Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
55.48 |
1.0472 |
0.2143 |
149 |
2 |
52.25 |
2008-12-15 |
2. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
54.88 |
1.0865 |
0.1674 |
237 |
5 |
47.29 |
2008-12-15 |
3. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
53.55 |
1.0873 |
0.1332 |
243 |
3 |
49.77 |
2008-12-12 |
4. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
53.14 |
1.0590 |
0.1540 |
250 |
5 |
41.95 |
2008-12-14 |
5. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
53.09 |
1.0639 |
0.1502 |
303 |
5 |
41.65 |
2008-12-16 |
6. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
52.96 |
1.0877 |
0.1189 |
129 |
5 |
46.67 |
2008-12-15 |
7. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
52.67 |
1.1198 |
0.0825 |
247 |
3 |
49.19 |
2008-12-16 |
8. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
52.55 |
1.0672 |
0.1322 |
239 |
3 |
44.84 |
2008-12-16 |
9. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
52.55 |
1.0800 |
0.1177 |
213 |
4 |
48.73 |
2008-12-15 |
10. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
52.39 |
1.1086 |
0.0887 |
233 |
4 |
44.55 |
2008-12-15 |
11. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
51.92 |
1.0743 |
0.1129 |
297 |
3 |
42.04 |
2008-12-15 |
12. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
51.57 |
1.0165 |
0.1608 |
316 |
3 |
46.25 |
2008-12-16 |
13. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
51.48 |
1.0561 |
0.1180 |
227 |
6 |
41.93 |
2008-12-16 |
14. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
51.27 |
0.9917 |
0.1816 |
317 |
5 |
41.50 |
2008-12-12 |
15. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
50.89 |
1.0272 |
0.1331 |
226 |
3 |
50.10 |
2008-12-15 |
16. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
50.88 |
0.9621 |
0.2025 |
212 |
2 |
45.71 |
2008-12-12 |
17. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
50.82 |
0.9927 |
0.1700 |
262 |
2 |
47.78 |
2008-12-12 |
18. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
50.58 |
1.0601 |
0.0920 |
256 |
3 |
46.75 |
2008-12-14 |
19. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
50.45 |
1.0638 |
0.0865 |
247 |
3 |
46.27 |
2008-12-14 |
20. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
50.43 |
1.0094 |
0.1426 |
256 |
4 |
41.97 |
2008-12-16 |
21. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
50.12 |
1.0403 |
0.1028 |
234 |
5 |
40.60 |
2008-12-15 |
22. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
50.01 |
1.0341 |
0.1075 |
273 |
4 |
42.12 |
2008-12-14 |
23. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
50.00 |
0.9349 |
0.2097 |
287 |
3 |
46.97 |
2008-12-16 |
24. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
49.85 |
1.0178 |
0.1191 |
207 |
3 |
43.63 |
2008-12-15 |
25. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
49.76 |
1.0028 |
0.1326 |
259 |
2 |
40.13 |
2008-12-14 |
26. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
49.22 |
0.9849 |
0.1404 |
337 |
3 |
45.17 |
2008-12-12 |
27. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
49.13 |
0.9963 |
0.1233 |
274 |
5 |
39.16 |
2008-12-12 |
28. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
49.05 |
1.0351 |
0.0890 |
276 |
2 |
44.18 |
2008-12-14 |
29. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
49.00 |
0.9685 |
0.1512 |
304 |
4 |
45.72 |
2008-12-12 |
30. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
48.89 |
0.9252 |
0.1919 |
148 |
2 |
41.22 |
2008-12-12 |
31. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
48.84 |
1.0867 |
0.0243 |
171 |
3 |
43.90 |
2008-12-14 |
32. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
48.66 |
1.0006 |
0.1106 |
311 |
3 |
44.29 |
2008-12-14 |
33. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
48.66 |
1.0279 |
0.0776 |
172 |
2 |
38.17 |
2008-12-15 |
34. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
48.62 |
1.0461 |
0.0664 |
318 |
4 |
42.58 |
2008-12-12 |
35. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
48.46 |
1.0582 |
0.0453 |
180 |
3 |
43.34 |
2008-12-14 |
36. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
48.40 |
0.8988 |
0.2065 |
216 |
3 |
45.18 |
2008-12-14 |
37. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
48.38 |
1.0372 |
0.0672 |
249 |
3 |
43.36 |
2008-12-12 |
38. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
48.29 |
1.0106 |
0.0911 |
302 |
5 |
42.08 |
2008-12-16 |
39. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
48.18 |
0.9703 |
0.1365 |
394 |
2 |
46.55 |
2008-12-14 |
40. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
48.15 |
1.0404 |
0.0640 |
406 |
3 |
46.62 |
2008-12-16 |
41. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
48.03 |
0.9957 |
0.1009 |
323 |
3 |
44.66 |
2008-12-16 |
42. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
47.93 |
1.0529 |
0.0442 |
373 |
2 |
41.82 |
2008-12-14 |
43. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
47.91 |
0.9371 |
0.1481 |
156 |
3 |
41.22 |
2008-12-12 |
44. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
47.90 |
0.8988 |
0.1942 |
193 |
4 |
42.72 |
2008-12-15 |
45. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
47.77 |
1.0101 |
0.0825 |
336 |
7 |
41.82 |
2008-12-14 |
46. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
47.77 |
1.0607 |
0.0329 |
357 |
3 |
45.91 |
2008-12-15 |
47. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
47.67 |
1.0060 |
0.0832 |
225 |
3 |
44.01 |
2008-12-12 |
48. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
47.52 |
0.9909 |
0.0988 |
293 |
2 |
39.94 |
2008-12-14 |
49. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
47.48 |
0.9644 |
0.1228 |
398 |
1 |
47.48 |
2008-12-14 |
50. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
47.29 |
1.0033 |
0.0768 |
203 |
3 |
44.20 |
2008-12-15 |
51. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
47.12 |
0.9980 |
0.0801 |
295 |
2 |
46.42 |
2008-12-14 |
52. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
47.12 |
0.9713 |
0.1032 |
193 |
5 |
38.06 |
2008-12-14 |
53. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
47.10 |
0.8925 |
0.1899 |
293 |
2 |
42.57 |
2008-12-14 |
54. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
47.10 |
0.9952 |
0.0826 |
220 |
4 |
42.34 |
2008-12-14 |
55. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
47.06 |
0.9636 |
0.1095 |
281 |
4 |
43.84 |
2008-12-14 |
56. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
47.00 |
0.9931 |
0.0845 |
339 |
3 |
43.19 |
2008-12-15 |
57. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
46.95 |
1.0567 |
0.0150 |
314 |
4 |
38.21 |
2008-12-12 |
58. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
46.91 |
1.0208 |
0.0501 |
231 |
2 |
43.80 |
2008-12-14 |
59. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
46.91 |
1.0557 |
0.0165 |
289 |
5 |
43.59 |
2008-12-15 |
60. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
46.86 |
0.9927 |
0.0778 |
276 |
6 |
41.64 |
2008-12-15 |
61. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
46.84 |
0.9561 |
0.1149 |
362 |
3 |
42.07 |
2008-12-16 |
62. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
46.80 |
1.0540 |
0.0095 |
184 |
1 |
46.80 |
2008-12-16 |
63. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
46.80 |
0.9779 |
0.0891 |
255 |
3 |
41.94 |
2008-12-14 |
64. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
46.74 |
0.9271 |
0.1396 |
295 |
5 |
41.16 |
2008-12-14 |
65. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
46.74 |
1.0197 |
0.0456 |
204 |
4 |
42.27 |
2008-12-15 |
66. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
46.61 |
1.0079 |
0.0553 |
273 |
3 |
42.53 |
2008-12-15 |
67. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
46.60 |
1.0462 |
0.0207 |
340 |
5 |
44.54 |
2008-12-15 |
68. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
46.54 |
1.0135 |
0.0524 |
358 |
4 |
42.00 |
2008-12-16 |
69. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
46.53 |
1.0250 |
0.0402 |
271 |
3 |
37.42 |
2008-12-08 |
70. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
46.42 |
0.8742 |
0.1901 |
202 |
4 |
43.94 |
2008-12-15 |
71. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
46.38 |
1.0267 |
0.0353 |
261 |
3 |
44.47 |
2008-12-15 |
72. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
46.33 |
1.0057 |
0.0549 |
382 |
2 |
43.92 |
2008-12-15 |
73. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
46.32 |
1.0901 |
-0.0306 |
288 |
4 |
39.23 |
2008-12-15 |
74. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
46.31 |
1.0686 |
-0.0077 |
354 |
2 |
42.94 |
2008-12-14 |
75. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
46.21 |
1.0881 |
-0.0370 |
210 |
5 |
40.68 |
2008-12-12 |
76. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
46.15 |
0.9583 |
0.0958 |
237 |
4 |
39.83 |
2008-12-16 |
77. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
46.04 |
0.9981 |
0.0521 |
211 |
5 |
43.42 |
2008-12-14 |
78. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
46.04 |
1.0181 |
0.0343 |
276 |
2 |
43.15 |
2008-12-08 |
79. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
45.98 |
0.9673 |
0.0863 |
393 |
1 |
45.98 |
2008-12-15 |
80. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
45.84 |
1.1070 |
-0.0616 |
265 |
4 |
40.75 |
2008-12-14 |
81. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
45.79 |
0.9310 |
0.1138 |
278 |
3 |
43.33 |
2008-12-15 |
82. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
45.78 |
0.9763 |
0.0683 |
143 |
3 |
41.51 |
2008-12-15 |
83. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
45.74 |
1.0615 |
-0.0203 |
201 |
5 |
41.38 |
2008-12-16 |
84. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
45.74 |
0.9632 |
0.0822 |
287 |
3 |
41.34 |
2008-12-14 |
85. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
45.73 |
0.9027 |
0.1377 |
189 |
8 |
37.14 |
2008-12-15 |
86. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
45.72 |
1.0418 |
0.0027 |
214 |
6 |
40.73 |
2008-12-15 |
87. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
45.70 |
1.0419 |
0.0045 |
341 |
1 |
45.70 |
2008-12-12 |
88. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
45.69 |
0.9884 |
0.0571 |
267 |
4 |
42.05 |
2008-12-15 |
89. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
45.68 |
0.8911 |
0.1529 |
207 |
3 |
39.46 |
2008-12-15 |
90. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
45.67 |
0.9425 |
0.1008 |
248 |
6 |
40.56 |
2008-12-15 |
91. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
45.62 |
1.0495 |
-0.0086 |
323 |
5 |
42.96 |
2008-12-16 |
92. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
45.58 |
0.9768 |
0.0650 |
237 |
3 |
43.46 |
2008-12-15 |
93. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
45.47 |
1.1093 |
-0.0769 |
220 |
1 |
45.47 |
2008-12-08 |
94. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
45.39 |
1.0682 |
-0.0310 |
266 |
2 |
42.68 |
2008-12-15 |
95. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
45.37 |
0.8959 |
0.1452 |
328 |
4 |
43.53 |
2009-02-05 |
96. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
45.34 |
0.9023 |
0.1313 |
268 |
4 |
45.08 |
2008-12-15 |
97. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
45.29 |
1.0654 |
-0.0341 |
247 |
3 |
42.54 |
2008-12-14 |
98. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
45.29 |
1.0125 |
0.0198 |
232 |
2 |
45.09 |
2008-12-14 |
99. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
45.28 |
1.0264 |
0.0030 |
191 |
3 |
35.52 |
2008-12-14 |
100. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
45.28 |
1.0103 |
0.0176 |
209 |
4 |
40.48 |
2008-12-14 |
101. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
45.27 |
1.0042 |
0.0254 |
168 |
4 |
40.15 |
2008-12-15 |
102. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
45.26 |
1.0960 |
-0.0587 |
315 |
1 |
45.26 |
2008-12-12 |
103. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
45.20 |
1.0291 |
0.0006 |
240 |
4 |
42.78 |
2008-12-14 |
104. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
45.20 |
0.9928 |
0.0384 |
293 |
1 |
45.20 |
2008-12-16 |
105. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
45.19 |
0.9339 |
0.1034 |
317 |
2 |
40.99 |
2008-12-14 |
106. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
45.17 |
1.0498 |
-0.0175 |
261 |
2 |
44.45 |
2008-12-14 |
107. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
45.16 |
0.8913 |
0.1411 |
201 |
5 |
37.42 |
2008-12-15 |
108. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
45.07 |
1.0466 |
-0.0182 |
230 |
1 |
45.07 |
2008-12-08 |
109. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
45.00 |
1.0332 |
-0.0066 |
267 |
2 |
38.46 |
2008-12-14 |
110. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
44.99 |
1.0265 |
0.0042 |
375 |
2 |
44.03 |
2008-12-14 |
111. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
44.97 |
1.0287 |
-0.0033 |
269 |
5 |
39.01 |
2008-12-15 |
112. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
44.91 |
0.9541 |
0.0716 |
236 |
2 |
41.26 |
2008-12-15 |
113. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
44.89 |
0.9948 |
0.0288 |
233 |
2 |
39.01 |
2008-12-12 |
114. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
44.88 |
1.0628 |
-0.0364 |
363 |
1 |
44.88 |
2008-12-12 |
115. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
44.87 |
0.9352 |
0.0879 |
194 |
3 |
41.10 |
2008-12-14 |
116. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
44.80 |
0.9260 |
0.0996 |
348 |
3 |
38.02 |
2008-12-14 |
117. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
44.76 |
0.9271 |
0.0971 |
323 |
6 |
38.10 |
2008-12-12 |
118. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
44.69 |
0.8993 |
0.1236 |
366 |
2 |
41.61 |
2008-12-16 |
119. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
44.61 |
0.9103 |
0.1077 |
269 |
4 |
42.49 |
2008-12-15 |
120. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
44.57 |
0.9842 |
0.0353 |
335 |
1 |
44.57 |
2008-12-14 |
121. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
44.45 |
0.9841 |
0.0289 |
263 |
4 |
38.81 |
2008-12-14 |
122. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
44.42 |
0.8869 |
0.1246 |
176 |
4 |
40.67 |
2008-12-15 |
123. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
44.41 |
0.9519 |
0.0656 |
323 |
1 |
44.41 |
2008-12-12 |
124. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
44.41 |
0.9538 |
0.0596 |
276 |
3 |
35.74 |
2008-12-14 |
125. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
44.39 |
0.8845 |
0.1300 |
239 |
1 |
44.39 |
2008-12-14 |
126. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
44.28 |
0.8906 |
0.1293 |
128 |
1 |
44.28 |
2008-12-12 |
127. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
43.96 |
0.9183 |
0.0859 |
308 |
5 |
39.68 |
2008-12-15 |
128. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
43.95 |
0.9931 |
0.0061 |
218 |
2 |
42.61 |
2008-12-15 |
129. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
43.91 |
0.9265 |
0.0746 |
254 |
4 |
34.34 |
2008-12-12 |
130. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
43.88 |
0.9807 |
0.0092 |
129 |
6 |
39.80 |
2008-12-16 |
131. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
43.76 |
0.9809 |
0.0139 |
209 |
2 |
36.48 |
2008-12-14 |
132. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
43.69 |
0.9915 |
0.0047 |
281 |
4 |
40.27 |
2008-12-15 |
133. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
43.67 |
1.0189 |
-0.0229 |
290 |
4 |
42.11 |
2008-12-14 |
134. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
43.61 |
1.0426 |
-0.0513 |
131 |
1 |
43.61 |
2008-12-14 |
135. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
43.53 |
0.8656 |
0.1290 |
242 |
5 |
37.43 |
2008-12-16 |
136. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
43.46 |
0.8117 |
0.1834 |
209 |
4 |
40.77 |
2008-12-14 |
137. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
43.45 |
0.9866 |
0.0054 |
308 |
2 |
40.21 |
2008-12-14 |
138. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
43.41 |
0.9422 |
0.0434 |
190 |
3 |
37.98 |
2009-02-05 |
139. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
43.39 |
0.9145 |
0.0792 |
404 |
2 |
39.15 |
2008-12-16 |
140. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
43.33 |
0.9315 |
0.0591 |
273 |
1 |
43.33 |
2008-12-12 |
141. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
43.32 |
0.9228 |
0.0703 |
305 |
4 |
37.74 |
2008-12-16 |
142. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
43.17 |
0.9468 |
0.0382 |
318 |
3 |
39.50 |
2008-12-15 |
143. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
43.11 |
0.9010 |
0.0853 |
266 |
6 |
36.55 |
2008-12-12 |
144. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
43.11 |
1.0334 |
-0.0502 |
261 |
3 |
36.76 |
2008-12-14 |
145. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
43.09 |
1.0199 |
-0.0404 |
225 |
1 |
43.09 |
2008-12-15 |
146. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
43.08 |
0.9346 |
0.0456 |
211 |
3 |
39.20 |
2008-12-15 |
147. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
42.96 |
0.9332 |
0.0471 |
267 |
2 |
39.97 |
2008-12-15 |
148. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
42.92 |
0.9011 |
0.0815 |
322 |
3 |
40.85 |
2008-12-15 |
149. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
42.84 |
0.9909 |
-0.0094 |
334 |
1 |
42.84 |
2008-12-12 |
150. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
42.84 |
0.8603 |
0.1172 |
270 |
4 |
35.85 |
2008-12-14 |
151. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
42.83 |
1.0095 |
-0.0335 |
211 |
1 |
42.83 |
2008-12-12 |
152. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
42.78 |
0.9621 |
0.0112 |
201 |
2 |
42.14 |
2008-12-12 |
153. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
42.72 |
0.9890 |
-0.0103 |
272 |
1 |
42.72 |
2008-12-08 |
154. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
42.71 |
0.9264 |
0.0491 |
177 |
1 |
42.71 |
2008-12-08 |
155. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
42.70 |
1.0320 |
-0.0516 |
401 |
1 |
42.70 |
2008-12-15 |
156. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
42.68 |
1.0487 |
-0.0770 |
253 |
3 |
39.70 |
2008-12-14 |
157. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
42.58 |
1.0800 |
-0.1154 |
129 |
4 |
39.62 |
2008-12-14 |
158. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
42.56 |
1.0362 |
-0.0587 |
437 |
1 |
42.56 |
2008-12-14 |
159. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
42.56 |
0.9709 |
-0.0010 |
264 |
4 |
40.45 |
2008-12-15 |
160. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
42.55 |
0.9829 |
-0.0127 |
229 |
5 |
38.17 |
2008-12-15 |
161. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
42.46 |
0.9597 |
0.0094 |
251 |
4 |
35.76 |
2008-12-14 |
162. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
42.38 |
0.9001 |
0.0673 |
217 |
1 |
42.38 |
2008-12-15 |
163. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
42.33 |
1.0479 |
-0.0836 |
205 |
1 |
42.33 |
2008-12-14 |
164. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
42.32 |
0.9974 |
-0.0357 |
163 |
3 |
40.06 |
2008-12-14 |
165. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
42.27 |
0.9604 |
0.0020 |
285 |
3 |
37.74 |
2008-12-16 |
166. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
42.16 |
1.0270 |
-0.0644 |
303 |
2 |
42.00 |
2008-12-14 |
167. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
42.09 |
0.9673 |
-0.0047 |
292 |
2 |
41.59 |
2008-12-16 |
168. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
42.05 |
0.9680 |
-0.0085 |
256 |
3 |
35.27 |
2008-12-15 |
169. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
42.01 |
0.9275 |
0.0362 |
243 |
1 |
42.01 |
2008-12-08 |
170. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
41.92 |
0.9827 |
-0.0253 |
314 |
3 |
36.73 |
2008-12-08 |
171. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
41.92 |
1.0288 |
-0.0770 |
166 |
2 |
40.65 |
2008-12-12 |
172. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
41.89 |
0.8192 |
0.1386 |
200 |
4 |
35.21 |
2008-12-15 |
173. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
41.80 |
1.0588 |
-0.1050 |
281 |
1 |
41.80 |
2008-12-12 |
174. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
41.73 |
0.9762 |
-0.0241 |
249 |
3 |
37.86 |
2008-12-14 |
175. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
41.56 |
0.8815 |
0.0716 |
296 |
1 |
41.56 |
2008-12-08 |
176. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
41.54 |
0.9283 |
0.0208 |
317 |
1 |
41.54 |
2008-12-08 |
177. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
41.44 |
0.9402 |
0.0033 |
310 |
4 |
36.63 |
2008-12-16 |
178. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
41.37 |
1.0511 |
-0.1055 |
252 |
2 |
41.17 |
2008-12-07 |
179. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
41.29 |
0.9836 |
-0.0415 |
289 |
6 |
37.81 |
2008-12-12 |
180. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
41.22 |
0.9400 |
0.0030 |
434 |
2 |
37.99 |
2008-12-12 |
181. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
41.06 |
1.0600 |
-0.1230 |
351 |
1 |
41.06 |
2008-12-08 |
182. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
41.03 |
1.0132 |
-0.0766 |
371 |
3 |
38.97 |
2008-12-14 |
183. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
40.96 |
0.9332 |
0.0026 |
295 |
1 |
40.96 |
2008-12-15 |
184. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
40.95 |
0.9359 |
-0.0010 |
355 |
3 |
39.45 |
2008-12-14 |
185. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
40.91 |
0.8986 |
0.0397 |
363 |
1 |
40.91 |
2008-12-14 |
186. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
40.82 |
0.9864 |
-0.0514 |
292 |
4 |
40.07 |
2008-12-12 |
187. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
40.82 |
1.0333 |
-0.1072 |
176 |
3 |
37.61 |
2008-12-12 |
188. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
40.74 |
0.9650 |
-0.0329 |
347 |
3 |
37.74 |
2008-12-14 |
189. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
40.56 |
0.9841 |
-0.0622 |
217 |
2 |
37.89 |
2008-12-08 |
190. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
40.46 |
0.8986 |
0.0249 |
216 |
3 |
36.55 |
2008-12-14 |
191. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
40.46 |
0.9927 |
-0.0731 |
234 |
4 |
36.57 |
2008-12-14 |
192. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
40.41 |
1.0018 |
-0.0797 |
246 |
1 |
40.41 |
2008-12-12 |
193. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
40.28 |
0.9434 |
-0.0201 |
367 |
1 |
40.28 |
2008-12-14 |
194. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
40.15 |
0.9869 |
-0.0747 |
193 |
3 |
39.53 |
2008-12-14 |
195. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
40.08 |
0.9745 |
-0.0582 |
388 |
2 |
39.75 |
2008-12-15 |
196. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
40.01 |
0.9392 |
-0.0205 |
360 |
1 |
40.01 |
2008-12-12 |
197. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
39.77 |
0.9594 |
-0.0541 |
258 |
1 |
39.77 |
2008-12-12 |
198. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
39.74 |
0.9285 |
-0.0239 |
244 |
1 |
39.74 |
2008-12-08 |
199. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
39.71 |
1.0130 |
-0.1072 |
288 |
1 |
39.71 |
2008-12-16 |
200. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
39.66 |
0.9243 |
-0.0176 |
240 |
1 |
39.66 |
2008-12-14 |
201. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
39.63 |
0.9012 |
0.0062 |
322 |
1 |
39.63 |
2008-12-12 |
202. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
39.52 |
0.9084 |
-0.0056 |
271 |
2 |
39.00 |
2008-12-16 |
203. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
39.38 |
0.8381 |
0.0636 |
283 |
1 |
39.38 |
2008-12-14 |
204. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
39.34 |
0.9574 |
-0.0570 |
354 |
1 |
39.34 |
2008-12-14 |
205. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
39.20 |
0.8669 |
0.0333 |
255 |
4 |
35.17 |
2008-12-08 |
206. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
39.14 |
0.9068 |
-0.0161 |
212 |
3 |
37.43 |
2008-12-16 |
207. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
39.07 |
0.9128 |
-0.0246 |
237 |
4 |
36.08 |
2008-12-15 |
208. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
39.06 |
0.9880 |
-0.1014 |
199 |
2 |
37.36 |
2008-12-15 |
209. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
38.74 |
1.0059 |
-0.1213 |
283 |
1 |
38.74 |
2009-02-05 |
210. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
38.64 |
0.8646 |
0.0130 |
110 |
4 |
36.47 |
2008-12-15 |
211. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
37.95 |
0.9631 |
-0.0983 |
273 |
1 |
37.95 |
2008-12-08 |
212. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
37.76 |
0.9357 |
-0.0770 |
204 |
2 |
36.66 |
2008-12-14 |
213. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
37.63 |
0.9726 |
-0.1095 |
396 |
1 |
37.63 |
2008-12-16 |
214. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
37.58 |
0.7923 |
0.0651 |
316 |
1 |
37.58 |
2008-12-14 |
215. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
37.57 |
0.8986 |
-0.0437 |
205 |
3 |
35.47 |
2008-12-14 |
216. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
37.50 |
0.9162 |
-0.0600 |
401 |
1 |
37.50 |
2008-12-16 |
217. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
37.29 |
0.8830 |
-0.0304 |
300 |
2 |
35.84 |
2008-12-08 |
218. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
36.85 |
1.0016 |
-0.1632 |
217 |
1 |
36.85 |
2008-12-14 |
219. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
36.84 |
0.9108 |
-0.0711 |
235 |
3 |
31.19 |
2008-12-08 |
220. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
36.72 |
0.8880 |
-0.0509 |
296 |
3 |
33.50 |
2008-12-15 |
221. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
36.69 |
0.9070 |
-0.0754 |
192 |
3 |
34.72 |
2008-12-14 |
222. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
36.56 |
0.8127 |
0.0171 |
167 |
1 |
36.56 |
2008-12-08 |
223. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
36.56 |
0.9756 |
-0.1429 |
223 |
2 |
36.42 |
2008-12-12 |
224. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
36.53 |
1.0086 |
-0.1802 |
218 |
2 |
33.64 |
2008-12-08 |
225. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
36.32 |
0.9299 |
-0.1104 |
168 |
3 |
35.97 |
2008-12-12 |
226. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
36.20 |
0.8624 |
-0.0420 |
174 |
3 |
30.94 |
2008-12-15 |
227. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
36.14 |
1.0082 |
-0.1895 |
212 |
3 |
34.09 |
2008-12-15 |
228. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
36.05 |
0.8572 |
-0.0372 |
232 |
3 |
34.88 |
2008-12-15 |
229. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
35.60 |
0.8666 |
-0.0578 |
206 |
1 |
35.60 |
2008-12-12 |
230. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
34.93 |
0.8474 |
-0.0510 |
265 |
1 |
34.93 |
2008-12-08 |
231. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
34.87 |
0.9324 |
-0.1348 |
246 |
1 |
34.87 |
2008-12-08 |
232. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
34.82 |
0.8339 |
-0.0410 |
209 |
4 |
32.59 |
2008-12-09 |
233. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
34.65 |
0.9286 |
-0.1373 |
177 |
1 |
34.65 |
2008-12-07 |
234. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
34.60 |
0.9500 |
-0.1599 |
287 |
1 |
34.60 |
2008-12-15 |
235. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
34.17 |
0.8680 |
-0.0944 |
196 |
2 |
33.40 |
2008-12-08 |
236. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
34.16 |
0.8172 |
-0.0432 |
204 |
2 |
32.39 |
2008-12-14 |
237. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
33.68 |
0.8437 |
-0.0772 |
268 |
4 |
32.95 |
2008-12-12 |
238. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
33.51 |
0.8778 |
-0.1127 |
285 |
1 |
33.51 |
2008-12-12 |
239. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
33.50 |
1.0576 |
-0.2973 |
231 |
1 |
33.50 |
2008-12-08 |
240. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
33.37 |
0.8194 |
-0.0602 |
193 |
2 |
33.13 |
2008-12-15 |
241. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
33.21 |
0.9833 |
-0.2245 |
387 |
1 |
33.21 |
2008-12-14 |
242. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
33.00 |
1.0506 |
-0.2994 |
259 |
2 |
31.52 |
2008-12-08 |
243. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
32.79 |
0.8965 |
-0.1492 |
150 |
2 |
29.91 |
2008-12-15 |
244. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
31.80 |
0.8964 |
-0.1752 |
199 |
2 |
31.46 |
2008-12-08 |
245. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
31.66 |
0.9143 |
-0.1925 |
300 |
1 |
31.66 |
2008-12-08 |
246. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
31.62 |
0.8847 |
-0.1670 |
282 |
1 |
31.62 |
2008-12-08 |
247. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
31.30 |
0.9166 |
-0.2014 |
133 |
1 |
31.30 |
2008-12-08 |
248. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
29.96 |
0.9503 |
-0.2752 |
211 |
1 |
29.96 |
2008-12-14 |
249. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
29.09 |
0.8863 |
-0.2280 |
127 |
1 |
29.09 |
2008-12-08 |