Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
172.83 |
1.0543 |
0.2082 |
182 |
3 |
133.61 |
2009-10-19 |
2. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
172.56 |
1.0800 |
0.1768 |
129 |
8 |
145.76 |
2009-10-19 |
3. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
170.82 |
1.0601 |
0.1877 |
256 |
9 |
141.76 |
2009-10-19 |
4. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
169.09 |
1.0264 |
0.2077 |
191 |
8 |
132.44 |
2009-10-19 |
5. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
164.19 |
1.0877 |
0.1111 |
129 |
10 |
131.75 |
2009-08-31 |
6. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
163.00 |
1.0736 |
0.1225 |
350 |
7 |
132.90 |
2009-04-17 |
7. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
162.90 |
1.0590 |
0.1326 |
250 |
8 |
137.95 |
2009-07-26 |
8. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
162.52 |
0.9740 |
0.2192 |
371 |
7 |
125.46 |
2009-08-19 |
9. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
160.35 |
1.0132 |
0.1614 |
371 |
11 |
127.40 |
2009-08-19 |
10. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
159.44 |
1.0881 |
0.0753 |
210 |
7 |
143.25 |
2009-08-14 |
11. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
158.20 |
1.0800 |
0.0752 |
213 |
7 |
138.29 |
2009-10-19 |
12. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
157.62 |
1.0682 |
0.0868 |
266 |
10 |
135.75 |
2009-08-31 |
13. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
157.43 |
1.0960 |
0.0606 |
315 |
11 |
140.32 |
2009-10-19 |
14. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
157.06 |
0.9763 |
0.1729 |
143 |
5 |
123.90 |
2009-05-08 |
15. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
156.90 |
1.0639 |
0.0858 |
303 |
4 |
145.86 |
2009-08-22 |
16. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
155.77 |
1.0617 |
0.0766 |
171 |
6 |
136.72 |
2009-08-28 |
17. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
155.76 |
1.0481 |
0.0844 |
255 |
9 |
127.56 |
2009-08-22 |
18. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
155.52 |
1.0901 |
0.0503 |
288 |
7 |
139.28 |
2009-10-14 |
19. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
155.29 |
1.0669 |
0.0730 |
379 |
5 |
137.32 |
2009-06-24 |
20. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
154.88 |
1.0582 |
0.0724 |
180 |
3 |
138.64 |
2009-08-22 |
21. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
154.77 |
1.0672 |
0.0645 |
239 |
9 |
131.55 |
2009-08-11 |
22. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
154.74 |
1.0426 |
0.0861 |
131 |
6 |
120.25 |
2009-10-19 |
23. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
154.55 |
0.9762 |
0.1551 |
249 |
5 |
131.25 |
2009-08-17 |
24. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
154.20 |
1.1198 |
0.0079 |
247 |
5 |
135.75 |
2009-08-22 |
25. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
153.33 |
1.0462 |
0.0791 |
340 |
5 |
135.68 |
2009-05-08 |
26. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
153.26 |
1.0743 |
0.0486 |
297 |
5 |
134.35 |
2009-08-22 |
27. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
152.62 |
1.0403 |
0.0751 |
234 |
3 |
138.63 |
2008-12-19 |
28. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
152.34 |
1.1070 |
0.0069 |
265 |
3 |
126.80 |
2009-08-22 |
29. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
151.93 |
1.0387 |
0.0775 |
333 |
4 |
141.46 |
2009-08-13 |
30. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
150.89 |
1.0867 |
0.0132 |
171 |
8 |
132.63 |
2009-08-11 |
31. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
150.86 |
1.0521 |
0.0464 |
197 |
13 |
135.60 |
2009-10-14 |
32. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
150.86 |
1.0035 |
0.1012 |
310 |
14 |
128.30 |
2009-08-14 |
33. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
150.52 |
1.1093 |
-0.0133 |
220 |
5 |
127.42 |
2009-08-13 |
34. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
150.19 |
1.0250 |
0.0771 |
271 |
4 |
131.62 |
2008-11-13 |
35. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
149.81 |
1.0291 |
0.0652 |
240 |
6 |
137.32 |
2009-10-19 |
36. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
149.71 |
1.0272 |
0.0663 |
226 |
5 |
132.71 |
2009-04-23 |
37. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
149.50 |
0.8988 |
0.1945 |
193 |
1 |
149.50 |
2008-10-22 |
38. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
149.36 |
1.0777 |
0.0133 |
226 |
5 |
132.73 |
2009-08-13 |
39. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
149.32 |
1.0057 |
0.0900 |
382 |
8 |
130.99 |
2009-04-23 |
40. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
149.22 |
1.0638 |
0.0262 |
247 |
6 |
133.60 |
2009-08-11 |
41. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
149.14 |
0.9927 |
0.0955 |
234 |
5 |
140.13 |
2009-08-14 |
42. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
149.03 |
1.0498 |
0.0420 |
261 |
8 |
138.72 |
2009-08-12 |
43. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
148.94 |
1.0561 |
0.0320 |
227 |
8 |
134.51 |
2009-08-17 |
44. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
148.74 |
1.0106 |
0.0769 |
302 |
2 |
142.20 |
2009-06-24 |
45. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
148.68 |
1.0495 |
0.0381 |
323 |
9 |
138.02 |
2009-08-22 |
46. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
148.62 |
1.0588 |
0.0289 |
281 |
9 |
134.74 |
2009-08-13 |
47. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
148.54 |
1.0419 |
0.0482 |
341 |
8 |
132.44 |
2009-08-28 |
48. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
148.18 |
1.0332 |
0.0506 |
267 |
5 |
131.72 |
2009-04-28 |
49. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
148.12 |
0.9434 |
0.1450 |
367 |
5 |
125.93 |
2009-08-13 |
50. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
147.89 |
0.9756 |
0.1060 |
223 |
5 |
129.11 |
2009-08-14 |
51. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
147.56 |
1.0461 |
0.0359 |
318 |
6 |
135.15 |
2009-08-13 |
52. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
147.50 |
1.0333 |
0.0410 |
176 |
6 |
133.28 |
2009-04-23 |
53. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
147.47 |
1.1086 |
-0.0290 |
233 |
3 |
129.77 |
2009-08-19 |
54. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
147.43 |
0.9841 |
0.0915 |
217 |
5 |
131.02 |
2009-08-13 |
55. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
147.39 |
1.0334 |
0.0446 |
261 |
2 |
136.49 |
2009-01-15 |
56. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
146.80 |
1.0576 |
0.0138 |
231 |
6 |
131.62 |
2009-10-14 |
57. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
146.59 |
1.0479 |
0.0232 |
205 |
2 |
131.28 |
2009-03-06 |
58. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
146.03 |
0.9503 |
0.1116 |
211 |
4 |
120.27 |
2008-11-11 |
59. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
145.70 |
1.0557 |
0.0116 |
289 |
5 |
134.04 |
2009-04-17 |
60. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
145.68 |
1.0506 |
0.0150 |
259 |
4 |
133.27 |
2009-08-31 |
61. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
145.44 |
1.0615 |
-0.0003 |
201 |
4 |
135.47 |
2009-08-14 |
62. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
145.39 |
1.0060 |
0.0586 |
225 |
6 |
132.79 |
2009-04-28 |
63. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
144.91 |
1.0267 |
0.0367 |
261 |
7 |
131.29 |
2009-08-22 |
64. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
144.90 |
0.9704 |
0.0898 |
254 |
4 |
124.82 |
2009-05-14 |
65. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
144.47 |
1.0042 |
0.0491 |
168 |
7 |
127.75 |
2009-05-14 |
66. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
144.43 |
1.0654 |
-0.0111 |
247 |
5 |
128.54 |
2009-05-08 |
67. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
144.37 |
0.9952 |
0.0635 |
220 |
6 |
126.50 |
2009-08-31 |
68. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
144.33 |
1.0059 |
0.0514 |
283 |
8 |
127.64 |
2009-05-27 |
69. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
144.14 |
1.0432 |
0.0121 |
276 |
6 |
129.52 |
2009-05-08 |
70. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
143.80 |
1.0600 |
-0.0076 |
351 |
6 |
132.72 |
2009-05-14 |
71. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
143.37 |
1.0567 |
-0.0080 |
314 |
4 |
133.36 |
2009-08-22 |
72. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
143.11 |
1.0103 |
0.0311 |
209 |
5 |
127.71 |
2009-04-28 |
73. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
142.73 |
0.9402 |
0.1022 |
310 |
9 |
128.27 |
2009-08-19 |
74. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
142.67 |
1.0476 |
-0.0132 |
110 |
5 |
127.33 |
2009-04-27 |
75. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
142.63 |
1.0188 |
0.0340 |
316 |
2 |
131.34 |
2009-10-13 |
76. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
142.60 |
1.0418 |
0.0023 |
214 |
3 |
139.49 |
2009-08-31 |
77. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
142.49 |
0.9885 |
0.0607 |
469 |
5 |
129.75 |
2009-05-08 |
78. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
142.41 |
1.0472 |
-0.0116 |
149 |
2 |
121.77 |
2009-10-14 |
79. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
142.16 |
0.9070 |
0.1283 |
192 |
7 |
126.65 |
2009-08-14 |
80. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
142.05 |
0.9425 |
0.0975 |
248 |
7 |
119.99 |
2009-10-14 |
81. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
142.02 |
1.0101 |
0.0307 |
336 |
6 |
132.43 |
2009-08-14 |
82. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
141.84 |
0.9948 |
0.0418 |
233 |
2 |
137.25 |
2009-08-04 |
83. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
141.76 |
0.9966 |
0.0477 |
377 |
6 |
130.73 |
2009-08-13 |
84. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
141.32 |
0.9500 |
0.0856 |
287 |
4 |
126.16 |
2009-08-19 |
85. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
141.25 |
1.0028 |
0.0295 |
259 |
7 |
124.53 |
2009-04-27 |
86. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
141.08 |
1.0288 |
-0.0014 |
166 |
6 |
124.30 |
2009-08-19 |
87. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
140.87 |
1.0540 |
-0.0284 |
184 |
2 |
133.19 |
2009-02-04 |
88. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
140.85 |
1.0404 |
-0.0051 |
406 |
7 |
128.85 |
2009-08-13 |
89. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
140.76 |
1.0130 |
0.0169 |
288 |
6 |
127.97 |
2009-10-14 |
90. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
140.66 |
1.0033 |
0.0260 |
203 |
7 |
121.12 |
2009-08-11 |
91. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
140.41 |
0.8986 |
0.1269 |
205 |
5 |
114.74 |
2009-04-23 |
92. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
140.09 |
0.9597 |
0.0653 |
251 |
7 |
120.16 |
2009-10-13 |
93. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
139.93 |
0.9271 |
0.0962 |
295 |
7 |
125.47 |
2009-08-19 |
94. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
139.73 |
0.9765 |
0.0450 |
269 |
2 |
131.51 |
2009-08-31 |
95. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
139.65 |
0.9726 |
0.0542 |
396 |
5 |
126.67 |
2009-08-13 |
96. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
139.63 |
1.0372 |
-0.0161 |
249 |
4 |
124.21 |
2009-08-31 |
97. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
139.61 |
1.0181 |
0.0045 |
276 |
8 |
128.34 |
2009-04-29 |
98. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
139.52 |
0.9864 |
0.0380 |
292 |
5 |
116.39 |
2008-11-13 |
99. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
139.45 |
1.0086 |
0.0072 |
218 |
7 |
130.80 |
2009-01-20 |
100. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
139.44 |
1.0125 |
0.0061 |
232 |
10 |
126.66 |
2009-08-31 |
101. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
139.37 |
1.0287 |
-0.0103 |
269 |
3 |
130.91 |
2009-08-17 |
102. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
139.34 |
0.9839 |
0.0352 |
308 |
8 |
126.59 |
2009-04-23 |
103. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
139.32 |
1.0178 |
-0.0003 |
207 |
4 |
132.62 |
2009-06-24 |
104. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
139.21 |
0.9915 |
0.0260 |
281 |
3 |
127.24 |
2009-04-28 |
105. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
139.14 |
0.9909 |
0.0309 |
334 |
4 |
116.49 |
2009-06-05 |
106. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
139.12 |
1.0351 |
-0.0135 |
276 |
3 |
125.41 |
2009-06-05 |
107. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
139.09 |
1.0370 |
-0.0197 |
262 |
2 |
128.96 |
2009-10-14 |
108. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
138.93 |
1.0585 |
-0.0394 |
226 |
1 |
138.93 |
2009-10-14 |
109. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
138.93 |
0.9128 |
0.1007 |
237 |
6 |
118.67 |
2009-02-20 |
110. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
138.90 |
1.0845 |
-0.0695 |
212 |
3 |
122.16 |
2009-08-17 |
111. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
138.87 |
1.0018 |
0.0144 |
246 |
6 |
123.40 |
2009-08-12 |
112. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
138.56 |
0.9650 |
0.0513 |
347 |
5 |
124.78 |
2009-04-30 |
113. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
138.13 |
0.9829 |
0.0268 |
229 |
3 |
129.60 |
2009-08-14 |
114. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
138.12 |
0.9809 |
0.0255 |
209 |
4 |
132.36 |
2008-11-14 |
115. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
138.11 |
1.0529 |
-0.0400 |
373 |
6 |
130.13 |
2009-08-13 |
116. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
138.10 |
1.0464 |
-0.0312 |
294 |
5 |
126.07 |
2009-08-04 |
117. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
138.07 |
0.9981 |
0.0110 |
211 |
4 |
129.44 |
2009-08-13 |
118. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
138.06 |
0.9265 |
0.0823 |
254 |
6 |
114.33 |
2009-08-22 |
119. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
137.77 |
0.9827 |
0.0260 |
314 |
11 |
128.62 |
2009-10-13 |
120. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
137.74 |
1.0253 |
-0.0148 |
337 |
1 |
137.74 |
2009-08-19 |
121. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
137.60 |
1.0511 |
-0.0428 |
252 |
2 |
130.24 |
2009-03-03 |
122. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
137.57 |
1.0279 |
-0.0273 |
172 |
5 |
119.50 |
2009-07-26 |
123. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
137.56 |
1.0208 |
-0.0147 |
231 |
3 |
122.89 |
2008-11-13 |
124. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
137.34 |
1.0265 |
-0.0182 |
375 |
4 |
126.88 |
2009-08-31 |
125. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
137.19 |
0.9422 |
0.0562 |
190 |
4 |
116.08 |
2009-08-19 |
126. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
137.12 |
1.0270 |
-0.0234 |
303 |
3 |
134.42 |
2009-08-17 |
127. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
136.89 |
1.0094 |
-0.0080 |
256 |
3 |
123.55 |
2009-08-04 |
128. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
136.60 |
1.0082 |
-0.0140 |
212 |
6 |
121.56 |
2009-08-31 |
129. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
136.56 |
0.9538 |
0.0449 |
276 |
5 |
131.62 |
2009-10-05 |
130. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
136.40 |
1.0414 |
-0.0446 |
234 |
3 |
124.39 |
2009-08-13 |
131. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
136.37 |
0.9339 |
0.0694 |
317 |
8 |
123.89 |
2009-08-13 |
132. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
136.23 |
1.0487 |
-0.0545 |
253 |
7 |
128.90 |
2009-08-13 |
133. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
136.14 |
0.9392 |
0.0627 |
360 |
9 |
126.77 |
2009-08-17 |
134. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
136.11 |
0.8986 |
0.0976 |
216 |
6 |
117.55 |
2009-05-14 |
135. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
136.05 |
0.9801 |
0.0147 |
289 |
6 |
117.29 |
2009-04-27 |
136. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
136.04 |
0.9807 |
0.0027 |
129 |
3 |
127.68 |
2008-11-13 |
137. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
135.84 |
0.9780 |
0.0094 |
173 |
4 |
110.57 |
2009-08-10 |
138. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
135.73 |
0.9931 |
0.0042 |
339 |
4 |
126.16 |
2009-08-13 |
139. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
135.70 |
1.0165 |
-0.0248 |
316 |
6 |
119.68 |
2009-10-14 |
140. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
135.41 |
1.0607 |
-0.0675 |
357 |
3 |
129.81 |
2009-08-13 |
141. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
135.36 |
0.9636 |
0.0250 |
281 |
5 |
124.82 |
2009-05-26 |
142. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
135.19 |
1.0873 |
-0.1015 |
243 |
3 |
130.22 |
2009-08-11 |
143. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
135.18 |
1.0189 |
-0.0308 |
290 |
5 |
127.78 |
2009-07-26 |
144. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
135.18 |
1.0016 |
-0.0145 |
217 |
5 |
127.68 |
2009-10-13 |
145. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
135.06 |
1.0227 |
-0.0288 |
378 |
5 |
128.88 |
2009-08-12 |
146. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
134.85 |
0.9833 |
0.0054 |
387 |
2 |
126.35 |
2008-12-20 |
147. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
134.85 |
0.9604 |
0.0238 |
285 |
7 |
124.59 |
2009-06-24 |
148. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
134.80 |
1.0199 |
-0.0378 |
225 |
4 |
127.13 |
2009-08-31 |
149. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
134.69 |
0.9787 |
0.0098 |
364 |
4 |
126.25 |
2009-08-14 |
150. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
134.51 |
0.9727 |
0.0178 |
442 |
4 |
121.36 |
2008-11-13 |
151. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
134.41 |
0.9866 |
-0.0032 |
308 |
4 |
123.68 |
2009-04-27 |
152. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
134.34 |
0.9890 |
-0.0026 |
272 |
2 |
129.99 |
2008-12-20 |
153. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
134.27 |
1.0234 |
-0.0373 |
392 |
4 |
125.80 |
2009-08-14 |
154. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
134.26 |
0.9681 |
0.0194 |
392 |
5 |
127.70 |
2009-02-19 |
155. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
134.23 |
1.0135 |
-0.0285 |
358 |
5 |
123.03 |
2009-08-14 |
156. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
134.23 |
1.0466 |
-0.0653 |
230 |
7 |
125.91 |
2009-08-13 |
157. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
134.21 |
1.0079 |
-0.0273 |
273 |
4 |
127.26 |
2009-04-28 |
158. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
134.10 |
0.9299 |
0.0425 |
168 |
5 |
114.94 |
2009-08-13 |
159. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
133.96 |
1.0676 |
-0.0833 |
456 |
3 |
126.25 |
2009-03-25 |
160. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
133.82 |
0.9745 |
0.0063 |
388 |
4 |
124.05 |
2009-08-07 |
161. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
133.61 |
1.0194 |
-0.0443 |
224 |
1 |
133.61 |
2009-04-28 |
162. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
133.60 |
0.9841 |
-0.0086 |
263 |
3 |
126.74 |
2009-02-20 |
163. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
133.51 |
0.9243 |
0.0542 |
240 |
6 |
129.01 |
2009-06-24 |
164. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
133.39 |
0.9631 |
0.0119 |
273 |
6 |
123.35 |
2009-08-11 |
165. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
133.20 |
0.8936 |
0.0794 |
346 |
8 |
121.12 |
2009-08-19 |
166. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
133.08 |
0.9594 |
0.0121 |
258 |
5 |
113.07 |
2009-08-31 |
167. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
133.05 |
0.9108 |
0.0621 |
235 |
3 |
127.82 |
2009-08-12 |
168. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
132.95 |
0.9673 |
0.0072 |
292 |
4 |
124.15 |
2009-08-22 |
169. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
132.84 |
0.9885 |
-0.0169 |
355 |
4 |
119.01 |
2009-08-11 |
170. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
132.78 |
0.9698 |
0.0062 |
389 |
5 |
120.09 |
2009-02-04 |
171. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
132.60 |
0.9974 |
-0.0316 |
163 |
5 |
120.16 |
2009-10-19 |
172. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
132.48 |
0.9849 |
-0.0149 |
337 |
4 |
123.19 |
2009-08-12 |
173. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
132.45 |
1.0865 |
-0.1181 |
237 |
4 |
122.62 |
2009-08-13 |
174. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
132.42 |
0.9658 |
0.0063 |
308 |
5 |
120.35 |
2009-05-08 |
175. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
132.07 |
1.0362 |
-0.0641 |
437 |
4 |
129.69 |
2009-04-28 |
176. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
131.76 |
1.0036 |
-0.0391 |
277 |
5 |
126.48 |
2009-08-13 |
177. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
131.74 |
0.9357 |
0.0255 |
204 |
2 |
125.39 |
2009-04-22 |
178. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
131.73 |
1.0450 |
-0.0764 |
358 |
1 |
131.73 |
2009-04-27 |
179. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
131.57 |
0.8880 |
0.0742 |
296 |
3 |
120.42 |
2008-11-12 |
180. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
131.34 |
0.9068 |
0.0517 |
212 |
8 |
121.54 |
2009-08-19 |
181. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
131.28 |
1.0125 |
-0.0574 |
171 |
4 |
112.09 |
2009-08-07 |
182. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
131.12 |
1.0427 |
-0.0830 |
269 |
2 |
124.96 |
2009-08-17 |
183. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
131.11 |
0.9842 |
-0.0232 |
335 |
5 |
125.06 |
2009-04-22 |
184. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
130.78 |
0.9603 |
0.0015 |
430 |
3 |
122.94 |
2009-08-12 |
185. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
130.65 |
1.0320 |
-0.0706 |
401 |
2 |
124.11 |
2009-08-13 |
186. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
130.56 |
0.9583 |
-0.0031 |
237 |
5 |
123.58 |
2009-02-20 |
187. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
130.43 |
0.9980 |
-0.0421 |
295 |
3 |
117.97 |
2008-11-13 |
188. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
130.38 |
1.0063 |
-0.0480 |
293 |
1 |
130.38 |
2009-10-14 |
189. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
130.18 |
0.9957 |
-0.0440 |
323 |
2 |
127.72 |
2009-04-27 |
190. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
130.00 |
1.0686 |
-0.1144 |
354 |
2 |
128.49 |
2009-01-21 |
191. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
129.74 |
1.0301 |
-0.0827 |
268 |
1 |
129.74 |
2009-02-19 |
192. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
129.37 |
1.0197 |
-0.0756 |
204 |
4 |
118.26 |
2009-08-14 |
193. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
129.14 |
1.0628 |
-0.1165 |
363 |
3 |
124.09 |
2009-08-12 |
194. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
129.08 |
0.9917 |
-0.0458 |
317 |
4 |
118.72 |
2009-08-13 |
195. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
129.00 |
0.9810 |
-0.0328 |
362 |
5 |
120.31 |
2009-05-14 |
196. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
128.94 |
0.9332 |
0.0096 |
267 |
6 |
115.24 |
2009-04-28 |
197. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
128.84 |
1.0128 |
-0.0640 |
369 |
4 |
117.73 |
2009-08-13 |
198. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
128.77 |
0.9933 |
-0.0444 |
450 |
5 |
121.31 |
2009-01-21 |
199. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
128.65 |
0.9909 |
-0.0457 |
293 |
6 |
120.70 |
2009-04-27 |
200. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
128.60 |
0.9736 |
-0.0262 |
378 |
2 |
128.37 |
2009-03-03 |
201. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
128.36 |
1.0411 |
-0.1008 |
341 |
3 |
124.08 |
2008-12-19 |
202. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
128.25 |
0.9931 |
-0.0593 |
218 |
4 |
120.77 |
2009-08-31 |
203. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
128.07 |
0.9479 |
-0.0098 |
317 |
5 |
121.07 |
2009-08-13 |
204. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
128.06 |
0.9359 |
0.0011 |
355 |
6 |
116.76 |
2009-05-08 |
205. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
128.03 |
0.9451 |
-0.0011 |
419 |
2 |
120.45 |
2008-12-19 |
206. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
127.99 |
0.9228 |
0.0175 |
305 |
5 |
118.21 |
2009-04-27 |
207. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
127.92 |
0.9424 |
-0.0046 |
320 |
1 |
127.92 |
2008-11-13 |
208. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
127.86 |
1.0026 |
-0.0634 |
200 |
1 |
127.86 |
2009-10-14 |
209. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
127.81 |
0.9836 |
-0.0490 |
289 |
5 |
123.27 |
2009-06-24 |
210. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
127.79 |
0.9996 |
-0.0578 |
483 |
6 |
123.20 |
2009-08-13 |
211. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
127.60 |
1.0095 |
-0.0780 |
211 |
5 |
113.47 |
2009-08-13 |
212. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
127.45 |
0.9922 |
-0.0598 |
264 |
7 |
119.49 |
2009-08-13 |
213. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
127.42 |
0.9352 |
-0.0047 |
194 |
7 |
114.91 |
2009-08-11 |
214. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
127.38 |
0.8666 |
0.0622 |
206 |
6 |
114.72 |
2009-04-27 |
215. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
127.22 |
0.9703 |
-0.0336 |
394 |
6 |
113.54 |
2009-08-13 |
216. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
126.38 |
0.9011 |
0.0260 |
322 |
6 |
114.13 |
2009-04-27 |
217. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
126.23 |
0.9029 |
0.0226 |
393 |
5 |
114.14 |
2008-12-20 |
218. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
125.93 |
0.9678 |
-0.0429 |
392 |
3 |
118.48 |
2009-08-12 |
219. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
125.81 |
0.9927 |
-0.0724 |
276 |
6 |
117.99 |
2009-08-14 |
220. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
125.69 |
0.9143 |
0.0056 |
300 |
4 |
121.98 |
2009-08-13 |
221. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
125.64 |
0.9957 |
-0.0732 |
323 |
7 |
115.35 |
2009-08-13 |
222. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
125.61 |
0.9346 |
-0.0192 |
211 |
5 |
118.71 |
2009-04-28 |
223. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
125.08 |
0.8778 |
0.0384 |
285 |
2 |
114.88 |
2009-10-13 |
224. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
124.75 |
0.8887 |
0.0371 |
464 |
6 |
109.87 |
2009-01-20 |
225. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
124.11 |
0.9709 |
-0.0650 |
264 |
5 |
118.15 |
2009-03-03 |
226. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
124.06 |
0.9541 |
-0.0466 |
236 |
2 |
121.69 |
2009-04-28 |
227. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
124.05 |
0.8830 |
0.0263 |
300 |
4 |
113.27 |
2009-08-12 |
228. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
123.96 |
0.8847 |
0.0192 |
282 |
1 |
123.96 |
2008-11-11 |
229. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
123.68 |
0.9145 |
-0.0069 |
404 |
6 |
114.51 |
2009-08-19 |
230. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
122.95 |
0.7923 |
0.1070 |
316 |
9 |
105.12 |
2009-08-31 |
231. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
121.98 |
0.9609 |
-0.0645 |
331 |
2 |
121.36 |
2009-05-26 |
232. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
121.93 |
0.9869 |
-0.0993 |
193 |
2 |
107.07 |
2008-11-13 |
233. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
121.49 |
0.9162 |
-0.0270 |
401 |
4 |
116.16 |
2009-08-19 |
234. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
121.48 |
0.9884 |
-0.0980 |
267 |
3 |
109.43 |
2009-08-19 |
235. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
121.15 |
1.0341 |
-0.1493 |
273 |
1 |
121.15 |
2009-08-13 |
236. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
121.04 |
0.9680 |
-0.0833 |
256 |
4 |
111.04 |
2009-01-15 |
237. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
120.78 |
1.0543 |
-0.1693 |
360 |
1 |
120.78 |
2008-11-13 |
238. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
120.74 |
0.9400 |
-0.0550 |
434 |
3 |
118.58 |
2009-08-31 |
239. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
120.48 |
0.9719 |
-0.0842 |
383 |
3 |
117.54 |
2009-02-20 |
240. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
120.31 |
0.8172 |
0.0578 |
204 |
7 |
104.93 |
2009-08-14 |
241. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
120.12 |
0.9183 |
-0.0395 |
308 |
3 |
110.90 |
2009-07-26 |
242. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
120.03 |
0.9027 |
-0.0290 |
189 |
4 |
113.73 |
2009-10-14 |
243. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
119.89 |
0.9135 |
-0.0285 |
393 |
2 |
114.05 |
2008-10-31 |
244. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
119.89 |
0.9574 |
-0.0780 |
354 |
1 |
119.89 |
2008-11-14 |
245. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
119.34 |
0.8437 |
0.0277 |
268 |
3 |
114.40 |
2008-11-13 |
246. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
118.99 |
0.9114 |
-0.0343 |
399 |
3 |
113.22 |
2008-12-19 |
247. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
118.94 |
0.8993 |
-0.0273 |
366 |
3 |
113.56 |
2009-04-23 |
248. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
118.82 |
0.9380 |
-0.0712 |
284 |
3 |
115.15 |
2009-04-27 |
249. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
118.54 |
0.8913 |
-0.0236 |
201 |
8 |
113.22 |
2009-08-13 |
250. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
117.96 |
0.9561 |
-0.0925 |
362 |
2 |
112.90 |
2009-08-13 |
251. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
117.62 |
0.9880 |
-0.1327 |
199 |
3 |
109.17 |
2009-04-28 |
252. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
117.59 |
0.8656 |
-0.0052 |
242 |
2 |
112.58 |
2009-08-13 |
253. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
117.37 |
0.9632 |
-0.1044 |
287 |
3 |
115.33 |
2008-11-08 |
254. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
117.13 |
0.9673 |
-0.1075 |
393 |
1 |
117.13 |
2009-01-21 |
255. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
117.00 |
0.9928 |
-0.1385 |
293 |
1 |
117.00 |
2009-02-19 |
256. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
116.95 |
0.9119 |
-0.0531 |
396 |
4 |
113.81 |
2009-04-22 |
257. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
116.72 |
0.8964 |
-0.0465 |
199 |
7 |
107.49 |
2009-08-12 |
258. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
116.66 |
0.9206 |
-0.0677 |
317 |
2 |
112.11 |
2008-11-13 |
259. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
116.66 |
0.8603 |
-0.0080 |
270 |
2 |
101.98 |
2008-10-22 |
260. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
116.18 |
0.9012 |
-0.0488 |
322 |
3 |
113.22 |
2009-08-14 |
261. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
115.68 |
0.8794 |
-0.0276 |
427 |
7 |
107.36 |
2009-08-13 |
262. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
115.59 |
0.9101 |
-0.0617 |
351 |
3 |
106.21 |
2008-11-14 |
263. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
114.94 |
1.0010 |
-0.1574 |
213 |
1 |
114.94 |
2009-08-31 |
264. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
114.72 |
0.9332 |
-0.0937 |
295 |
3 |
109.82 |
2009-04-27 |
265. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
114.57 |
0.9271 |
-0.0876 |
323 |
2 |
114.55 |
2009-04-22 |
266. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
113.09 |
0.9963 |
-0.1726 |
274 |
2 |
109.47 |
2009-04-30 |
267. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
113.09 |
0.9136 |
-0.0842 |
348 |
3 |
109.22 |
2009-01-21 |
268. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
111.62 |
0.9284 |
-0.1094 |
346 |
6 |
105.71 |
2009-04-28 |
269. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
110.93 |
0.9519 |
-0.1378 |
323 |
2 |
109.77 |
2009-03-18 |
270. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
110.90 |
0.9713 |
-0.1627 |
193 |
3 |
107.28 |
2009-08-19 |
271. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
110.80 |
0.8624 |
-0.0578 |
174 |
4 |
98.80 |
2009-04-27 |
272. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
110.21 |
0.9468 |
-0.1421 |
318 |
1 |
110.21 |
2008-10-20 |
273. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
109.27 |
1.0350 |
-0.2225 |
416 |
1 |
109.27 |
2009-08-31 |
274. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
103.52 |
0.8986 |
-0.1379 |
363 |
1 |
103.52 |
2008-10-20 |
275. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
96.91 |
0.9852 |
-0.2788 |
235 |
1 |
96.91 |
2009-08-13 |