Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
81.89 |
1.0567 |
0.3664 |
314 |
8 |
63.06 |
2009-07-14 |
2. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
78.53 |
1.0582 |
0.3034 |
180 |
8 |
59.84 |
2009-06-26 |
3. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
78.39 |
1.0432 |
0.3197 |
276 |
4 |
60.86 |
2009-06-26 |
4. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
78.11 |
1.1070 |
0.2493 |
265 |
11 |
58.98 |
2009-07-02 |
5. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
77.56 |
1.0561 |
0.2898 |
227 |
6 |
55.78 |
2009-06-26 |
6. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
76.60 |
1.0639 |
0.2683 |
303 |
9 |
58.40 |
2009-07-11 |
7. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
75.94 |
1.0617 |
0.2559 |
171 |
4 |
57.99 |
2009-07-01 |
8. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
75.84 |
1.1093 |
0.2029 |
220 |
1 |
75.84 |
2009-06-26 |
9. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
75.39 |
1.0867 |
0.2188 |
171 |
7 |
60.82 |
2009-07-01 |
10. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
75.25 |
1.0288 |
0.2740 |
166 |
4 |
58.93 |
2009-07-02 |
11. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
74.34 |
1.0403 |
0.2496 |
234 |
6 |
60.87 |
2009-07-12 |
12. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
72.29 |
1.0576 |
0.1954 |
231 |
5 |
52.57 |
2009-06-15 |
13. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
72.04 |
0.9768 |
0.2759 |
237 |
5 |
59.67 |
2009-06-26 |
14. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
72.01 |
0.9763 |
0.2741 |
143 |
9 |
59.15 |
2009-06-30 |
15. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
72.01 |
1.0279 |
0.2173 |
172 |
6 |
52.97 |
2009-06-26 |
16. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
71.94 |
1.0481 |
0.1939 |
255 |
3 |
70.23 |
2009-07-31 |
17. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
71.73 |
0.9927 |
0.2500 |
234 |
8 |
52.13 |
2009-06-26 |
18. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
71.57 |
1.0873 |
0.1529 |
243 |
6 |
53.74 |
2009-06-30 |
19. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
71.47 |
1.0414 |
0.1992 |
234 |
3 |
61.64 |
2009-06-26 |
20. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
71.44 |
1.0800 |
0.1581 |
213 |
7 |
59.87 |
2009-07-14 |
21. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
70.86 |
1.0267 |
0.2072 |
261 |
2 |
53.36 |
2009-07-02 |
22. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
70.85 |
1.0628 |
0.1699 |
363 |
5 |
55.63 |
2009-06-30 |
23. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
70.61 |
1.0543 |
0.1689 |
182 |
10 |
54.85 |
2009-07-12 |
24. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
70.09 |
1.0461 |
0.1735 |
318 |
3 |
60.33 |
2009-06-15 |
25. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
69.92 |
1.0035 |
0.2115 |
310 |
3 |
55.28 |
2009-07-11 |
26. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
69.87 |
1.0370 |
0.1764 |
262 |
6 |
55.06 |
2009-06-30 |
27. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
69.73 |
1.0495 |
0.1611 |
323 |
5 |
56.31 |
2009-06-26 |
28. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
69.34 |
1.0487 |
0.1534 |
253 |
7 |
55.14 |
2009-07-15 |
29. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
69.27 |
1.0208 |
0.1822 |
231 |
4 |
56.57 |
2009-06-26 |
30. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
69.13 |
1.0301 |
0.1692 |
268 |
6 |
52.07 |
2009-06-19 |
31. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
68.96 |
1.0800 |
0.1107 |
129 |
2 |
61.60 |
2009-06-30 |
32. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
68.86 |
1.0082 |
0.1827 |
212 |
10 |
53.74 |
2009-07-14 |
33. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
68.58 |
1.0865 |
0.1043 |
237 |
1 |
68.58 |
2009-06-19 |
34. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
68.20 |
1.0498 |
0.1358 |
261 |
12 |
53.05 |
2009-06-29 |
35. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
68.13 |
1.0654 |
0.1153 |
247 |
6 |
53.01 |
2009-06-19 |
36. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
68.11 |
1.0362 |
0.1529 |
437 |
4 |
61.59 |
2009-06-30 |
37. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
67.94 |
0.9957 |
0.1840 |
323 |
4 |
57.92 |
2009-06-16 |
38. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
67.87 |
1.0462 |
0.1354 |
340 |
7 |
51.35 |
2009-07-29 |
39. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
67.84 |
0.9709 |
0.2059 |
264 |
5 |
53.54 |
2009-06-26 |
40. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
67.76 |
1.0600 |
0.1170 |
351 |
7 |
58.04 |
2009-07-01 |
41. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
67.48 |
1.0521 |
0.1141 |
197 |
3 |
63.30 |
2009-07-13 |
42. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
67.39 |
1.0743 |
0.0971 |
297 |
8 |
53.18 |
2009-06-14 |
43. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
67.26 |
1.0506 |
0.1170 |
259 |
3 |
54.66 |
2009-06-19 |
44. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
67.23 |
1.1198 |
0.0467 |
247 |
8 |
58.40 |
2009-05-30 |
45. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
67.18 |
0.9332 |
0.2348 |
295 |
4 |
52.01 |
2009-07-02 |
46. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
67.17 |
1.0387 |
0.1319 |
333 |
3 |
61.52 |
2009-07-01 |
47. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
66.92 |
1.0418 |
0.1211 |
214 |
6 |
53.25 |
2009-07-11 |
48. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
66.82 |
0.9915 |
0.1679 |
281 |
7 |
53.23 |
2009-06-26 |
49. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
66.75 |
0.9927 |
0.1670 |
276 |
5 |
55.06 |
2009-07-02 |
50. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
66.73 |
1.0638 |
0.0929 |
247 |
5 |
49.82 |
2009-06-11 |
51. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
66.71 |
1.0250 |
0.1363 |
271 |
4 |
43.73 |
2009-06-26 |
52. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
66.59 |
1.0736 |
0.0853 |
350 |
3 |
53.91 |
2009-06-29 |
53. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
66.48 |
1.0511 |
0.1051 |
252 |
9 |
50.80 |
2009-06-19 |
54. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
66.12 |
1.0427 |
0.1063 |
269 |
5 |
57.73 |
2009-06-11 |
55. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
66.10 |
0.9346 |
0.2102 |
211 |
5 |
51.66 |
2009-07-13 |
56. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
66.03 |
1.0607 |
0.0886 |
357 |
6 |
56.03 |
2009-06-26 |
57. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
65.77 |
1.0529 |
0.0917 |
373 |
3 |
59.86 |
2009-05-30 |
58. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
65.74 |
1.0372 |
0.1039 |
249 |
2 |
53.11 |
2009-06-08 |
59. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
65.69 |
0.9503 |
0.1836 |
211 |
8 |
49.16 |
2009-06-26 |
60. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
65.34 |
0.9981 |
0.1355 |
211 |
5 |
54.22 |
2009-07-12 |
61. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
65.31 |
1.0135 |
0.1238 |
358 |
6 |
55.48 |
2009-07-11 |
62. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
65.30 |
1.0125 |
0.1164 |
171 |
2 |
47.39 |
2009-06-19 |
63. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
65.10 |
0.9673 |
0.1669 |
393 |
6 |
53.40 |
2009-07-02 |
64. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
65.03 |
1.0590 |
0.0690 |
250 |
9 |
57.27 |
2009-06-15 |
65. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
64.39 |
1.0253 |
0.0956 |
337 |
5 |
58.02 |
2009-07-13 |
66. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
64.38 |
0.9594 |
0.1565 |
258 |
4 |
54.56 |
2009-06-26 |
67. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
64.33 |
0.9931 |
0.1198 |
218 |
6 |
54.03 |
2009-06-29 |
68. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
64.18 |
1.0557 |
0.0597 |
289 |
4 |
55.87 |
2009-06-12 |
69. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
64.14 |
1.0351 |
0.0823 |
276 |
5 |
49.49 |
2009-06-14 |
70. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
63.97 |
1.0877 |
0.0195 |
129 |
5 |
57.21 |
2009-06-29 |
71. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
63.69 |
1.0341 |
0.0710 |
273 |
2 |
51.87 |
2009-06-26 |
72. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
63.62 |
0.9922 |
0.1129 |
264 |
4 |
50.37 |
2009-07-02 |
73. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
63.49 |
1.0033 |
0.0992 |
203 |
7 |
54.03 |
2009-07-01 |
74. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
63.47 |
1.0287 |
0.0720 |
269 |
5 |
57.97 |
2009-06-26 |
75. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
63.47 |
0.9841 |
0.1144 |
217 |
7 |
55.94 |
2009-07-01 |
76. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
63.33 |
1.0881 |
0.0074 |
210 |
4 |
57.00 |
2009-06-08 |
77. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
63.24 |
0.9685 |
0.1300 |
304 |
2 |
51.59 |
2009-05-28 |
78. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
63.22 |
0.9243 |
0.1753 |
240 |
3 |
53.78 |
2009-07-12 |
79. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
62.87 |
1.0086 |
0.0785 |
218 |
7 |
46.52 |
2009-06-11 |
80. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
62.82 |
1.0095 |
0.0796 |
211 |
3 |
54.92 |
2009-06-15 |
81. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
62.81 |
1.0178 |
0.0708 |
207 |
5 |
57.20 |
2009-06-14 |
82. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
62.74 |
1.0103 |
0.0731 |
209 |
5 |
48.49 |
2009-06-30 |
83. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
62.71 |
0.9880 |
0.0964 |
199 |
7 |
51.53 |
2009-06-15 |
84. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
62.59 |
1.0960 |
-0.0054 |
315 |
5 |
57.52 |
2009-06-19 |
85. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
62.55 |
1.0106 |
0.0742 |
302 |
8 |
56.03 |
2009-06-30 |
86. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
62.32 |
1.0540 |
0.0228 |
184 |
4 |
55.48 |
2009-05-30 |
87. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
62.27 |
0.9885 |
0.0925 |
355 |
2 |
61.44 |
2009-06-15 |
88. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
62.26 |
1.0669 |
0.0170 |
379 |
3 |
53.84 |
2009-06-30 |
89. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
62.20 |
0.9866 |
0.0935 |
308 |
5 |
53.91 |
2009-06-14 |
90. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
62.19 |
0.9810 |
0.1035 |
362 |
6 |
52.42 |
2009-07-14 |
91. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
62.18 |
1.0018 |
0.0778 |
246 |
6 |
51.83 |
2009-07-02 |
92. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
62.06 |
1.1086 |
-0.0310 |
233 |
4 |
52.85 |
2009-05-27 |
93. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
61.72 |
1.0264 |
0.0407 |
191 |
3 |
54.67 |
2009-06-29 |
94. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
61.60 |
1.0682 |
0.0021 |
266 |
3 |
56.82 |
2009-06-16 |
95. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
61.54 |
1.0464 |
0.0267 |
294 |
3 |
56.67 |
2009-06-08 |
96. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
61.52 |
0.9650 |
0.1055 |
347 |
6 |
50.52 |
2009-06-19 |
97. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
61.41 |
0.9621 |
0.1062 |
212 |
6 |
43.44 |
2009-05-30 |
98. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
61.22 |
1.0234 |
0.0433 |
392 |
5 |
52.77 |
2009-06-19 |
99. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
61.21 |
1.0588 |
0.0037 |
281 |
7 |
44.24 |
2009-06-11 |
100. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
61.18 |
0.9931 |
0.0733 |
339 |
6 |
52.71 |
2009-05-30 |
101. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
61.08 |
0.9809 |
0.0753 |
209 |
6 |
49.96 |
2009-07-12 |
102. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
60.88 |
1.0332 |
0.0228 |
267 |
6 |
52.72 |
2009-06-16 |
103. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
60.84 |
1.0419 |
0.0171 |
341 |
4 |
56.28 |
2009-07-13 |
104. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
60.79 |
1.0079 |
0.0461 |
273 |
8 |
53.09 |
2009-07-01 |
105. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
60.65 |
0.9631 |
0.0890 |
273 |
4 |
54.03 |
2009-06-14 |
106. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
60.65 |
0.9957 |
0.0609 |
323 |
4 |
52.41 |
2009-06-30 |
107. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
60.54 |
0.9849 |
0.0670 |
337 |
4 |
55.45 |
2009-06-12 |
108. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
60.36 |
0.9974 |
0.0462 |
163 |
4 |
51.28 |
2009-06-19 |
109. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
60.25 |
1.0426 |
-0.0010 |
131 |
6 |
48.91 |
2009-06-11 |
110. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
60.20 |
1.0016 |
0.0415 |
217 |
9 |
47.06 |
2009-05-31 |
111. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
60.00 |
1.0060 |
0.0360 |
225 |
8 |
52.32 |
2009-06-12 |
112. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
59.68 |
1.0845 |
-0.0499 |
212 |
4 |
54.63 |
2009-05-30 |
113. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
59.62 |
0.9807 |
0.0423 |
129 |
6 |
49.09 |
2009-07-01 |
114. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
59.50 |
1.0615 |
-0.0320 |
201 |
4 |
56.93 |
2009-05-29 |
115. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
59.45 |
1.0115 |
0.0150 |
189 |
6 |
50.88 |
2009-06-08 |
116. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
59.39 |
1.0777 |
-0.0492 |
226 |
5 |
47.89 |
2009-05-30 |
117. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
59.33 |
1.0094 |
0.0203 |
256 |
5 |
55.37 |
2009-07-12 |
118. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
59.30 |
0.9680 |
0.0611 |
256 |
8 |
45.90 |
2009-07-13 |
119. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
59.25 |
1.0901 |
-0.0599 |
288 |
5 |
56.36 |
2009-06-12 |
120. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
59.23 |
1.0272 |
-0.0015 |
226 |
4 |
48.49 |
2009-06-12 |
121. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
59.14 |
0.9713 |
0.0535 |
193 |
4 |
57.33 |
2009-06-19 |
122. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
59.12 |
1.0165 |
0.0086 |
316 |
4 |
46.26 |
2009-06-08 |
123. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
59.10 |
0.9392 |
0.0924 |
360 |
5 |
51.01 |
2009-06-26 |
124. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
59.02 |
0.9359 |
0.0889 |
355 |
4 |
47.71 |
2009-06-26 |
125. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
59.01 |
0.9966 |
0.0346 |
377 |
2 |
57.14 |
2009-07-01 |
126. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
58.98 |
0.9927 |
0.0327 |
262 |
2 |
52.67 |
2009-05-27 |
127. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
58.67 |
1.0197 |
-0.0035 |
204 |
3 |
45.02 |
2009-06-08 |
128. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
58.64 |
0.9779 |
0.0381 |
255 |
3 |
52.29 |
2009-06-11 |
129. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
58.63 |
0.9909 |
0.0303 |
334 |
2 |
45.59 |
2009-06-08 |
130. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
58.32 |
0.9636 |
0.0469 |
281 |
4 |
51.96 |
2009-05-30 |
131. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
58.31 |
1.0686 |
-0.0532 |
354 |
3 |
55.43 |
2009-05-30 |
132. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
58.20 |
1.0472 |
-0.0437 |
149 |
2 |
56.48 |
2009-06-14 |
133. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
58.16 |
0.9890 |
0.0240 |
272 |
5 |
51.49 |
2009-05-29 |
134. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
58.04 |
1.0334 |
-0.0270 |
261 |
4 |
52.14 |
2009-05-30 |
135. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
58.02 |
0.9917 |
0.0171 |
317 |
3 |
51.98 |
2009-07-12 |
136. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
57.99 |
0.9852 |
0.0204 |
235 |
5 |
47.22 |
2009-06-11 |
137. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
57.83 |
1.0132 |
-0.0092 |
371 |
4 |
47.16 |
2009-05-30 |
138. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
57.78 |
0.9842 |
0.0205 |
335 |
5 |
48.18 |
2009-05-30 |
139. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
57.77 |
1.0125 |
-0.0117 |
232 |
6 |
51.23 |
2009-06-19 |
140. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
57.69 |
1.0466 |
-0.0461 |
230 |
7 |
49.71 |
2009-06-11 |
141. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
57.68 |
0.9103 |
0.0903 |
269 |
3 |
43.31 |
2009-05-27 |
142. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
57.43 |
1.0543 |
-0.0556 |
360 |
1 |
57.43 |
2009-06-08 |
143. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
57.24 |
0.9829 |
0.0095 |
229 |
5 |
52.46 |
2009-05-30 |
144. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
57.23 |
0.9948 |
-0.0030 |
233 |
3 |
48.70 |
2009-05-29 |
145. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
57.13 |
1.0006 |
-0.0094 |
311 |
6 |
53.17 |
2009-07-01 |
146. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
56.99 |
1.0042 |
-0.0193 |
168 |
5 |
51.66 |
2009-06-14 |
147. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
56.98 |
1.0036 |
-0.0141 |
277 |
4 |
48.05 |
2009-06-08 |
148. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
56.80 |
0.9166 |
0.0714 |
133 |
4 |
48.85 |
2009-05-17 |
149. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
56.65 |
1.0333 |
-0.0556 |
176 |
5 |
49.06 |
2009-06-14 |
150. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
56.64 |
1.0265 |
-0.0402 |
375 |
2 |
51.95 |
2009-06-11 |
151. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
56.64 |
0.9332 |
0.0494 |
267 |
5 |
48.51 |
2009-06-14 |
152. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
56.36 |
1.0130 |
-0.0352 |
288 |
3 |
46.24 |
2009-05-29 |
153. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
56.31 |
0.8965 |
0.0808 |
150 |
3 |
46.74 |
2009-05-14 |
154. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
56.17 |
0.9349 |
0.0421 |
287 |
2 |
52.30 |
2009-05-17 |
155. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
56.10 |
1.0476 |
-0.0838 |
110 |
3 |
55.15 |
2009-05-28 |
156. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
55.89 |
1.0404 |
-0.0660 |
406 |
3 |
52.45 |
2009-05-30 |
157. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
55.88 |
1.0128 |
-0.0367 |
369 |
1 |
55.88 |
2009-06-14 |
158. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
55.69 |
0.8959 |
0.0755 |
328 |
2 |
44.17 |
2009-05-28 |
159. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
55.68 |
0.9980 |
-0.0300 |
295 |
5 |
49.32 |
2009-06-11 |
160. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
55.67 |
0.9801 |
-0.0147 |
289 |
2 |
45.63 |
2009-05-30 |
161. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
55.54 |
0.9673 |
-0.0017 |
292 |
4 |
50.10 |
2009-06-08 |
162. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
55.48 |
0.9010 |
0.0638 |
266 |
4 |
51.25 |
2009-05-30 |
163. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
55.36 |
1.0479 |
-0.0892 |
205 |
3 |
53.86 |
2009-06-08 |
164. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
55.36 |
0.9538 |
0.0063 |
276 |
3 |
48.15 |
2009-05-30 |
165. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
55.26 |
0.9400 |
0.0211 |
434 |
2 |
50.07 |
2009-05-30 |
166. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
55.10 |
1.0601 |
-0.1076 |
256 |
2 |
53.55 |
2009-05-29 |
167. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
55.00 |
1.0270 |
-0.0724 |
303 |
2 |
45.91 |
2009-05-27 |
168. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
54.93 |
0.9339 |
0.0246 |
317 |
3 |
47.33 |
2009-06-08 |
169. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
54.73 |
1.0291 |
-0.0819 |
240 |
4 |
43.23 |
2009-05-30 |
170. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
54.70 |
0.9315 |
0.0190 |
273 |
2 |
48.67 |
2009-05-26 |
171. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
54.51 |
0.9928 |
-0.0480 |
293 |
6 |
47.53 |
2009-06-08 |
172. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
54.46 |
0.9023 |
0.0408 |
268 |
3 |
49.64 |
2009-05-28 |
173. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
54.32 |
0.9299 |
0.0038 |
168 |
1 |
54.32 |
2009-05-30 |
174. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
54.21 |
0.9252 |
0.0156 |
148 |
1 |
54.21 |
2009-05-14 |
175. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
54.21 |
0.8474 |
0.0933 |
265 |
2 |
48.09 |
2009-05-30 |
176. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
54.12 |
0.9310 |
0.0071 |
278 |
3 |
44.93 |
2009-05-29 |
177. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
54.06 |
0.9068 |
0.0289 |
212 |
7 |
44.18 |
2009-05-30 |
178. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
54.01 |
0.9704 |
-0.0337 |
254 |
3 |
50.52 |
2009-05-30 |
179. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
54.00 |
0.9745 |
-0.0359 |
388 |
4 |
47.33 |
2009-05-28 |
180. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
53.96 |
0.9029 |
0.0356 |
393 |
1 |
53.96 |
2009-06-08 |
181. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
53.85 |
0.9574 |
-0.0203 |
354 |
2 |
44.57 |
2009-06-08 |
182. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
53.73 |
0.9128 |
0.0162 |
237 |
7 |
48.40 |
2009-06-08 |
183. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
53.70 |
1.0181 |
-0.0855 |
276 |
6 |
48.89 |
2009-06-13 |
184. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
53.68 |
0.9963 |
-0.0678 |
274 |
5 |
50.49 |
2009-07-12 |
185. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
53.64 |
0.9765 |
-0.0470 |
269 |
2 |
51.94 |
2009-05-29 |
186. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
53.62 |
0.9136 |
0.0196 |
348 |
3 |
50.74 |
2009-05-29 |
187. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
53.47 |
1.0194 |
-0.0942 |
224 |
2 |
51.27 |
2009-05-29 |
188. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
53.23 |
1.0320 |
-0.1029 |
401 |
2 |
50.71 |
2009-05-27 |
189. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
53.20 |
0.9632 |
-0.0395 |
287 |
1 |
53.20 |
2009-05-29 |
190. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
52.97 |
0.9839 |
-0.0656 |
308 |
1 |
52.97 |
2009-05-30 |
191. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
52.95 |
0.9884 |
-0.0677 |
267 |
5 |
47.72 |
2009-05-30 |
192. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
52.83 |
0.9952 |
-0.0767 |
220 |
4 |
48.43 |
2009-05-30 |
193. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
52.71 |
0.9084 |
0.0071 |
271 |
3 |
51.60 |
2009-06-11 |
194. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
52.58 |
0.9422 |
-0.0356 |
190 |
3 |
47.04 |
2009-05-29 |
195. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
52.51 |
0.9698 |
-0.0543 |
389 |
2 |
49.08 |
2009-05-30 |
196. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
52.37 |
1.0057 |
-0.0947 |
382 |
2 |
52.25 |
2009-05-30 |
197. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
52.33 |
0.9864 |
-0.0752 |
292 |
2 |
51.48 |
2009-05-29 |
198. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
52.32 |
0.9183 |
-0.0102 |
308 |
3 |
44.97 |
2009-05-29 |
199. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
52.32 |
0.9561 |
-0.0473 |
362 |
5 |
42.08 |
2009-05-28 |
200. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
52.31 |
0.9827 |
-0.0748 |
314 |
2 |
50.27 |
2009-05-30 |
201. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
52.12 |
0.9380 |
-0.0358 |
284 |
2 |
45.73 |
2009-06-26 |
202. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
52.03 |
0.9756 |
-0.0742 |
223 |
3 |
47.50 |
2009-05-30 |
203. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
52.02 |
0.9719 |
-0.0628 |
383 |
2 |
47.36 |
2009-05-30 |
204. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
52.01 |
1.0672 |
-0.1666 |
239 |
2 |
41.26 |
2009-05-30 |
205. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
51.93 |
0.9271 |
-0.0271 |
295 |
4 |
42.91 |
2009-06-30 |
206. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
51.83 |
0.9162 |
-0.0164 |
401 |
2 |
50.83 |
2009-05-30 |
207. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
51.76 |
1.0059 |
-0.1073 |
283 |
2 |
46.66 |
2009-05-29 |
208. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
51.72 |
0.9265 |
-0.0309 |
254 |
4 |
46.13 |
2009-05-29 |
209. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
51.68 |
0.9787 |
-0.0793 |
364 |
1 |
51.68 |
2009-05-29 |
210. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
51.06 |
0.9644 |
-0.0761 |
398 |
6 |
43.38 |
2009-05-30 |
211. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
50.94 |
0.9316 |
-0.0464 |
188 |
1 |
50.94 |
2009-05-25 |
212. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
50.92 |
0.9500 |
-0.0656 |
287 |
4 |
45.49 |
2009-06-18 |
213. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
50.70 |
0.8666 |
0.0098 |
206 |
6 |
46.71 |
2009-06-08 |
214. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
50.69 |
0.9780 |
-0.1055 |
173 |
7 |
46.72 |
2009-06-08 |
215. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
50.57 |
1.0028 |
-0.1273 |
259 |
1 |
50.57 |
2009-05-26 |
216. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
50.15 |
0.9228 |
-0.0490 |
305 |
1 |
50.15 |
2009-05-30 |
217. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
49.94 |
0.8986 |
-0.0280 |
363 |
2 |
48.98 |
2009-05-29 |
218. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
49.78 |
0.9836 |
-0.1207 |
289 |
1 |
49.78 |
2009-05-27 |
219. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
49.76 |
0.8830 |
-0.0265 |
134 |
1 |
49.76 |
2009-05-12 |
220. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
49.71 |
0.9357 |
-0.0763 |
204 |
2 |
43.32 |
2009-06-11 |
221. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
49.69 |
0.8913 |
-0.0285 |
201 |
4 |
43.70 |
2009-05-29 |
222. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
49.41 |
0.9101 |
-0.0498 |
351 |
4 |
45.45 |
2009-05-29 |
223. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
49.27 |
0.9479 |
-0.0923 |
317 |
2 |
41.76 |
2009-05-27 |
224. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
49.05 |
0.9283 |
-0.0768 |
317 |
1 |
49.05 |
2009-05-10 |
225. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
48.79 |
0.8993 |
-0.0509 |
366 |
1 |
48.79 |
2009-05-30 |
226. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
48.44 |
0.8880 |
-0.0485 |
296 |
6 |
42.79 |
2009-05-30 |
227. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
48.42 |
0.8988 |
-0.0605 |
193 |
4 |
39.47 |
2009-05-28 |
228. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
48.29 |
0.8936 |
-0.0579 |
346 |
2 |
47.51 |
2009-05-27 |
229. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
48.20 |
0.9597 |
-0.1242 |
251 |
2 |
45.38 |
2009-05-16 |
230. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
48.03 |
0.8845 |
-0.0509 |
239 |
3 |
42.56 |
2009-05-18 |
231. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
47.99 |
0.9143 |
-0.0817 |
300 |
2 |
46.53 |
2009-05-29 |
232. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
47.97 |
0.9285 |
-0.0991 |
244 |
1 |
47.97 |
2009-05-17 |
233. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
47.96 |
0.9583 |
-0.1267 |
237 |
3 |
43.91 |
2009-05-29 |
234. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
47.92 |
0.9604 |
-0.1321 |
285 |
1 |
47.92 |
2009-05-14 |
235. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
47.90 |
0.9468 |
-0.1170 |
318 |
3 |
44.56 |
2009-05-30 |
236. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
47.86 |
0.9726 |
-0.1381 |
396 |
4 |
42.24 |
2009-05-30 |
237. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
47.71 |
0.8656 |
-0.0377 |
242 |
3 |
40.54 |
2009-05-30 |
238. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
47.58 |
0.9027 |
-0.0818 |
189 |
2 |
39.54 |
2009-05-29 |
239. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
47.56 |
1.0101 |
-0.1842 |
336 |
2 |
44.14 |
2009-05-17 |
240. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
47.45 |
1.0189 |
-0.1973 |
290 |
3 |
42.16 |
2009-05-26 |
241. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
47.29 |
0.9621 |
-0.1456 |
201 |
2 |
47.00 |
2009-05-28 |
242. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
47.15 |
0.9909 |
-0.1694 |
293 |
2 |
44.07 |
2009-05-20 |
243. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
47.12 |
0.9324 |
-0.1130 |
246 |
1 |
47.12 |
2009-05-10 |
244. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
46.76 |
0.9108 |
-0.1008 |
235 |
3 |
41.21 |
2009-05-26 |
245. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
46.74 |
0.9206 |
-0.1103 |
317 |
1 |
46.74 |
2009-05-28 |
246. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
46.67 |
0.8624 |
-0.0586 |
174 |
5 |
36.33 |
2009-05-30 |
247. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
46.61 |
0.9703 |
-0.1562 |
394 |
1 |
46.61 |
2009-05-27 |
248. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
46.50 |
0.8964 |
-0.0937 |
199 |
2 |
41.55 |
2009-05-28 |
249. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
46.49 |
0.8778 |
-0.0706 |
285 |
5 |
43.94 |
2009-06-11 |
250. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
46.21 |
0.9260 |
-0.1225 |
348 |
2 |
45.98 |
2009-05-17 |
251. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
46.17 |
0.9541 |
-0.1537 |
236 |
2 |
45.92 |
2009-05-27 |
252. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
46.15 |
0.9271 |
-0.1251 |
323 |
3 |
39.01 |
2009-05-30 |
253. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
46.04 |
0.9434 |
-0.1414 |
367 |
2 |
39.45 |
2009-05-30 |
254. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
45.93 |
0.9833 |
-0.1853 |
387 |
2 |
39.58 |
2009-05-16 |
255. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
45.60 |
0.9425 |
-0.1519 |
248 |
3 |
43.36 |
2009-05-27 |
256. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
45.48 |
0.9070 |
-0.1240 |
192 |
5 |
41.92 |
2009-05-29 |
257. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
45.28 |
0.8192 |
-0.0329 |
200 |
2 |
43.62 |
2009-05-20 |
258. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
45.23 |
0.8172 |
-0.0381 |
204 |
5 |
40.53 |
2009-05-29 |
259. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
44.94 |
1.0199 |
-0.2454 |
225 |
2 |
42.35 |
2009-05-17 |
260. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
44.47 |
0.8680 |
-0.1028 |
196 |
1 |
44.47 |
2009-05-12 |
261. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
44.20 |
0.8827 |
-0.1213 |
190 |
1 |
44.20 |
2009-05-16 |
262. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
44.08 |
0.9869 |
-0.2272 |
193 |
2 |
42.42 |
2009-05-20 |
263. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
43.78 |
0.9145 |
-0.1529 |
404 |
3 |
38.40 |
2009-05-26 |
264. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
43.68 |
0.8830 |
-0.1242 |
300 |
2 |
39.79 |
2009-05-17 |
265. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
43.31 |
0.8572 |
-0.1090 |
232 |
2 |
42.65 |
2009-05-29 |
266. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
42.55 |
0.8603 |
-0.1238 |
270 |
3 |
42.47 |
2009-05-27 |
267. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
42.51 |
0.8986 |
-0.1644 |
205 |
4 |
35.70 |
2009-05-30 |
268. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
42.49 |
0.8437 |
-0.1088 |
268 |
1 |
42.49 |
2009-05-28 |
269. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
42.19 |
0.8742 |
-0.1394 |
202 |
1 |
42.19 |
2009-05-16 |
270. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
42.13 |
0.8669 |
-0.1314 |
255 |
3 |
39.83 |
2009-05-16 |
271. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
41.80 |
0.8339 |
-0.1109 |
209 |
2 |
41.52 |
2009-05-18 |
272. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
41.79 |
0.9264 |
-0.2021 |
177 |
2 |
39.76 |
2009-05-19 |
273. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
41.65 |
0.9402 |
-0.2212 |
310 |
2 |
38.15 |
2009-05-17 |
274. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
41.44 |
0.8381 |
-0.1173 |
283 |
1 |
41.44 |
2009-05-18 |
275. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
40.64 |
0.8194 |
-0.1170 |
193 |
1 |
40.64 |
2009-05-17 |
276. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
40.54 |
0.8863 |
-0.1883 |
127 |
1 |
40.54 |
2009-05-09 |
277. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
39.96 |
0.8948 |
-0.2041 |
164 |
1 |
39.96 |
2009-05-09 |
278. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
39.55 |
0.9011 |
-0.2137 |
322 |
1 |
39.55 |
2009-05-17 |
279. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
39.32 |
0.9841 |
-0.3055 |
263 |
1 |
39.32 |
2009-05-16 |
280. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
39.10 |
0.9275 |
-0.2459 |
243 |
1 |
39.10 |
2009-05-12 |
281. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
37.69 |
0.9284 |
-0.2729 |
346 |
1 |
37.69 |
2009-05-17 |
282. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
36.92 |
0.8117 |
-0.1701 |
209 |
2 |
34.04 |
2009-05-17 |
283. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
35.21 |
0.7923 |
-0.1832 |
316 |
2 |
34.15 |
2009-05-17 |
284. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
30.18 |
0.8646 |
-0.3474 |
110 |
1 |
30.18 |
2009-05-14 |