Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
83.94 |
1.0403 |
0.2403 |
234 |
6 |
71.58 |
2009-05-12 |
2. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
77.63 |
1.0543 |
0.1334 |
360 |
5 |
67.76 |
2009-05-11 |
3. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
76.24 |
1.0736 |
0.0931 |
350 |
3 |
70.26 |
2009-05-11 |
4. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
76.09 |
1.0601 |
0.0985 |
256 |
3 |
71.98 |
2009-06-19 |
5. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
75.43 |
1.1093 |
0.0368 |
220 |
3 |
69.68 |
2009-03-31 |
6. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
75.34 |
1.0450 |
0.1106 |
358 |
5 |
69.35 |
2009-06-19 |
7. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
75.15 |
1.0462 |
0.1042 |
340 |
5 |
65.23 |
2009-06-19 |
8. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
74.75 |
1.0639 |
0.0784 |
303 |
2 |
71.60 |
2009-06-19 |
9. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
74.74 |
0.9136 |
0.2308 |
348 |
7 |
63.96 |
2009-06-19 |
10. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
74.63 |
1.1198 |
0.0186 |
247 |
3 |
65.21 |
2009-07-01 |
11. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
74.25 |
1.0199 |
0.1099 |
225 |
5 |
59.68 |
2009-05-11 |
12. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
74.16 |
1.0016 |
0.1290 |
217 |
5 |
62.50 |
2009-07-01 |
13. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
74.10 |
0.9780 |
0.1470 |
173 |
3 |
62.27 |
2009-04-29 |
14. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
74.04 |
0.9632 |
0.1683 |
287 |
4 |
59.19 |
2009-06-25 |
15. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
74.00 |
1.0086 |
0.1168 |
218 |
5 |
64.91 |
2009-05-07 |
16. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
73.67 |
0.9519 |
0.1766 |
323 |
4 |
69.91 |
2009-05-15 |
17. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
73.52 |
1.0588 |
0.0636 |
281 |
3 |
63.14 |
2009-06-19 |
18. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
73.46 |
1.0557 |
0.0669 |
289 |
5 |
66.21 |
2009-08-14 |
19. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
73.31 |
1.0341 |
0.0844 |
273 |
9 |
62.13 |
2009-06-19 |
20. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
73.29 |
0.9980 |
0.1230 |
295 |
6 |
62.17 |
2009-07-01 |
21. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
73.09 |
1.0461 |
0.0718 |
318 |
5 |
66.41 |
2009-08-14 |
22. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
72.89 |
1.0543 |
0.0551 |
182 |
4 |
65.89 |
2009-03-31 |
23. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
72.82 |
1.0638 |
0.0458 |
247 |
6 |
64.34 |
2009-06-20 |
24. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
72.73 |
1.0197 |
0.0887 |
204 |
5 |
67.86 |
2009-06-25 |
25. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
72.65 |
1.0873 |
0.0187 |
243 |
4 |
66.10 |
2009-05-14 |
26. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
72.50 |
1.0877 |
0.0156 |
129 |
3 |
67.00 |
2009-06-25 |
27. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
72.43 |
0.9698 |
0.1408 |
389 |
7 |
63.53 |
2009-06-19 |
28. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
72.36 |
0.9400 |
0.1671 |
434 |
8 |
58.24 |
2009-05-07 |
29. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
72.15 |
1.0561 |
0.0433 |
227 |
7 |
64.93 |
2009-06-19 |
30. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
72.06 |
1.0414 |
0.0576 |
234 |
7 |
66.03 |
2009-08-22 |
31. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
72.02 |
1.0288 |
0.0658 |
166 |
6 |
65.63 |
2009-04-29 |
32. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
71.93 |
1.0125 |
0.0839 |
232 |
4 |
66.85 |
2009-05-15 |
33. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
71.83 |
1.0881 |
0.0044 |
210 |
6 |
63.17 |
2009-06-19 |
34. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
71.69 |
1.0106 |
0.0827 |
302 |
4 |
62.56 |
2009-05-06 |
35. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
71.67 |
1.0287 |
0.0641 |
269 |
6 |
58.49 |
2009-07-03 |
36. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
71.66 |
0.9271 |
0.1663 |
295 |
4 |
59.40 |
2009-04-06 |
37. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
71.58 |
0.9719 |
0.1279 |
383 |
4 |
65.54 |
2009-04-06 |
38. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
71.27 |
1.0291 |
0.0566 |
240 |
7 |
61.18 |
2009-05-11 |
39. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
71.25 |
1.0498 |
0.0389 |
261 |
6 |
67.19 |
2009-06-20 |
40. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
71.13 |
1.0057 |
0.0829 |
382 |
6 |
66.18 |
2009-06-19 |
41. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
71.11 |
0.8936 |
0.1907 |
346 |
9 |
60.90 |
2009-05-13 |
42. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
71.11 |
0.9779 |
0.1060 |
255 |
1 |
71.11 |
2009-06-19 |
43. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
70.96 |
1.0617 |
0.0194 |
171 |
6 |
60.41 |
2009-08-14 |
44. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
70.85 |
0.8986 |
0.1834 |
216 |
7 |
61.94 |
2009-05-12 |
45. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
70.50 |
1.0267 |
0.0524 |
261 |
4 |
61.73 |
2009-07-01 |
46. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
70.49 |
1.0777 |
-0.0040 |
226 |
7 |
65.62 |
2009-06-18 |
47. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
70.47 |
1.0103 |
0.0595 |
209 |
7 |
59.68 |
2009-07-01 |
48. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
70.36 |
1.0743 |
0.0006 |
297 |
4 |
61.61 |
2009-06-24 |
49. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
70.32 |
0.9108 |
0.1623 |
235 |
4 |
61.85 |
2009-08-12 |
50. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
70.18 |
1.0332 |
0.0373 |
267 |
6 |
64.45 |
2009-05-07 |
51. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
70.13 |
0.9827 |
0.0885 |
314 |
3 |
63.22 |
2009-03-31 |
52. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
70.05 |
1.0901 |
-0.0190 |
288 |
4 |
59.48 |
2009-03-30 |
53. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
69.97 |
0.9206 |
0.1478 |
317 |
5 |
62.67 |
2009-05-15 |
54. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
69.92 |
1.0676 |
0.0041 |
456 |
4 |
65.31 |
2009-05-14 |
55. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
69.89 |
1.0372 |
0.0290 |
249 |
1 |
69.89 |
2009-07-01 |
56. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
69.84 |
1.0418 |
0.0249 |
214 |
6 |
63.34 |
2009-06-19 |
57. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
69.76 |
0.9809 |
0.0798 |
209 |
4 |
64.28 |
2009-06-19 |
58. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
69.71 |
0.9636 |
0.0989 |
281 |
1 |
69.71 |
2009-06-19 |
59. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
69.62 |
1.0682 |
-0.0046 |
266 |
5 |
64.37 |
2009-03-28 |
60. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
69.52 |
1.0362 |
0.0310 |
437 |
4 |
64.61 |
2009-08-14 |
61. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
69.51 |
1.0208 |
0.0399 |
231 |
4 |
60.79 |
2009-06-19 |
62. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
69.29 |
0.9915 |
0.0650 |
281 |
4 |
66.46 |
2009-08-22 |
63. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
69.22 |
1.0036 |
0.0537 |
277 |
7 |
62.84 |
2009-07-01 |
64. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
69.03 |
0.9644 |
0.0921 |
398 |
4 |
57.64 |
2009-06-25 |
65. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
68.66 |
1.0320 |
0.0217 |
401 |
5 |
59.07 |
2009-05-15 |
66. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
68.62 |
0.9841 |
0.0597 |
217 |
2 |
62.12 |
2009-06-20 |
67. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
68.58 |
1.0432 |
0.0039 |
276 |
5 |
64.54 |
2009-03-31 |
68. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
68.56 |
1.0095 |
0.0353 |
211 |
7 |
61.38 |
2009-07-14 |
69. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
68.54 |
1.0472 |
-0.0076 |
149 |
3 |
60.26 |
2009-04-30 |
70. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
68.48 |
1.0250 |
0.0229 |
271 |
3 |
61.93 |
2009-06-19 |
71. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
68.35 |
1.0464 |
0.0016 |
294 |
3 |
62.36 |
2009-06-19 |
72. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
68.28 |
0.9703 |
0.0782 |
394 |
1 |
68.28 |
2009-05-11 |
73. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
68.19 |
1.0279 |
0.0069 |
172 |
2 |
67.03 |
2009-03-25 |
74. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
68.10 |
1.0404 |
0.0036 |
406 |
4 |
60.92 |
2009-05-14 |
75. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
68.00 |
0.9810 |
0.0616 |
362 |
4 |
62.22 |
2009-06-20 |
76. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
68.00 |
0.9402 |
0.0955 |
310 |
5 |
59.41 |
2009-05-07 |
77. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
67.98 |
0.9145 |
0.1263 |
404 |
5 |
64.09 |
2009-07-03 |
78. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
67.95 |
0.9070 |
0.1250 |
192 |
4 |
63.23 |
2009-03-28 |
79. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
67.90 |
1.0511 |
-0.0132 |
252 |
5 |
57.46 |
2009-08-14 |
80. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
67.74 |
1.0845 |
-0.0520 |
212 |
6 |
65.78 |
2009-06-20 |
81. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
67.72 |
1.0128 |
0.0273 |
369 |
5 |
61.69 |
2009-05-11 |
82. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
67.67 |
0.9243 |
0.1103 |
240 |
4 |
61.94 |
2009-04-06 |
83. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
67.64 |
0.9966 |
0.0427 |
377 |
4 |
63.82 |
2009-06-19 |
84. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
67.57 |
1.0132 |
0.0184 |
371 |
5 |
61.35 |
2009-06-19 |
85. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
67.55 |
1.0018 |
0.0292 |
246 |
3 |
64.20 |
2009-05-15 |
86. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
67.51 |
0.9765 |
0.0529 |
269 |
5 |
63.40 |
2009-06-20 |
87. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
67.48 |
1.0865 |
-0.0571 |
237 |
2 |
67.45 |
2009-05-11 |
88. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
67.46 |
1.0059 |
0.0246 |
283 |
6 |
63.78 |
2009-04-29 |
89. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
67.42 |
1.0960 |
-0.0632 |
315 |
2 |
65.78 |
2009-03-31 |
90. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
67.41 |
0.9434 |
0.0897 |
367 |
4 |
60.37 |
2009-06-19 |
91. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
67.29 |
0.9479 |
0.0805 |
317 |
6 |
63.48 |
2009-06-19 |
92. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
67.27 |
0.9885 |
0.0446 |
469 |
4 |
63.66 |
2009-03-31 |
93. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
67.23 |
1.0600 |
-0.0339 |
351 |
5 |
63.12 |
2009-06-25 |
94. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
67.20 |
1.0178 |
0.0058 |
207 |
6 |
63.67 |
2009-06-25 |
95. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
67.10 |
0.9974 |
0.0225 |
163 |
5 |
63.20 |
2009-06-19 |
96. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
67.01 |
0.9392 |
0.0893 |
360 |
3 |
55.72 |
2009-06-25 |
97. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
66.99 |
0.9884 |
0.0362 |
267 |
4 |
60.30 |
2009-06-19 |
98. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
66.96 |
1.0094 |
0.0123 |
256 |
4 |
60.83 |
2009-05-14 |
99. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
66.93 |
1.0582 |
-0.0401 |
180 |
5 |
63.39 |
2009-06-19 |
100. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
66.91 |
0.9807 |
0.0286 |
129 |
4 |
62.13 |
2009-03-28 |
101. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
66.71 |
1.0387 |
-0.0167 |
333 |
2 |
66.41 |
2009-05-11 |
102. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
66.70 |
0.9332 |
0.0845 |
267 |
6 |
63.60 |
2009-07-01 |
103. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
66.67 |
0.9603 |
0.0624 |
430 |
4 |
61.48 |
2009-06-20 |
104. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
66.64 |
0.9952 |
0.0239 |
220 |
3 |
64.12 |
2009-05-14 |
105. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
66.62 |
1.0115 |
-0.0003 |
189 |
4 |
58.23 |
2009-03-28 |
106. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
66.61 |
1.0028 |
0.0124 |
259 |
4 |
64.18 |
2009-06-19 |
107. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
66.60 |
1.0672 |
-0.0523 |
239 |
5 |
62.46 |
2009-06-19 |
108. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
66.57 |
0.9762 |
0.0395 |
249 |
5 |
59.48 |
2009-06-19 |
109. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
66.43 |
1.0466 |
-0.0335 |
230 |
3 |
60.40 |
2009-03-30 |
110. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
66.40 |
1.0272 |
-0.0162 |
226 |
1 |
66.40 |
2009-02-14 |
111. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
66.39 |
1.0426 |
-0.0337 |
131 |
1 |
66.39 |
2009-05-07 |
112. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
66.29 |
0.9833 |
0.0305 |
387 |
5 |
59.06 |
2009-07-01 |
113. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
66.17 |
1.0669 |
-0.0542 |
379 |
5 |
61.44 |
2010-04-09 |
114. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
66.09 |
0.9756 |
0.0320 |
223 |
5 |
61.07 |
2009-08-14 |
115. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
66.07 |
0.8437 |
0.1636 |
268 |
6 |
55.72 |
2009-05-14 |
116. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
66.05 |
0.9996 |
0.0156 |
483 |
4 |
59.37 |
2009-06-19 |
117. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
66.01 |
0.9981 |
0.0081 |
211 |
5 |
58.16 |
2009-03-16 |
118. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
66.00 |
0.9027 |
0.1007 |
189 |
4 |
58.32 |
2009-06-19 |
119. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
65.99 |
1.0800 |
-0.0761 |
213 |
5 |
63.16 |
2009-03-28 |
120. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
65.93 |
0.8624 |
0.1387 |
174 |
5 |
58.73 |
2009-06-25 |
121. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
65.92 |
1.0079 |
-0.0032 |
273 |
6 |
62.35 |
2009-06-19 |
122. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
65.92 |
0.9658 |
0.0436 |
308 |
4 |
59.57 |
2009-08-22 |
123. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
65.87 |
1.0130 |
-0.0080 |
288 |
3 |
60.53 |
2009-06-18 |
124. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
65.85 |
1.0800 |
-0.0824 |
129 |
3 |
62.84 |
2009-05-11 |
125. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
65.78 |
1.0576 |
-0.0569 |
231 |
4 |
61.01 |
2009-03-31 |
126. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
65.76 |
1.1070 |
-0.1049 |
265 |
4 |
63.04 |
2009-06-25 |
127. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
65.76 |
0.9621 |
0.0382 |
201 |
1 |
65.76 |
2009-02-01 |
128. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
65.71 |
0.9864 |
0.0199 |
292 |
7 |
60.13 |
2009-06-19 |
129. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
65.65 |
0.9680 |
0.0336 |
256 |
2 |
61.89 |
2009-03-28 |
130. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
65.65 |
0.9829 |
0.0179 |
229 |
4 |
58.68 |
2009-05-12 |
131. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
65.57 |
0.9135 |
0.0956 |
393 |
4 |
60.85 |
2009-05-14 |
132. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
65.55 |
1.0264 |
-0.0306 |
191 |
5 |
58.50 |
2009-06-19 |
133. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
65.48 |
1.0033 |
-0.0041 |
203 |
5 |
59.78 |
2009-06-19 |
134. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
65.47 |
0.9787 |
0.0235 |
364 |
5 |
61.09 |
2009-03-17 |
135. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
65.47 |
1.0590 |
-0.0613 |
250 |
4 |
60.66 |
2009-07-03 |
136. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
65.47 |
1.0481 |
-0.0570 |
255 |
4 |
60.88 |
2009-06-19 |
137. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
65.46 |
1.0270 |
-0.0278 |
303 |
2 |
63.55 |
2009-05-11 |
138. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
65.46 |
0.9604 |
0.0361 |
285 |
6 |
60.79 |
2009-05-07 |
139. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
65.45 |
0.9574 |
0.0443 |
354 |
5 |
54.91 |
2009-05-11 |
140. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
65.42 |
0.9726 |
0.0306 |
396 |
7 |
61.39 |
2009-06-19 |
141. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
65.41 |
1.0567 |
-0.0591 |
314 |
4 |
60.12 |
2009-06-25 |
142. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
65.36 |
1.0301 |
-0.0343 |
268 |
5 |
62.21 |
2009-05-11 |
143. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
65.27 |
0.9339 |
0.0676 |
317 |
7 |
59.07 |
2009-07-01 |
144. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
65.26 |
0.9128 |
0.0800 |
237 |
1 |
65.26 |
2009-03-25 |
145. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
65.23 |
1.0506 |
-0.0559 |
259 |
6 |
61.00 |
2009-07-01 |
146. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
65.19 |
1.0042 |
-0.0135 |
168 |
3 |
59.47 |
2009-05-12 |
147. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
65.06 |
0.8794 |
0.1197 |
427 |
4 |
61.71 |
2009-03-28 |
148. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
65.05 |
1.0265 |
-0.0305 |
375 |
3 |
63.17 |
2009-05-07 |
149. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
65.04 |
1.0411 |
-0.0471 |
341 |
5 |
61.59 |
2009-06-19 |
150. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
65.02 |
0.9541 |
0.0384 |
236 |
5 |
56.70 |
2009-06-25 |
151. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
64.93 |
0.9650 |
0.0282 |
347 |
3 |
60.44 |
2009-06-19 |
152. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
64.93 |
0.9928 |
-0.0029 |
293 |
5 |
58.45 |
2009-05-06 |
153. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
64.91 |
0.9114 |
0.0863 |
399 |
2 |
64.64 |
2009-08-22 |
154. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
64.88 |
0.8666 |
0.1206 |
206 |
9 |
54.07 |
2009-06-25 |
155. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
64.86 |
1.0654 |
-0.0785 |
247 |
3 |
58.33 |
2009-05-07 |
156. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
64.82 |
0.9931 |
0.0002 |
339 |
6 |
59.55 |
2009-06-20 |
157. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
64.75 |
0.9880 |
-0.0045 |
199 |
3 |
59.38 |
2009-06-19 |
158. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
64.68 |
0.9852 |
0.0008 |
235 |
7 |
58.67 |
2009-07-03 |
159. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
64.68 |
1.0495 |
-0.0634 |
323 |
2 |
63.32 |
2009-04-29 |
160. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
64.66 |
1.0253 |
-0.0360 |
337 |
4 |
61.23 |
2009-06-25 |
161. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
64.63 |
0.9681 |
0.0234 |
392 |
6 |
59.72 |
2009-07-01 |
162. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
64.45 |
0.8778 |
0.1071 |
285 |
6 |
54.73 |
2009-06-25 |
163. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
64.44 |
0.8913 |
0.0932 |
201 |
5 |
59.73 |
2009-06-20 |
164. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
64.39 |
0.8172 |
0.1607 |
204 |
4 |
59.49 |
2009-06-20 |
165. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
64.37 |
0.9740 |
0.0112 |
371 |
3 |
61.80 |
2009-06-19 |
166. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
64.33 |
1.0135 |
-0.0289 |
358 |
6 |
56.65 |
2009-06-18 |
167. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
64.30 |
0.9963 |
-0.0179 |
274 |
3 |
60.63 |
2009-03-31 |
168. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
64.22 |
0.9162 |
0.0646 |
401 |
3 |
62.16 |
2009-05-11 |
169. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
64.20 |
1.0234 |
-0.0400 |
392 |
7 |
61.65 |
2009-07-01 |
170. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
64.18 |
0.9359 |
0.0438 |
355 |
4 |
60.07 |
2009-07-01 |
171. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
64.03 |
0.9842 |
-0.0053 |
335 |
6 |
59.44 |
2009-06-25 |
172. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
63.96 |
0.9068 |
0.0669 |
212 |
8 |
55.52 |
2009-03-28 |
173. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
63.88 |
1.0189 |
-0.0451 |
290 |
6 |
56.79 |
2009-03-18 |
174. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
63.84 |
0.9609 |
0.0177 |
331 |
6 |
55.55 |
2009-05-07 |
175. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
63.84 |
0.9299 |
0.0355 |
168 |
4 |
52.67 |
2009-05-15 |
176. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
63.83 |
1.0227 |
-0.0430 |
378 |
10 |
59.19 |
2009-08-12 |
177. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
63.82 |
0.9119 |
0.0658 |
396 |
3 |
57.96 |
2009-03-28 |
178. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
63.74 |
1.0082 |
-0.0410 |
212 |
5 |
61.58 |
2009-05-02 |
179. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
63.67 |
1.0006 |
-0.0295 |
311 |
3 |
59.52 |
2009-06-25 |
180. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
63.40 |
1.0334 |
-0.0670 |
261 |
2 |
58.79 |
2009-03-04 |
181. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
63.36 |
0.9346 |
0.0289 |
211 |
4 |
58.74 |
2009-07-01 |
182. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
63.32 |
0.9745 |
-0.0066 |
388 |
3 |
58.75 |
2009-06-25 |
183. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
63.27 |
0.9727 |
-0.0010 |
442 |
2 |
62.48 |
2009-03-17 |
184. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
63.23 |
0.8986 |
0.0641 |
205 |
3 |
57.49 |
2009-06-19 |
185. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
63.20 |
1.0479 |
-0.0856 |
205 |
3 |
62.07 |
2009-06-19 |
186. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
63.19 |
0.9704 |
-0.0066 |
254 |
5 |
60.25 |
2009-05-11 |
187. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
63.16 |
1.0607 |
-0.0946 |
357 |
2 |
62.95 |
2009-05-06 |
188. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
63.00 |
0.9012 |
0.0632 |
322 |
3 |
58.89 |
2009-06-19 |
189. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
62.94 |
0.9583 |
0.0021 |
237 |
4 |
59.24 |
2010-04-22 |
190. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
62.92 |
0.9422 |
0.0123 |
190 |
3 |
52.11 |
2009-05-15 |
191. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
62.84 |
0.9933 |
-0.0275 |
450 |
3 |
61.04 |
2009-05-11 |
192. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
62.80 |
0.9917 |
-0.0318 |
317 |
3 |
59.50 |
2009-03-31 |
193. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
62.79 |
0.9890 |
-0.0275 |
272 |
6 |
53.61 |
2009-06-19 |
194. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
62.60 |
0.8986 |
0.0611 |
363 |
4 |
59.42 |
2009-05-12 |
195. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
62.59 |
0.9468 |
0.0076 |
318 |
4 |
59.01 |
2009-03-28 |
196. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
62.48 |
1.0615 |
-0.1116 |
201 |
2 |
61.52 |
2009-06-19 |
197. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
62.42 |
1.0521 |
-0.1057 |
197 |
2 |
54.93 |
2009-03-18 |
198. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
62.32 |
0.9931 |
-0.0466 |
218 |
2 |
58.13 |
2009-03-04 |
199. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
62.30 |
0.9948 |
-0.0458 |
233 |
1 |
62.30 |
2009-03-16 |
200. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
62.19 |
0.9425 |
0.0066 |
248 |
6 |
57.15 |
2009-03-31 |
201. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
61.98 |
0.8830 |
0.0647 |
300 |
3 |
55.44 |
2009-03-18 |
202. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
61.93 |
0.9909 |
-0.0426 |
334 |
5 |
59.14 |
2009-03-25 |
203. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
61.91 |
1.0181 |
-0.0727 |
276 |
2 |
60.69 |
2009-06-25 |
204. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
61.70 |
1.1086 |
-0.1673 |
233 |
3 |
57.86 |
2009-06-25 |
205. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
61.68 |
0.9143 |
0.0273 |
300 |
5 |
55.54 |
2009-04-29 |
206. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
61.61 |
0.9909 |
-0.0468 |
293 |
5 |
59.67 |
2009-07-01 |
207. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
61.60 |
0.9713 |
-0.0333 |
193 |
3 |
56.07 |
2009-03-16 |
208. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
61.55 |
0.9332 |
0.0068 |
295 |
3 |
54.73 |
2009-05-11 |
209. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
61.48 |
0.9029 |
0.0373 |
393 |
3 |
58.87 |
2009-05-06 |
210. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
61.45 |
1.0628 |
-0.1237 |
363 |
3 |
59.22 |
2009-02-27 |
211. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
61.36 |
1.0194 |
-0.0858 |
224 |
3 |
55.96 |
2009-03-28 |
212. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
61.31 |
0.9869 |
-0.0556 |
193 |
3 |
51.74 |
2009-06-19 |
213. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
61.28 |
0.9768 |
-0.0410 |
237 |
1 |
61.28 |
2009-02-13 |
214. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
61.26 |
1.0035 |
-0.0687 |
310 |
3 |
59.04 |
2009-02-22 |
215. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
61.18 |
0.9957 |
-0.0630 |
323 |
2 |
57.40 |
2009-06-25 |
216. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
61.10 |
0.9352 |
-0.0046 |
194 |
2 |
58.41 |
2009-07-01 |
217. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
61.10 |
0.9271 |
0.0071 |
323 |
4 |
54.48 |
2009-06-19 |
218. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
60.89 |
0.9538 |
-0.0255 |
276 |
5 |
57.96 |
2009-07-01 |
219. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
60.88 |
1.0867 |
-0.1628 |
171 |
3 |
57.56 |
2009-06-19 |
220. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
60.86 |
0.9380 |
-0.0115 |
284 |
2 |
56.48 |
2009-03-30 |
221. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
60.66 |
0.9631 |
-0.0387 |
273 |
4 |
58.70 |
2009-06-25 |
222. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
60.58 |
1.0419 |
-0.1151 |
341 |
2 |
56.01 |
2009-03-17 |
223. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
60.46 |
0.9841 |
-0.0638 |
263 |
2 |
54.40 |
2009-03-28 |
224. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
60.39 |
0.9011 |
0.0229 |
322 |
5 |
56.95 |
2009-07-01 |
225. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
60.38 |
1.0686 |
-0.1444 |
354 |
3 |
56.75 |
2009-03-20 |
226. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
60.38 |
0.9673 |
-0.0445 |
292 |
3 |
58.57 |
2009-06-20 |
227. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
59.98 |
0.9927 |
-0.0776 |
276 |
2 |
59.75 |
2009-03-04 |
228. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
59.96 |
1.0101 |
-0.0941 |
336 |
1 |
59.96 |
2009-02-15 |
229. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
59.94 |
0.9101 |
0.0077 |
351 |
3 |
56.35 |
2009-05-14 |
230. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
59.86 |
0.9957 |
-0.0790 |
323 |
2 |
59.44 |
2009-03-25 |
231. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
59.83 |
0.8656 |
0.0478 |
242 |
5 |
56.30 |
2009-08-22 |
232. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
59.81 |
0.9927 |
-0.0841 |
234 |
2 |
57.13 |
2009-06-25 |
233. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
59.75 |
0.9673 |
-0.0524 |
393 |
2 |
57.07 |
2009-05-11 |
234. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
59.69 |
0.9836 |
-0.0734 |
289 |
2 |
55.56 |
2009-04-06 |
235. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
59.67 |
0.9839 |
-0.0744 |
308 |
4 |
55.13 |
2009-06-19 |
236. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
59.67 |
0.9763 |
-0.0671 |
143 |
3 |
58.65 |
2009-02-27 |
237. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
59.52 |
0.9594 |
-0.0538 |
258 |
1 |
59.52 |
2009-03-04 |
238. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
59.47 |
1.0333 |
-0.1317 |
176 |
1 |
59.47 |
2009-03-12 |
239. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
59.19 |
1.0427 |
-0.1394 |
269 |
1 |
59.19 |
2009-02-22 |
240. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
59.07 |
0.9866 |
-0.0857 |
308 |
2 |
57.66 |
2009-03-04 |
241. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
59.05 |
1.0125 |
-0.1172 |
171 |
2 |
55.09 |
2009-06-19 |
242. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
58.96 |
0.9561 |
-0.0557 |
362 |
2 |
58.18 |
2009-03-20 |
243. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
58.91 |
0.9357 |
-0.0398 |
204 |
5 |
52.65 |
2009-04-06 |
244. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
58.84 |
0.9265 |
-0.0306 |
254 |
2 |
56.26 |
2009-05-14 |
245. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
58.81 |
0.9503 |
-0.0605 |
211 |
2 |
58.52 |
2009-04-06 |
246. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
58.55 |
1.0060 |
-0.1127 |
225 |
2 |
58.41 |
2009-02-08 |
247. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
58.39 |
0.8964 |
-0.0092 |
199 |
1 |
58.39 |
2009-03-20 |
248. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
58.08 |
1.0370 |
-0.1519 |
262 |
1 |
58.08 |
2009-03-30 |
249. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
58.05 |
1.0529 |
-0.1654 |
373 |
1 |
58.05 |
2009-05-06 |
250. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
57.98 |
0.9849 |
-0.0999 |
337 |
4 |
53.90 |
2009-06-19 |
251. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
57.88 |
0.9709 |
-0.0899 |
264 |
4 |
56.49 |
2009-04-06 |
252. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
57.84 |
0.8993 |
-0.0148 |
366 |
1 |
57.84 |
2009-03-28 |
253. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
57.84 |
0.9801 |
-0.0987 |
289 |
1 |
57.84 |
2009-03-16 |
254. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
57.68 |
0.9685 |
-0.0886 |
304 |
1 |
57.68 |
2009-01-31 |
255. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
57.67 |
0.9183 |
-0.0384 |
308 |
4 |
53.05 |
2009-05-12 |
256. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
57.62 |
0.9885 |
-0.1101 |
355 |
3 |
55.07 |
2009-06-19 |
257. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
57.23 |
0.9678 |
-0.0912 |
392 |
1 |
57.23 |
2009-02-16 |
258. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
56.62 |
0.9621 |
-0.0968 |
212 |
1 |
56.62 |
2009-01-31 |
259. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
56.49 |
1.0351 |
-0.1703 |
276 |
1 |
56.49 |
2009-01-31 |
260. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
55.90 |
0.9451 |
-0.0853 |
419 |
4 |
55.60 |
2009-03-20 |
261. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
55.20 |
0.9500 |
-0.1072 |
287 |
2 |
53.31 |
2009-02-13 |
262. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
55.15 |
0.9424 |
-0.0995 |
320 |
2 |
55.02 |
2009-05-12 |
263. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
55.15 |
0.8887 |
-0.0344 |
464 |
2 |
55.03 |
2009-04-29 |
264. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
54.85 |
0.9228 |
-0.0825 |
305 |
1 |
54.85 |
2009-05-07 |
265. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
54.41 |
0.9922 |
-0.1626 |
264 |
1 |
54.41 |
2009-02-25 |
266. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
54.23 |
0.7923 |
0.0345 |
316 |
5 |
47.15 |
2009-05-12 |
267. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
53.36 |
0.9736 |
-0.1536 |
378 |
1 |
53.36 |
2009-02-27 |
268. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
53.27 |
1.0487 |
-0.2394 |
253 |
1 |
53.27 |
2009-03-17 |
269. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
52.40 |
1.0165 |
-0.2192 |
316 |
1 |
52.40 |
2009-02-14 |
270. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
52.39 |
0.8572 |
-0.0609 |
232 |
1 |
52.39 |
2009-01-31 |
271. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
50.37 |
0.8880 |
-0.1209 |
296 |
1 |
50.37 |
2009-01-31 |
272. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
50.06 |
0.8845 |
-0.1210 |
239 |
1 |
50.06 |
2009-01-31 |
273. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
46.39 |
0.8959 |
-0.1846 |
328 |
1 |
46.39 |
2009-01-28 |
274. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
36.42 |
0.8988 |
-0.3459 |
216 |
1 |
36.42 |
2009-02-14 |