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
27.90 |
0.8161 |
-0.1406 |
109 |
2 |
24.95 |
2008-10-27 |
254. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
27.65 |
0.8365 |
-0.1735 |
145 |
1 |
27.65 |
2008-10-26 |
255. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
27.52 |
0.7724 |
-0.1104 |
142 |
1 |
27.52 |
2008-10-27 |
256. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
25.60 |
0.7904 |
-0.1690 |
149 |
1 |
25.60 |
2008-10-26 |
257. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
23.54 |
0.7423 |
-0.1774 |
145 |
1 |
23.54 |
2008-10-25 |
258. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
22.93 |
0.8218 |
-0.2697 |
163 |
1 |
22.93 |
2008-10-26 |
259. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
22.46 |
0.8469 |
-0.3066 |
164 |
1 |
22.46 |
2008-10-30 |
260. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
21.54 |
0.8814 |
-0.3652 |
169 |
1 |
21.54 |
2008-10-25 |