| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
168.26 |
1.0800 |
0.2027 |
129 |
3 |
132.66 |
2008-10-18 |
| 2. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
165.47 |
1.0877 |
0.1771 |
129 |
4 |
135.19 |
2008-11-15 |
| 3. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
164.56 |
1.0672 |
0.1928 |
239 |
7 |
138.66 |
2009-07-12 |
| 4. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
160.90 |
1.0845 |
0.1474 |
212 |
1 |
160.90 |
2009-07-18 |
| 5. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
158.56 |
1.0600 |
0.1553 |
351 |
7 |
124.86 |
2009-07-17 |
| 6. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
156.22 |
1.0479 |
0.1474 |
205 |
5 |
132.63 |
2009-07-18 |
| 7. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
153.01 |
1.0042 |
0.1642 |
168 |
6 |
123.80 |
2009-07-18 |
| 8. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
153.00 |
1.0628 |
0.1113 |
363 |
7 |
129.70 |
2009-07-16 |
| 9. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
152.39 |
1.0540 |
0.1084 |
184 |
9 |
126.67 |
2009-07-20 |
| 10. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
151.78 |
1.0639 |
0.0999 |
303 |
6 |
125.91 |
2008-10-11 |
| 11. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
151.30 |
1.0432 |
0.1164 |
276 |
5 |
131.71 |
2009-07-17 |
| 12. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
151.09 |
1.0125 |
0.1400 |
171 |
3 |
129.44 |
2012-07-28 |
| 13. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
150.73 |
1.1070 |
0.0466 |
265 |
3 |
142.21 |
2008-10-02 |
| 14. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
150.49 |
1.0291 |
0.1216 |
240 |
3 |
136.94 |
2009-07-18 |
| 15. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
149.47 |
0.9981 |
0.1460 |
211 |
5 |
123.47 |
2009-07-12 |
| 16. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
149.40 |
1.0960 |
0.0525 |
315 |
6 |
136.55 |
2009-07-20 |
| 17. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
149.09 |
0.9880 |
0.1498 |
199 |
3 |
123.49 |
2008-10-13 |
| 18. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
147.93 |
1.0576 |
0.0727 |
231 |
5 |
127.23 |
2008-10-28 |
| 19. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
147.69 |
1.0865 |
0.0445 |
237 |
4 |
137.88 |
2008-10-13 |
| 20. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
147.49 |
1.0403 |
0.0877 |
234 |
5 |
124.92 |
2008-10-28 |
| 21. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
146.74 |
1.0419 |
0.0851 |
341 |
1 |
146.74 |
2009-07-16 |
| 22. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
146.13 |
1.0181 |
0.1024 |
276 |
9 |
114.70 |
2009-07-16 |
| 23. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
145.87 |
1.0800 |
0.0343 |
213 |
4 |
141.57 |
2012-07-29 |
| 24. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
145.83 |
1.0128 |
0.1109 |
369 |
7 |
124.35 |
2008-11-09 |
| 25. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
145.79 |
1.0250 |
0.0945 |
271 |
5 |
131.13 |
2008-11-01 |
| 26. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
145.66 |
0.9332 |
0.1838 |
295 |
6 |
128.27 |
2009-07-16 |
| 27. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
145.10 |
1.0529 |
0.0610 |
373 |
7 |
121.96 |
2009-07-20 |
| 28. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
144.99 |
0.9632 |
0.1485 |
287 |
5 |
130.15 |
2009-07-18 |
| 29. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
144.94 |
0.9299 |
0.1718 |
168 |
5 |
118.76 |
2009-07-18 |
| 30. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
144.65 |
1.0079 |
0.0989 |
273 |
9 |
126.29 |
2009-07-16 |
| 31. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
144.10 |
1.0270 |
0.0772 |
303 |
4 |
125.91 |
2008-10-07 |
| 32. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
143.87 |
1.0777 |
0.0220 |
226 |
6 |
128.59 |
2009-07-13 |
| 33. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
143.76 |
1.0601 |
0.0377 |
256 |
6 |
127.42 |
2008-10-26 |
| 34. |
I don't want to go in there. He's a dangerous bastard. Taken... |
143.70 |
0.9353 |
0.1722 |
174 |
4 |
120.31 |
2008-09-23 |
| 35. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
143.69 |
0.9864 |
0.1178 |
292 |
1 |
143.69 |
2008-10-04 |
| 36. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
143.53 |
0.9869 |
0.1087 |
193 |
5 |
112.65 |
2012-07-28 |
| 37. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
143.46 |
1.0338 |
0.0702 |
277 |
1 |
143.46 |
2011-03-19 |
| 38. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
142.95 |
1.0418 |
0.0537 |
214 |
2 |
121.57 |
2012-07-28 |
| 39. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
142.69 |
1.0414 |
0.0504 |
234 |
6 |
129.82 |
2008-11-14 |
| 40. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
142.66 |
0.9631 |
0.1289 |
273 |
8 |
124.46 |
2008-10-27 |
| 41. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
142.58 |
0.9801 |
0.1115 |
289 |
10 |
120.30 |
2012-07-28 |
| 42. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
141.94 |
1.0557 |
0.0325 |
289 |
5 |
128.13 |
2009-07-16 |
| 43. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
141.79 |
0.9890 |
0.1007 |
272 |
1 |
141.79 |
2008-10-16 |
| 44. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
141.39 |
0.9604 |
0.1202 |
285 |
4 |
126.89 |
2009-07-20 |
| 45. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
141.37 |
0.9609 |
0.1265 |
331 |
7 |
113.13 |
2012-07-28 |
| 46. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
141.26 |
1.0464 |
0.0403 |
294 |
5 |
128.69 |
2009-07-18 |
| 47. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
141.15 |
1.0873 |
-0.0094 |
243 |
7 |
122.74 |
2008-11-04 |
| 48. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
140.92 |
1.0020 |
0.0892 |
411 |
1 |
140.92 |
2012-07-28 |
| 49. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
140.89 |
0.9756 |
0.1026 |
223 |
6 |
112.92 |
2008-10-25 |
| 50. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
140.60 |
1.0506 |
0.0256 |
259 |
2 |
128.27 |
2008-10-28 |
| 51. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
140.52 |
0.9680 |
0.1081 |
256 |
12 |
116.95 |
2009-07-12 |
| 52. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
140.50 |
1.0543 |
0.0183 |
182 |
3 |
128.19 |
2009-07-18 |
| 53. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
140.27 |
1.0567 |
0.0171 |
314 |
5 |
125.57 |
2012-07-28 |
| 54. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
140.19 |
1.0461 |
0.0296 |
318 |
6 |
126.62 |
2009-07-20 |
| 55. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
140.17 |
0.9974 |
0.0720 |
163 |
3 |
133.94 |
2008-10-04 |
| 56. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
139.71 |
1.0669 |
0.0061 |
379 |
10 |
130.02 |
2008-12-18 |
| 57. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
139.46 |
1.0189 |
0.0484 |
290 |
6 |
128.88 |
2008-11-01 |
| 58. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
139.36 |
1.0498 |
0.0185 |
261 |
3 |
121.36 |
2009-07-16 |
| 59. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
139.34 |
1.0033 |
0.0639 |
203 |
2 |
129.47 |
2008-11-14 |
| 60. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
139.32 |
0.8437 |
0.2224 |
268 |
9 |
118.93 |
2009-07-16 |
| 61. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
139.29 |
1.0234 |
0.0473 |
392 |
5 |
123.91 |
2009-07-20 |
| 62. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
139.16 |
0.9704 |
0.0952 |
254 |
5 |
127.16 |
2008-11-05 |
| 63. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
138.88 |
1.0743 |
-0.0098 |
297 |
9 |
120.32 |
2008-11-05 |
| 64. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
138.63 |
1.0638 |
-0.0043 |
247 |
4 |
131.69 |
2008-10-12 |
| 65. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
138.59 |
1.0450 |
0.0215 |
358 |
5 |
124.56 |
2008-10-11 |
| 66. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
138.49 |
1.0362 |
0.0305 |
437 |
3 |
129.74 |
2008-10-04 |
| 67. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
138.44 |
1.0101 |
0.0517 |
336 |
7 |
118.32 |
2008-12-18 |
| 68. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
138.20 |
1.0676 |
-0.0048 |
456 |
10 |
121.62 |
2009-07-18 |
| 69. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
138.12 |
0.8913 |
0.1677 |
201 |
7 |
122.84 |
2009-07-20 |
| 70. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
138.01 |
1.0227 |
0.0401 |
378 |
8 |
118.43 |
2008-11-02 |
| 71. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
137.96 |
1.0387 |
0.0218 |
333 |
1 |
137.96 |
2009-07-16 |
| 72. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
137.86 |
1.0736 |
-0.0155 |
350 |
3 |
125.97 |
2008-10-19 |
| 73. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
137.82 |
0.9787 |
0.0799 |
364 |
3 |
132.03 |
2009-07-20 |
| 74. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
137.29 |
1.0320 |
0.0252 |
401 |
3 |
131.95 |
2008-10-27 |
| 75. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
136.90 |
1.0867 |
-0.0430 |
171 |
6 |
121.99 |
2009-07-18 |
| 76. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
136.86 |
1.0283 |
0.0261 |
272 |
1 |
136.86 |
2012-07-29 |
| 77. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
136.55 |
0.9265 |
0.1179 |
254 |
8 |
118.95 |
2008-11-09 |
| 78. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
136.40 |
0.9931 |
0.0557 |
339 |
5 |
111.33 |
2008-10-14 |
| 79. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
135.99 |
1.0334 |
0.0071 |
261 |
6 |
118.70 |
2009-07-18 |
| 80. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
135.71 |
1.0588 |
-0.0197 |
281 |
2 |
130.32 |
2012-07-28 |
| 81. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
135.55 |
0.9763 |
0.0609 |
143 |
6 |
120.21 |
2009-07-20 |
| 82. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
135.54 |
1.0301 |
0.0063 |
268 |
2 |
122.05 |
2012-07-28 |
| 83. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
135.38 |
1.0178 |
0.0169 |
207 |
3 |
128.12 |
2009-07-16 |
| 84. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
135.36 |
0.9681 |
0.0738 |
392 |
3 |
123.63 |
2008-10-26 |
| 85. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
135.25 |
1.0208 |
0.0145 |
231 |
3 |
123.06 |
2009-07-16 |
| 86. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
135.10 |
0.9931 |
0.0373 |
218 |
12 |
115.41 |
2009-07-20 |
| 87. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
135.07 |
1.0035 |
0.0312 |
310 |
4 |
122.66 |
2012-07-29 |
| 88. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
134.96 |
1.0094 |
0.0239 |
256 |
5 |
117.09 |
2008-10-16 |
| 89. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
134.84 |
0.9012 |
0.1346 |
322 |
4 |
121.54 |
2009-07-12 |
| 90. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
134.80 |
1.0901 |
-0.0561 |
288 |
8 |
127.31 |
2008-11-05 |
| 91. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
134.75 |
1.0265 |
0.0088 |
375 |
3 |
128.25 |
2009-07-18 |
| 92. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
134.69 |
0.9673 |
0.0660 |
292 |
6 |
129.95 |
2009-07-17 |
| 93. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
134.69 |
1.0466 |
-0.0159 |
230 |
4 |
126.86 |
2008-11-01 |
| 94. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
134.17 |
1.0028 |
0.0232 |
259 |
6 |
117.02 |
2008-10-28 |
| 95. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
134.14 |
0.9451 |
0.0897 |
419 |
6 |
117.52 |
2009-07-20 |
| 96. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
133.95 |
1.0103 |
0.0094 |
209 |
7 |
117.55 |
2012-07-28 |
| 97. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
133.82 |
0.9332 |
0.0912 |
267 |
6 |
115.32 |
2009-07-18 |
| 98. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
133.77 |
1.1086 |
-0.0842 |
233 |
3 |
124.89 |
2012-07-28 |
| 99. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
133.35 |
0.9392 |
0.0877 |
360 |
10 |
114.61 |
2008-12-14 |
| 100. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
133.26 |
1.0069 |
0.0165 |
242 |
1 |
133.26 |
2012-07-28 |
| 101. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
133.21 |
0.9726 |
0.0523 |
396 |
4 |
118.33 |
2008-10-26 |
| 102. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
133.18 |
0.9928 |
0.0261 |
293 |
5 |
114.26 |
2009-07-16 |
| 103. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
133.09 |
0.9966 |
0.0294 |
377 |
5 |
123.24 |
2009-07-20 |
| 104. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
133.06 |
0.9922 |
0.0270 |
264 |
11 |
116.84 |
2008-11-04 |
| 105. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
132.99 |
0.8880 |
0.1301 |
296 |
8 |
108.58 |
2008-12-14 |
| 106. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
132.80 |
0.9909 |
0.0296 |
334 |
2 |
120.84 |
2008-10-08 |
| 107. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
132.76 |
1.0130 |
0.0034 |
288 |
4 |
123.83 |
2008-12-14 |
| 108. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
132.76 |
0.9070 |
0.1045 |
192 |
5 |
107.95 |
2008-10-26 |
| 109. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
132.65 |
0.9740 |
0.0447 |
371 |
5 |
116.57 |
2012-07-28 |
| 110. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
132.39 |
1.0495 |
-0.0366 |
323 |
3 |
119.72 |
2008-10-26 |
| 111. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
132.37 |
0.9422 |
0.0660 |
190 |
5 |
112.39 |
2009-07-18 |
| 112. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
132.24 |
1.0165 |
-0.0050 |
316 |
2 |
116.66 |
2008-10-08 |
| 113. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
132.19 |
0.9424 |
0.0720 |
320 |
10 |
123.86 |
2008-11-16 |
| 114. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
132.17 |
1.0372 |
-0.0259 |
249 |
2 |
118.50 |
2009-07-16 |
| 115. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
132.15 |
1.0682 |
-0.0555 |
266 |
4 |
122.91 |
2009-07-18 |
| 116. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
132.08 |
0.9143 |
0.0977 |
300 |
5 |
115.24 |
2009-07-13 |
| 117. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
131.88 |
1.0341 |
-0.0252 |
273 |
4 |
127.91 |
2012-07-29 |
| 118. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
131.70 |
1.0487 |
-0.0428 |
253 |
3 |
120.01 |
2009-07-20 |
| 119. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
131.57 |
0.9745 |
0.0347 |
388 |
11 |
117.73 |
2012-07-28 |
| 120. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
131.56 |
1.0472 |
-0.0465 |
149 |
3 |
118.86 |
2009-07-16 |
| 121. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
131.44 |
0.9583 |
0.0483 |
237 |
10 |
113.28 |
2008-12-18 |
| 122. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
131.39 |
0.9866 |
0.0195 |
308 |
5 |
113.79 |
2008-10-13 |
| 123. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
131.39 |
1.0016 |
0.0025 |
217 |
2 |
124.23 |
2008-10-27 |
| 124. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
131.26 |
0.8986 |
0.1067 |
216 |
8 |
108.09 |
2008-11-15 |
| 125. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
131.22 |
1.0686 |
-0.0606 |
354 |
9 |
119.62 |
2008-11-09 |
| 126. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
131.19 |
1.0287 |
-0.0256 |
269 |
5 |
111.90 |
2012-07-28 |
| 127. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
131.02 |
0.9713 |
0.0302 |
193 |
4 |
120.69 |
2009-07-20 |
| 128. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
130.95 |
0.9810 |
0.0263 |
362 |
8 |
116.85 |
2009-07-16 |
| 129. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
130.82 |
0.9380 |
0.0618 |
284 |
6 |
113.26 |
2008-10-26 |
| 130. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
130.80 |
0.9841 |
0.0155 |
263 |
11 |
121.08 |
2008-11-15 |
| 131. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
130.71 |
1.0411 |
-0.0388 |
341 |
2 |
127.18 |
2008-10-12 |
| 132. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
130.68 |
0.9842 |
0.0182 |
335 |
6 |
112.99 |
2008-10-16 |
| 133. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
130.60 |
0.9857 |
0.0198 |
268 |
1 |
130.60 |
2012-07-28 |
| 134. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
130.50 |
1.1198 |
-0.1219 |
247 |
1 |
130.50 |
2012-07-28 |
| 135. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
130.37 |
0.9346 |
0.0604 |
211 |
6 |
118.73 |
2008-10-27 |
| 136. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
130.20 |
1.0404 |
-0.0390 |
406 |
5 |
124.28 |
2008-11-05 |
| 137. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
130.11 |
1.0561 |
-0.0621 |
227 |
2 |
123.79 |
2008-11-14 |
| 138. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
130.10 |
1.0481 |
-0.0600 |
255 |
8 |
115.20 |
2009-07-22 |
| 139. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
130.08 |
0.9114 |
0.0917 |
399 |
5 |
120.94 |
2008-11-09 |
| 140. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
129.90 |
0.9339 |
0.0661 |
317 |
3 |
121.06 |
2009-07-18 |
| 141. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
129.63 |
0.9917 |
0.0026 |
317 |
4 |
110.60 |
2012-07-28 |
| 142. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
129.57 |
0.9703 |
0.0280 |
394 |
8 |
111.19 |
2009-07-12 |
| 143. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
129.43 |
0.9996 |
-0.0015 |
483 |
3 |
125.95 |
2009-07-16 |
| 144. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
129.37 |
0.9068 |
0.0815 |
212 |
4 |
115.95 |
2012-07-28 |
| 145. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
129.22 |
0.9885 |
0.0072 |
469 |
6 |
117.90 |
2008-11-09 |
| 146. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
129.09 |
0.9101 |
0.0818 |
351 |
4 |
121.86 |
2008-11-01 |
| 147. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
129.07 |
0.9933 |
0.0019 |
450 |
3 |
118.36 |
2008-11-16 |
| 148. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
128.92 |
1.0106 |
-0.0249 |
302 |
7 |
117.38 |
2008-11-01 |
| 149. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
128.79 |
0.9839 |
0.0016 |
308 |
5 |
107.24 |
2008-10-19 |
| 150. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
128.56 |
0.8964 |
0.0846 |
199 |
5 |
113.38 |
2008-11-14 |
| 151. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
128.47 |
0.9884 |
-0.0027 |
267 |
5 |
120.71 |
2008-12-14 |
| 152. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
128.41 |
0.9658 |
0.0207 |
308 |
6 |
114.68 |
2012-07-29 |
| 153. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
128.26 |
1.0654 |
-0.0863 |
247 |
1 |
128.26 |
2012-07-28 |
| 154. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
128.13 |
0.9673 |
0.0172 |
393 |
5 |
120.59 |
2008-10-27 |
| 155. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
128.03 |
1.0333 |
-0.0586 |
176 |
4 |
113.11 |
2009-07-20 |
| 156. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
128.02 |
0.9468 |
0.0328 |
318 |
3 |
120.12 |
2012-07-29 |
| 157. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
128.02 |
0.9829 |
-0.0038 |
229 |
5 |
114.90 |
2012-07-29 |
| 158. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
127.93 |
1.0132 |
-0.0335 |
371 |
8 |
114.88 |
2012-07-29 |
| 159. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
127.76 |
1.0006 |
-0.0228 |
311 |
4 |
117.18 |
2012-07-28 |
| 160. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
127.66 |
1.0059 |
-0.0277 |
283 |
4 |
113.92 |
2009-07-16 |
| 161. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
127.66 |
0.9980 |
-0.0188 |
295 |
8 |
118.04 |
2012-07-28 |
| 162. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
127.57 |
0.9952 |
-0.0165 |
220 |
3 |
111.23 |
2008-11-01 |
| 163. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
127.49 |
0.9271 |
0.0482 |
295 |
5 |
119.52 |
2008-11-04 |
| 164. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
127.09 |
0.9644 |
0.0113 |
398 |
5 |
115.92 |
2008-11-15 |
| 165. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
127.08 |
0.9762 |
-0.0037 |
249 |
3 |
115.49 |
2008-11-17 |
| 166. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
127.07 |
0.9500 |
0.0241 |
287 |
2 |
118.91 |
2008-11-04 |
| 167. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
126.95 |
0.8993 |
0.0750 |
366 |
9 |
115.15 |
2009-07-20 |
| 168. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
126.35 |
0.9597 |
0.0074 |
251 |
6 |
112.40 |
2008-11-01 |
| 169. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
126.35 |
0.9503 |
0.0099 |
211 |
5 |
103.77 |
2012-07-28 |
| 170. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
126.19 |
0.9833 |
-0.0152 |
387 |
4 |
118.30 |
2008-10-18 |
| 171. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
126.17 |
1.0332 |
-0.0683 |
267 |
3 |
110.32 |
2012-07-29 |
| 172. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
126.11 |
0.9574 |
0.0108 |
354 |
5 |
116.41 |
2009-07-20 |
| 173. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
125.98 |
0.9243 |
0.0418 |
240 |
6 |
115.37 |
2009-07-16 |
| 174. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
125.98 |
0.8666 |
0.0949 |
206 |
6 |
106.79 |
2008-11-05 |
| 175. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
125.94 |
0.9836 |
-0.0198 |
289 |
4 |
117.73 |
2008-11-01 |
| 176. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
125.82 |
1.0264 |
-0.0678 |
191 |
2 |
123.25 |
2009-07-18 |
| 177. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
125.52 |
0.9400 |
0.0231 |
434 |
2 |
113.93 |
2008-10-10 |
| 178. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
125.51 |
1.0351 |
-0.0708 |
276 |
3 |
115.08 |
2009-07-20 |
| 179. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
125.10 |
0.9029 |
0.0571 |
393 |
4 |
113.52 |
2012-07-28 |
| 180. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
125.02 |
0.9271 |
0.0321 |
323 |
5 |
109.37 |
2008-10-07 |
| 181. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
125.00 |
0.9957 |
-0.0394 |
323 |
5 |
120.68 |
2009-07-20 |
| 182. |
Finally, gentlemen, there are people with an hereditary anim... |
124.81 |
0.9346 |
0.0312 |
471 |
1 |
124.81 |
2012-07-28 |
| 183. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
124.57 |
0.9359 |
0.0180 |
355 |
5 |
114.16 |
2009-07-13 |
| 184. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
124.56 |
1.0476 |
-0.1039 |
110 |
8 |
105.76 |
2009-07-20 |
| 185. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
124.50 |
0.9719 |
-0.0121 |
383 |
4 |
114.62 |
2009-07-20 |
| 186. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
124.39 |
1.0082 |
-0.0614 |
212 |
2 |
121.54 |
2009-07-20 |
| 187. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
124.38 |
1.0135 |
-0.0585 |
358 |
5 |
117.12 |
2009-07-16 |
| 188. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
124.34 |
1.0267 |
-0.0722 |
261 |
2 |
114.85 |
2008-10-07 |
| 189. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
124.33 |
0.9519 |
0.0033 |
323 |
4 |
113.57 |
2009-07-18 |
| 190. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
124.28 |
0.9909 |
-0.0353 |
293 |
3 |
111.17 |
2008-12-14 |
| 191. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
124.25 |
0.9541 |
-0.0028 |
236 |
5 |
107.62 |
2008-11-14 |
| 192. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
124.02 |
1.0095 |
-0.0619 |
211 |
2 |
110.03 |
2008-11-15 |
| 193. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
123.94 |
1.0060 |
-0.0570 |
225 |
2 |
115.99 |
2008-11-15 |
| 194. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
123.65 |
0.9403 |
0.0145 |
307 |
1 |
123.65 |
2012-07-28 |
| 195. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
123.64 |
0.8656 |
0.0816 |
242 |
6 |
107.13 |
2009-07-18 |
| 196. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
123.61 |
0.9927 |
-0.0463 |
276 |
6 |
113.35 |
2012-07-28 |
| 197. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
123.56 |
0.9780 |
-0.0388 |
173 |
1 |
123.56 |
2008-09-28 |
| 198. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
123.54 |
1.0607 |
-0.1126 |
357 |
3 |
123.18 |
2008-10-26 |
| 199. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
123.49 |
1.1093 |
-0.1700 |
220 |
3 |
115.81 |
2008-11-05 |
| 200. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
123.48 |
0.9538 |
-0.0092 |
276 |
6 |
118.13 |
2008-10-25 |
| 201. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
123.30 |
0.8794 |
0.0706 |
427 |
3 |
117.02 |
2008-11-16 |
| 202. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
123.14 |
0.9284 |
0.0175 |
346 |
2 |
119.56 |
2008-11-01 |
| 203. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
123.05 |
1.0582 |
-0.1198 |
180 |
1 |
123.05 |
2008-11-01 |
| 204. |
Aztec rule was based upon a system of tribute and fear over ... |
122.93 |
0.9309 |
0.0198 |
376 |
1 |
122.93 |
2012-07-28 |
| 205. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
122.85 |
1.0881 |
-0.1521 |
210 |
5 |
108.63 |
2008-10-14 |
| 206. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
122.78 |
0.9561 |
-0.0151 |
362 |
3 |
118.94 |
2012-07-28 |
| 207. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
122.61 |
1.0197 |
-0.0834 |
204 |
4 |
114.41 |
2008-10-08 |
| 208. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
122.55 |
0.9957 |
-0.0541 |
323 |
4 |
113.29 |
2009-07-16 |
| 209. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
122.53 |
1.0272 |
-0.0918 |
226 |
4 |
105.94 |
2012-07-28 |
| 210. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
122.49 |
1.0125 |
-0.0768 |
232 |
4 |
115.74 |
2009-07-20 |
| 211. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
122.25 |
0.9930 |
-0.0487 |
350 |
1 |
122.25 |
2012-07-29 |
| 212. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
121.69 |
1.0057 |
-0.0718 |
382 |
6 |
116.22 |
2008-11-15 |
| 213. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
121.62 |
1.0615 |
-0.1340 |
201 |
6 |
97.57 |
2008-11-16 |
| 214. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
121.61 |
0.9402 |
-0.0117 |
310 |
7 |
113.16 |
2008-11-15 |
| 215. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
121.44 |
0.9727 |
-0.0369 |
442 |
2 |
119.17 |
2008-11-01 |
| 216. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
121.32 |
0.9709 |
-0.0440 |
264 |
3 |
108.82 |
2008-10-28 |
| 217. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
121.24 |
0.9206 |
0.0074 |
317 |
6 |
117.32 |
2009-07-20 |
| 218. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
121.03 |
0.8887 |
0.0511 |
464 |
4 |
116.64 |
2008-11-01 |
| 219. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
121.00 |
0.9524 |
-0.0110 |
410 |
1 |
121.00 |
2012-07-29 |
| 220. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
120.95 |
0.9852 |
-0.0605 |
235 |
1 |
120.95 |
2009-07-16 |
| 221. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
120.74 |
0.9162 |
0.0087 |
401 |
4 |
108.48 |
2008-12-18 |
| 222. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
120.69 |
1.0471 |
-0.1116 |
406 |
1 |
120.69 |
2012-07-29 |
| 223. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
120.69 |
0.9434 |
-0.0156 |
367 |
5 |
113.44 |
2012-07-29 |
| 224. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
120.32 |
0.9698 |
-0.0443 |
389 |
5 |
111.00 |
2009-07-13 |
| 225. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
119.84 |
0.9927 |
-0.0792 |
234 |
6 |
101.93 |
2008-10-25 |
| 226. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
119.82 |
1.0199 |
-0.1071 |
225 |
3 |
106.38 |
2009-07-20 |
| 227. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
119.78 |
1.0590 |
-0.1438 |
250 |
3 |
107.75 |
2008-11-01 |
| 228. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
119.52 |
0.9841 |
-0.0731 |
217 |
9 |
105.60 |
2009-07-18 |
| 229. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
119.40 |
0.9228 |
-0.0049 |
305 |
6 |
102.24 |
2008-10-17 |
| 230. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
119.34 |
0.8172 |
0.0914 |
204 |
4 |
104.70 |
2008-10-28 |
| 231. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
119.29 |
0.9145 |
0.0015 |
404 |
5 |
109.97 |
2009-07-12 |
| 232. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
119.24 |
0.9135 |
0.0074 |
393 |
7 |
107.19 |
2012-07-28 |
| 233. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
119.24 |
1.0279 |
-0.1215 |
172 |
4 |
105.28 |
2008-11-01 |
| 234. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
118.97 |
0.9119 |
0.0025 |
396 |
1 |
118.97 |
2008-10-27 |
| 235. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
118.80 |
0.9915 |
-0.0837 |
281 |
3 |
114.53 |
2008-10-09 |
| 236. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
118.79 |
0.9027 |
0.0025 |
189 |
3 |
106.15 |
2008-10-17 |
| 237. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
118.63 |
0.8936 |
0.0127 |
346 |
2 |
106.99 |
2008-10-05 |
| 238. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
118.33 |
0.9183 |
-0.0123 |
308 |
7 |
105.28 |
2009-07-18 |
| 239. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
118.28 |
0.8778 |
0.0287 |
285 |
12 |
109.02 |
2009-07-16 |
| 240. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
117.90 |
0.8986 |
0.0015 |
205 |
5 |
106.85 |
2009-07-18 |
| 241. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
117.85 |
0.9678 |
-0.0621 |
392 |
5 |
111.88 |
2008-11-04 |
| 242. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
117.80 |
0.9479 |
-0.0452 |
317 |
4 |
108.24 |
2009-07-18 |
| 243. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
117.57 |
1.0427 |
-0.1425 |
269 |
1 |
117.57 |
2009-07-20 |
| 244. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
117.49 |
0.9357 |
-0.0392 |
204 |
4 |
107.61 |
2008-12-14 |
| 245. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
117.17 |
0.9594 |
-0.0650 |
258 |
3 |
112.25 |
2009-07-12 |
| 246. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
117.09 |
0.9352 |
-0.0407 |
194 |
5 |
104.39 |
2008-12-18 |
| 247. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
117.06 |
0.9650 |
-0.0670 |
347 |
5 |
109.97 |
2008-10-13 |
| 248. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
116.98 |
1.0511 |
-0.1546 |
252 |
1 |
116.98 |
2008-10-12 |
| 249. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
116.96 |
0.9128 |
-0.0210 |
237 |
4 |
111.20 |
2012-07-28 |
| 250. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
116.87 |
0.9011 |
-0.0040 |
322 |
3 |
110.40 |
2008-10-07 |
| 251. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
116.83 |
0.8830 |
0.0131 |
300 |
8 |
107.85 |
2012-07-28 |
| 252. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
116.53 |
0.9849 |
-0.0924 |
337 |
3 |
110.12 |
2009-07-12 |
| 253. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
116.45 |
0.9885 |
-0.0978 |
355 |
4 |
111.07 |
2009-07-12 |
| 254. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
116.26 |
0.9807 |
-0.1031 |
129 |
6 |
104.64 |
2009-07-18 |
| 255. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
115.80 |
0.9779 |
-0.0938 |
255 |
1 |
115.80 |
2008-10-04 |
| 256. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
114.73 |
0.9329 |
-0.0411 |
345 |
1 |
114.73 |
2012-07-28 |
| 257. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
114.70 |
1.0018 |
-0.1243 |
246 |
2 |
106.01 |
2008-11-02 |
| 258. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
113.80 |
0.9636 |
-0.0948 |
281 |
5 |
111.63 |
2008-11-02 |
| 259. |
I often see racers, particularly at the back of the pack in ... |
113.79 |
0.9960 |
-0.1136 |
469 |
1 |
113.79 |
2012-07-28 |
| 260. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
113.57 |
1.0543 |
-0.1835 |
360 |
1 |
113.57 |
2008-10-01 |
| 261. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
111.78 |
0.8624 |
-0.0124 |
174 |
4 |
106.00 |
2009-07-20 |
| 262. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
111.30 |
1.0426 |
-0.1956 |
131 |
1 |
111.30 |
2008-10-10 |
| 263. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
110.13 |
0.9108 |
-0.0689 |
235 |
4 |
104.01 |
2008-10-25 |
| 264. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
108.54 |
0.9963 |
-0.1690 |
274 |
1 |
108.54 |
2009-07-20 |
| 265. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
108.14 |
0.9765 |
-0.1506 |
269 |
2 |
106.33 |
2009-07-20 |
| 266. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
107.88 |
0.9657 |
-0.1297 |
424 |
1 |
107.88 |
2011-03-20 |
| 267. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
107.39 |
1.0462 |
-0.2223 |
340 |
1 |
107.39 |
2008-09-26 |
| 268. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
105.60 |
0.9425 |
-0.1347 |
248 |
3 |
100.59 |
2008-12-18 |
| 269. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
104.91 |
0.9736 |
-0.1647 |
378 |
2 |
104.51 |
2008-10-15 |
| 270. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
104.33 |
0.7923 |
0.0056 |
316 |
4 |
98.94 |
2008-11-01 |
| 271. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
102.44 |
1.0036 |
-0.2198 |
277 |
1 |
102.44 |
2009-07-13 |
| 272. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
102.07 |
1.0086 |
-0.2330 |
218 |
2 |
98.48 |
2008-11-04 |
| 273. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
101.60 |
0.8986 |
-0.1173 |
363 |
1 |
101.60 |
2008-11-09 |
| 274. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
100.74 |
0.9136 |
-0.1406 |
348 |
1 |
100.74 |
2009-07-20 |
| 275. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
100.23 |
0.9827 |
-0.2161 |
314 |
1 |
100.23 |
2008-10-05 |
| 276. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
95.10 |
1.0755 |
-0.3487 |
243 |
1 |
95.10 |
2012-07-28 |
| 277. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
94.00 |
1.0253 |
-0.3046 |
337 |
1 |
94.00 |
2009-07-12 |
| 278. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
90.59 |
0.9948 |
-0.3044 |
233 |
1 |
90.59 |
2008-10-09 |