Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
95.01 |
1.0429 |
0.3070 |
259 |
4 |
74.14 |
2011-01-14 |
2. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
90.69 |
1.0454 |
0.2402 |
255 |
6 |
70.27 |
2009-02-06 |
3. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
89.45 |
1.0885 |
0.1863 |
315 |
5 |
72.74 |
2009-02-03 |
4. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
88.91 |
1.0993 |
0.1623 |
265 |
5 |
78.85 |
2009-01-25 |
5. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
88.39 |
1.1215 |
0.1588 |
200 |
1 |
88.39 |
2011-01-14 |
6. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
88.22 |
1.0528 |
0.1960 |
201 |
5 |
70.38 |
2009-02-07 |
7. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
88.16 |
1.0337 |
0.2187 |
214 |
5 |
67.07 |
2009-01-23 |
8. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
87.18 |
0.9780 |
0.2619 |
337 |
7 |
62.54 |
2011-01-14 |
9. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
87.01 |
1.0419 |
0.1945 |
261 |
5 |
64.65 |
2009-01-23 |
10. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
85.68 |
1.0201 |
0.1905 |
172 |
7 |
72.25 |
2009-01-29 |
11. |
Now that I know that I'm breaking to pieces, I'll pull out m... |
85.60 |
1.0261 |
0.2295 |
410 |
1 |
85.60 |
2011-01-14 |
12. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
85.53 |
1.0141 |
0.2374 |
304 |
1 |
85.53 |
2011-01-14 |
13. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
85.51 |
1.0796 |
0.1305 |
129 |
3 |
69.92 |
2009-01-06 |
14. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
85.40 |
1.0613 |
0.1570 |
456 |
4 |
74.87 |
2011-02-03 |
15. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
85.17 |
1.1323 |
0.1114 |
341 |
1 |
85.17 |
2011-01-14 |
16. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
84.83 |
1.0444 |
0.1541 |
197 |
3 |
68.48 |
2009-01-23 |
17. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
83.51 |
0.9439 |
0.2503 |
476 |
1 |
83.51 |
2011-01-14 |
18. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
83.19 |
0.9884 |
0.1924 |
233 |
4 |
69.72 |
2011-02-03 |
19. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
83.06 |
1.0523 |
0.1231 |
256 |
3 |
67.17 |
2011-01-14 |
20. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
82.57 |
1.0711 |
0.0965 |
213 |
5 |
67.39 |
2009-01-24 |
21. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
81.82 |
1.0183 |
0.1380 |
191 |
4 |
69.39 |
2009-01-28 |
22. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
81.61 |
0.9429 |
0.2173 |
287 |
6 |
62.16 |
2011-01-14 |
23. |
Once you get into the processed foods you have to be a fairl... |
81.18 |
1.0531 |
0.1377 |
272 |
1 |
81.18 |
2011-01-14 |
24. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
81.08 |
1.0463 |
0.1004 |
182 |
3 |
72.89 |
2009-02-06 |
25. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
81.05 |
0.9805 |
0.1750 |
292 |
4 |
65.87 |
2011-01-14 |
26. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
81.02 |
0.9910 |
0.1613 |
295 |
9 |
66.11 |
2009-01-24 |
27. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
80.90 |
1.0004 |
0.1422 |
212 |
1 |
80.90 |
2009-02-06 |
28. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
80.55 |
1.0124 |
0.1289 |
204 |
10 |
60.95 |
2009-01-26 |
29. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
80.24 |
1.1016 |
0.0377 |
233 |
7 |
72.03 |
2009-01-26 |
30. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
80.15 |
1.0677 |
0.1006 |
284 |
1 |
80.15 |
2011-01-14 |
31. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
80.10 |
0.8961 |
0.2377 |
189 |
2 |
69.39 |
2011-01-14 |
32. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
80.04 |
0.9049 |
0.2369 |
351 |
5 |
57.68 |
2011-01-14 |
33. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
79.41 |
1.0131 |
0.1103 |
225 |
5 |
63.84 |
2009-02-04 |
34. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
79.24 |
1.0696 |
0.0518 |
226 |
4 |
71.91 |
2009-01-24 |
35. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
78.96 |
1.0487 |
0.0672 |
231 |
4 |
64.75 |
2009-02-04 |
36. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
78.67 |
1.0073 |
0.1174 |
369 |
6 |
67.03 |
2009-01-05 |
37. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
78.58 |
0.9946 |
0.1206 |
246 |
6 |
66.16 |
2009-01-26 |
38. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
77.99 |
1.0668 |
0.0426 |
350 |
8 |
70.84 |
2009-01-29 |
39. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
77.85 |
0.9709 |
0.1750 |
397 |
1 |
77.85 |
2011-02-03 |
40. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
77.76 |
0.9811 |
0.1252 |
272 |
2 |
75.40 |
2009-02-06 |
41. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
77.40 |
0.9734 |
0.1248 |
289 |
6 |
64.48 |
2009-01-28 |
42. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
77.35 |
1.1114 |
-0.0164 |
247 |
6 |
68.69 |
2009-01-29 |
43. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
77.31 |
1.0125 |
0.1225 |
413 |
1 |
77.31 |
2011-01-14 |
44. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
77.30 |
0.9649 |
0.1310 |
193 |
4 |
61.16 |
2009-01-06 |
45. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
77.05 |
0.9532 |
0.1389 |
258 |
7 |
62.86 |
2009-01-08 |
46. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
77.03 |
0.9148 |
0.1798 |
317 |
5 |
59.46 |
2011-01-14 |
47. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
76.97 |
1.0669 |
0.0577 |
286 |
1 |
76.97 |
2011-01-14 |
48. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
76.90 |
1.0555 |
0.0372 |
363 |
9 |
68.64 |
2009-01-14 |
49. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
76.86 |
0.9485 |
0.1446 |
291 |
1 |
76.86 |
2011-01-14 |
50. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
76.83 |
0.9675 |
0.1323 |
383 |
8 |
64.05 |
2009-01-23 |
51. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
76.77 |
1.0025 |
0.0878 |
336 |
6 |
66.74 |
2009-01-14 |
52. |
In 1969 four computers located around the country were in co... |
76.76 |
0.9128 |
0.2180 |
369 |
1 |
76.76 |
2011-02-03 |
53. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
76.73 |
1.0767 |
0.0099 |
212 |
1 |
76.73 |
2009-01-08 |
54. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
76.54 |
0.9527 |
0.1333 |
251 |
7 |
64.26 |
2009-02-07 |
55. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
76.48 |
1.0168 |
0.0699 |
271 |
2 |
71.78 |
2008-11-28 |
56. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
76.47 |
0.9289 |
0.1539 |
204 |
3 |
71.01 |
2009-01-23 |
57. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
76.02 |
0.9905 |
0.0959 |
377 |
4 |
65.49 |
2009-01-21 |
58. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
75.97 |
0.9351 |
0.1373 |
190 |
4 |
64.78 |
2009-02-03 |
59. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
75.95 |
0.9087 |
0.1796 |
393 |
9 |
66.43 |
2011-01-14 |
60. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
75.77 |
0.9886 |
0.0890 |
220 |
8 |
62.93 |
2009-01-23 |
61. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
75.77 |
1.0289 |
0.0506 |
276 |
7 |
63.50 |
2009-02-03 |
62. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
75.62 |
1.0486 |
0.0251 |
289 |
8 |
68.01 |
2009-01-26 |
63. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
75.59 |
0.9553 |
0.1244 |
430 |
12 |
66.11 |
2009-01-23 |
64. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
75.50 |
1.0516 |
0.0192 |
281 |
4 |
69.67 |
2009-01-28 |
65. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
75.35 |
0.9723 |
0.1004 |
364 |
5 |
58.41 |
2009-01-23 |
66. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
75.35 |
0.9731 |
0.0834 |
129 |
4 |
61.55 |
2009-02-04 |
67. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
75.33 |
0.9831 |
0.0936 |
469 |
3 |
69.49 |
2011-01-14 |
68. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
75.32 |
1.0385 |
0.0283 |
230 |
4 |
64.10 |
2009-01-08 |
69. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
75.19 |
1.0352 |
0.0346 |
341 |
4 |
71.01 |
2009-01-13 |
70. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
75.18 |
1.0483 |
0.0153 |
227 |
2 |
69.20 |
2009-01-05 |
71. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
75.09 |
1.0125 |
0.0505 |
224 |
2 |
69.41 |
2009-01-24 |
72. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
75.03 |
0.9578 |
0.1061 |
281 |
4 |
61.17 |
2011-01-14 |
73. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
74.96 |
1.0567 |
0.0073 |
303 |
2 |
68.11 |
2008-12-13 |
74. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
74.90 |
1.0666 |
-0.0039 |
297 |
7 |
68.14 |
2009-01-06 |
75. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
74.82 |
1.0477 |
0.0161 |
360 |
5 |
65.50 |
2009-01-21 |
76. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
74.80 |
1.0441 |
0.0185 |
252 |
3 |
68.79 |
2009-01-19 |
77. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
74.71 |
1.0023 |
0.0556 |
211 |
5 |
70.73 |
2009-02-03 |
78. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
74.52 |
0.9857 |
0.0704 |
293 |
3 |
69.61 |
2008-12-05 |
79. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
74.47 |
1.0417 |
0.0122 |
253 |
5 |
66.62 |
2009-01-29 |
80. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
74.14 |
0.9899 |
0.0571 |
163 |
5 |
62.28 |
2009-01-26 |
81. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
74.09 |
1.0257 |
0.0316 |
401 |
2 |
67.32 |
2009-01-09 |
82. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
74.05 |
0.9593 |
0.0958 |
398 |
4 |
65.62 |
2009-01-23 |
83. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
73.94 |
1.0829 |
-0.0326 |
288 |
3 |
70.59 |
2009-01-06 |
84. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
73.70 |
0.9710 |
0.0678 |
173 |
7 |
60.95 |
2009-02-03 |
85. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
73.66 |
1.0063 |
0.0389 |
371 |
5 |
68.51 |
2009-02-07 |
86. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
73.62 |
1.0389 |
0.0070 |
318 |
8 |
65.32 |
2009-02-03 |
87. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
73.60 |
0.9168 |
0.1284 |
240 |
6 |
63.32 |
2009-02-03 |
88. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
73.19 |
1.0214 |
0.0112 |
166 |
2 |
68.88 |
2009-01-05 |
89. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
73.08 |
1.0496 |
-0.0139 |
314 |
7 |
69.22 |
2009-01-14 |
90. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
72.99 |
0.9681 |
0.0753 |
378 |
8 |
63.31 |
2011-01-14 |
91. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
72.98 |
0.9084 |
0.1307 |
404 |
5 |
62.96 |
2011-01-14 |
92. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
72.89 |
0.9540 |
0.0779 |
285 |
5 |
65.21 |
2009-01-29 |
93. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
72.77 |
1.0025 |
0.0294 |
256 |
4 |
65.00 |
2009-01-28 |
94. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
72.75 |
0.9758 |
0.0566 |
314 |
8 |
59.92 |
2009-01-23 |
95. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
72.53 |
1.0214 |
0.0054 |
269 |
6 |
62.71 |
2009-01-21 |
96. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
72.40 |
1.1018 |
-0.0815 |
220 |
4 |
68.41 |
2009-02-04 |
97. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
72.35 |
0.9464 |
0.0847 |
323 |
8 |
58.36 |
2009-01-19 |
98. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
72.30 |
1.0296 |
0.0020 |
437 |
2 |
66.55 |
2009-01-05 |
99. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
72.26 |
1.0613 |
-0.0357 |
266 |
2 |
72.24 |
2009-01-26 |
100. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
72.26 |
0.9820 |
0.0455 |
267 |
6 |
60.66 |
2009-01-23 |
101. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
71.99 |
1.0203 |
0.0039 |
261 |
7 |
66.06 |
2009-02-03 |
102. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
71.87 |
0.9330 |
0.0927 |
360 |
8 |
59.61 |
2009-02-04 |
103. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
71.66 |
0.9897 |
0.0240 |
274 |
8 |
61.10 |
2009-01-26 |
104. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
71.66 |
0.9997 |
0.0199 |
382 |
5 |
61.58 |
2009-01-14 |
105. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
71.64 |
1.0034 |
0.0109 |
302 |
6 |
62.57 |
2009-02-03 |
106. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
71.57 |
1.0165 |
0.0022 |
392 |
2 |
68.29 |
2009-01-08 |
107. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
71.55 |
1.0292 |
-0.0160 |
262 |
2 |
70.76 |
2009-02-03 |
108. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
71.47 |
0.9763 |
0.0365 |
289 |
4 |
63.46 |
2009-01-14 |
109. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
71.44 |
1.0013 |
0.0107 |
273 |
8 |
62.54 |
2009-01-19 |
110. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
71.39 |
1.0189 |
-0.0034 |
337 |
2 |
64.52 |
2009-01-28 |
111. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
71.38 |
0.9157 |
0.1012 |
350 |
1 |
71.38 |
2011-01-14 |
112. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
71.37 |
0.9342 |
0.0812 |
434 |
6 |
55.00 |
2011-01-14 |
113. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
71.37 |
0.9372 |
0.0787 |
320 |
9 |
63.15 |
2009-02-04 |
114. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
71.35 |
1.0390 |
-0.0312 |
205 |
6 |
63.52 |
2009-02-03 |
115. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
71.29 |
0.9279 |
0.0893 |
317 |
7 |
56.88 |
2009-02-05 |
116. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
71.26 |
0.9841 |
0.0300 |
334 |
5 |
64.00 |
2009-01-28 |
117. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
71.21 |
1.0596 |
-0.0521 |
239 |
4 |
63.56 |
2009-01-28 |
118. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
71.06 |
1.0577 |
-0.0538 |
247 |
4 |
60.71 |
2009-01-06 |
119. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
70.93 |
0.9786 |
0.0265 |
235 |
1 |
70.93 |
2009-01-26 |
120. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
70.81 |
1.0138 |
-0.0104 |
231 |
4 |
67.49 |
2009-02-06 |
121. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
70.76 |
1.0352 |
-0.0295 |
341 |
2 |
67.77 |
2008-12-19 |
122. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
70.75 |
1.0498 |
-0.0516 |
180 |
4 |
67.93 |
2009-01-14 |
123. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
70.50 |
1.0399 |
-0.0353 |
294 |
3 |
60.73 |
2009-01-14 |
124. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
70.44 |
1.0349 |
-0.0371 |
234 |
3 |
65.21 |
2009-02-04 |
125. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
70.38 |
0.9964 |
0.0014 |
203 |
7 |
63.02 |
2009-01-21 |
126. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
70.26 |
1.0297 |
-0.0350 |
249 |
2 |
68.14 |
2009-01-21 |
127. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
70.21 |
0.9687 |
0.0312 |
371 |
8 |
63.38 |
2011-01-14 |
128. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
70.14 |
1.0426 |
-0.0491 |
323 |
5 |
63.16 |
2009-01-23 |
129. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
69.99 |
0.9676 |
0.0328 |
442 |
6 |
61.53 |
2009-02-07 |
130. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
69.99 |
1.0391 |
-0.0409 |
358 |
4 |
65.38 |
2009-01-19 |
131. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
69.94 |
1.0261 |
-0.0367 |
273 |
1 |
69.94 |
2009-01-13 |
132. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
69.74 |
0.9936 |
-0.0054 |
311 |
5 |
62.17 |
2009-02-04 |
133. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
69.67 |
0.9965 |
-0.0087 |
310 |
5 |
62.98 |
2009-01-09 |
134. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
69.56 |
0.9941 |
-0.0106 |
217 |
5 |
65.17 |
2009-02-03 |
135. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
69.56 |
1.0595 |
-0.0711 |
379 |
1 |
69.56 |
2009-01-05 |
136. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
69.54 |
1.0389 |
-0.0509 |
340 |
5 |
62.57 |
2009-01-06 |
137. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
69.53 |
1.0099 |
-0.0273 |
207 |
3 |
68.34 |
2011-01-14 |
138. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
69.42 |
1.0016 |
-0.0223 |
218 |
3 |
60.44 |
2008-12-05 |
139. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
69.35 |
1.0316 |
-0.0449 |
333 |
2 |
68.16 |
2009-02-03 |
140. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
69.30 |
1.0619 |
-0.0761 |
354 |
3 |
63.19 |
2009-01-05 |
141. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
69.26 |
1.0120 |
-0.0312 |
290 |
4 |
65.33 |
2009-01-26 |
142. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
69.25 |
0.9632 |
0.0246 |
392 |
3 |
66.29 |
2009-02-07 |
143. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
69.19 |
1.0033 |
-0.0294 |
189 |
2 |
65.35 |
2009-01-21 |
144. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
69.06 |
0.9768 |
0.0045 |
387 |
5 |
62.57 |
2009-01-19 |
145. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
69.00 |
0.9293 |
0.0493 |
355 |
5 |
59.94 |
2009-01-14 |
146. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
68.96 |
1.0565 |
-0.0818 |
247 |
2 |
60.98 |
2009-01-08 |
147. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
68.96 |
1.0788 |
-0.1071 |
171 |
2 |
67.38 |
2008-12-27 |
148. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
68.93 |
1.0529 |
-0.0762 |
351 |
5 |
62.76 |
2009-02-06 |
149. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
68.89 |
0.9893 |
-0.0129 |
323 |
1 |
68.89 |
2009-01-21 |
150. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
68.88 |
1.0799 |
-0.1075 |
243 |
4 |
62.18 |
2009-01-26 |
151. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
68.82 |
0.9863 |
-0.0066 |
339 |
1 |
68.82 |
2009-01-06 |
152. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
68.81 |
0.9636 |
0.0114 |
254 |
4 |
62.43 |
2009-01-04 |
153. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
68.73 |
0.9776 |
-0.0034 |
308 |
3 |
62.92 |
2009-01-05 |
154. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
68.58 |
0.9597 |
0.0162 |
347 |
7 |
62.76 |
2009-01-23 |
155. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
68.52 |
0.9965 |
-0.0249 |
277 |
1 |
68.52 |
2009-01-05 |
156. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
68.38 |
1.0334 |
-0.0710 |
131 |
5 |
64.43 |
2009-01-05 |
157. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
68.38 |
0.9670 |
0.0440 |
307 |
1 |
68.38 |
2011-01-14 |
158. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
68.38 |
0.9411 |
0.0286 |
318 |
4 |
65.23 |
2009-02-04 |
159. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
68.31 |
0.9844 |
-0.0117 |
293 |
4 |
65.46 |
2009-01-21 |
160. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
68.23 |
0.9866 |
-0.0235 |
218 |
6 |
58.45 |
2009-02-06 |
161. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
68.19 |
0.9865 |
-0.0192 |
276 |
5 |
62.80 |
2009-01-25 |
162. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
68.16 |
1.0263 |
-0.0613 |
267 |
2 |
66.87 |
2009-01-21 |
163. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
68.15 |
0.9164 |
0.0540 |
305 |
3 |
63.30 |
2011-01-14 |
164. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
68.15 |
1.0201 |
-0.0505 |
375 |
3 |
63.14 |
2009-01-23 |
165. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
68.05 |
0.9786 |
-0.0196 |
193 |
7 |
63.18 |
2011-01-14 |
166. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
68.03 |
1.0060 |
-0.0468 |
171 |
6 |
63.90 |
2009-01-23 |
167. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
67.96 |
1.0109 |
-0.0472 |
276 |
7 |
63.59 |
2009-01-23 |
168. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
67.85 |
1.0095 |
-0.0493 |
316 |
2 |
67.47 |
2009-01-29 |
169. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
67.84 |
1.0398 |
-0.0891 |
110 |
4 |
59.90 |
2009-01-05 |
170. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
67.78 |
0.9430 |
0.0100 |
211 |
6 |
55.46 |
2009-01-28 |
171. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
67.42 |
0.8353 |
0.1274 |
283 |
1 |
67.42 |
2008-12-05 |
172. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
67.39 |
0.9740 |
-0.0234 |
209 |
6 |
63.19 |
2009-02-06 |
173. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
67.14 |
1.0714 |
-0.1292 |
129 |
2 |
59.19 |
2009-01-24 |
174. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
67.13 |
0.9646 |
-0.0145 |
264 |
7 |
60.13 |
2009-01-21 |
175. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
66.86 |
0.9005 |
0.0451 |
212 |
2 |
58.57 |
2011-01-14 |
176. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
66.80 |
1.0445 |
-0.0973 |
373 |
1 |
66.80 |
2008-12-27 |
177. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
66.79 |
0.9635 |
-0.0120 |
389 |
2 |
62.53 |
2009-01-09 |
178. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
66.71 |
1.0534 |
-0.1062 |
357 |
3 |
63.73 |
2008-12-29 |
179. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
66.64 |
0.9798 |
-0.0415 |
199 |
5 |
61.08 |
2011-01-14 |
180. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
66.44 |
0.9622 |
-0.0147 |
392 |
3 |
61.87 |
2009-02-04 |
181. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
66.39 |
0.9557 |
-0.0090 |
331 |
3 |
64.39 |
2009-01-28 |
182. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
66.36 |
1.0462 |
-0.1124 |
184 |
3 |
63.08 |
2009-01-29 |
183. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
66.30 |
1.0515 |
-0.1143 |
250 |
6 |
61.37 |
2009-01-23 |
184. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
66.26 |
0.9365 |
0.0034 |
248 |
3 |
60.90 |
2009-01-05 |
185. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
66.15 |
0.9769 |
-0.0421 |
263 |
4 |
59.35 |
2009-01-21 |
186. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
65.92 |
0.9894 |
-0.0514 |
323 |
4 |
62.65 |
2008-12-13 |
187. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
65.86 |
0.9785 |
-0.0425 |
335 |
3 |
58.72 |
2009-01-25 |
188. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
65.85 |
0.9879 |
-0.0466 |
450 |
3 |
59.94 |
2008-12-05 |
189. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
65.84 |
0.9619 |
-0.0242 |
393 |
6 |
57.79 |
2009-01-23 |
190. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
65.65 |
1.0053 |
-0.0776 |
232 |
2 |
63.56 |
2008-12-19 |
191. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
65.60 |
0.9991 |
-0.0696 |
225 |
7 |
57.18 |
2009-02-03 |
192. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
65.57 |
0.9513 |
-0.0189 |
354 |
6 |
59.72 |
2009-02-06 |
193. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
65.56 |
1.0029 |
-0.0808 |
209 |
4 |
55.62 |
2009-01-05 |
194. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
65.37 |
0.9109 |
0.0174 |
401 |
8 |
56.46 |
2009-01-29 |
195. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
65.35 |
1.0068 |
-0.0781 |
358 |
3 |
62.18 |
2009-01-05 |
196. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
65.07 |
1.0197 |
-0.1012 |
226 |
4 |
60.42 |
2009-02-04 |
197. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
64.85 |
0.9684 |
-0.0474 |
388 |
2 |
58.87 |
2008-12-29 |
198. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
64.73 |
1.0340 |
-0.1123 |
406 |
3 |
60.95 |
2008-12-05 |
199. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
64.73 |
1.0331 |
-0.1188 |
234 |
4 |
60.53 |
2009-01-14 |
200. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
64.70 |
0.8919 |
0.0225 |
205 |
5 |
53.29 |
2009-01-24 |
201. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
64.67 |
0.9125 |
0.0050 |
308 |
4 |
62.12 |
2009-01-26 |
202. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
64.49 |
0.8770 |
0.0393 |
300 |
5 |
57.10 |
2008-12-27 |
203. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
64.30 |
0.9754 |
-0.0589 |
362 |
2 |
57.80 |
2008-12-13 |
204. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
64.30 |
0.9833 |
-0.0713 |
355 |
3 |
56.85 |
2009-01-14 |
205. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
64.27 |
0.9266 |
-0.0166 |
267 |
3 |
56.91 |
2009-01-21 |
206. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
64.20 |
0.9942 |
-0.0765 |
483 |
4 |
59.42 |
2008-12-29 |
207. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
64.14 |
0.9339 |
-0.0273 |
310 |
6 |
59.73 |
2009-01-24 |
208. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
64.05 |
0.9226 |
-0.0095 |
348 |
1 |
64.05 |
2008-12-13 |
209. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
64.02 |
0.9614 |
-0.0521 |
292 |
2 |
60.40 |
2008-12-08 |
210. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
63.99 |
1.0787 |
-0.1741 |
237 |
4 |
60.23 |
2009-01-14 |
211. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
63.98 |
1.0213 |
-0.1187 |
240 |
4 |
62.46 |
2009-01-23 |
212. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
63.76 |
0.9514 |
-0.0485 |
237 |
3 |
60.03 |
2009-01-06 |
213. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
63.71 |
0.8981 |
0.0084 |
393 |
7 |
55.70 |
2009-02-04 |
214. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
63.68 |
0.9601 |
-0.0539 |
308 |
4 |
58.40 |
2009-01-24 |
215. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
63.59 |
0.9376 |
-0.0320 |
367 |
5 |
58.20 |
2009-01-04 |
216. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
63.49 |
0.9213 |
-0.0221 |
295 |
2 |
60.89 |
2009-01-06 |
217. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
63.43 |
0.9567 |
-0.0590 |
273 |
2 |
57.48 |
2008-12-08 |
218. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
63.35 |
0.9756 |
-0.0802 |
229 |
3 |
58.56 |
2009-01-14 |
219. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
63.34 |
1.0062 |
-0.1096 |
288 |
3 |
60.53 |
2009-01-09 |
220. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
63.21 |
0.9907 |
-0.0976 |
211 |
4 |
58.28 |
2009-01-21 |
221. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
63.09 |
0.9772 |
-0.0877 |
217 |
5 |
57.95 |
2009-01-23 |
222. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
63.07 |
0.8382 |
0.0550 |
268 |
4 |
50.82 |
2009-02-04 |
223. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
62.92 |
0.9851 |
-0.0924 |
317 |
3 |
59.18 |
2009-02-03 |
224. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
62.89 |
1.0361 |
-0.1450 |
269 |
2 |
61.84 |
2009-01-26 |
225. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
62.86 |
1.0252 |
-0.1420 |
176 |
3 |
59.95 |
2009-01-05 |
226. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
62.85 |
1.0396 |
-0.1573 |
149 |
5 |
52.70 |
2009-01-21 |
227. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
62.70 |
1.0251 |
-0.1399 |
261 |
1 |
62.70 |
2009-01-06 |
228. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
62.42 |
0.9653 |
-0.0736 |
394 |
2 |
60.39 |
2009-02-03 |
229. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
62.26 |
0.8826 |
-0.0001 |
296 |
6 |
56.47 |
2009-01-26 |
230. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
62.24 |
0.9064 |
-0.0164 |
399 |
4 |
58.77 |
2009-01-23 |
231. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
62.24 |
0.9202 |
-0.0401 |
254 |
4 |
53.85 |
2009-02-03 |
232. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
62.22 |
0.9570 |
-0.0748 |
287 |
3 |
58.93 |
2008-12-05 |
233. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
62.14 |
0.9074 |
-0.0216 |
396 |
4 |
53.66 |
2009-01-21 |
234. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
62.12 |
0.8996 |
-0.0260 |
192 |
3 |
58.03 |
2009-01-14 |
235. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
61.79 |
1.0797 |
-0.2110 |
210 |
2 |
61.12 |
2008-12-29 |
236. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
61.78 |
0.8595 |
0.0165 |
242 |
4 |
54.64 |
2009-01-23 |
237. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
61.74 |
0.9884 |
-0.1105 |
262 |
1 |
61.74 |
2008-10-29 |
238. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
61.68 |
0.8878 |
-0.0153 |
346 |
3 |
55.00 |
2009-01-24 |
239. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
61.29 |
0.9846 |
-0.1186 |
281 |
3 |
59.19 |
2008-12-13 |
240. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
61.21 |
0.8958 |
-0.0252 |
322 |
2 |
56.98 |
2009-02-03 |
241. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
61.19 |
0.9697 |
-0.1038 |
249 |
1 |
61.19 |
2008-10-30 |
242. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
61.03 |
0.9691 |
-0.1062 |
223 |
2 |
59.44 |
2009-01-14 |
243. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
60.87 |
0.9612 |
-0.1001 |
256 |
5 |
57.81 |
2009-01-06 |
244. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
60.84 |
0.9072 |
-0.0482 |
237 |
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54.90 |
2009-01-14 |
245. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
60.61 |
0.9426 |
-0.0821 |
317 |
3 |
56.63 |
2009-01-09 |
246. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
60.48 |
0.9309 |
-0.0773 |
284 |
2 |
57.09 |
2009-01-09 |
247. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
60.31 |
0.9234 |
-0.0649 |
346 |
2 |
60.07 |
2009-02-07 |
248. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
60.23 |
0.8852 |
-0.0312 |
201 |
3 |
51.36 |
2009-01-13 |
249. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
59.58 |
0.9275 |
-0.0882 |
211 |
3 |
58.26 |
2009-01-06 |
250. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
59.49 |
0.9097 |
-0.0268 |
464 |
3 |
56.40 |
2009-01-23 |
251. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
59.42 |
0.8602 |
-0.0221 |
206 |
4 |
49.38 |
2009-01-29 |
252. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
59.38 |
0.9572 |
-0.1186 |
201 |
1 |
59.38 |
2008-12-02 |
253. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
58.87 |
0.9468 |
-0.1149 |
276 |
3 |
55.18 |
2008-12-29 |
254. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
57.87 |
0.9500 |
-0.1298 |
362 |
6 |
54.58 |
2009-01-26 |
255. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
57.63 |
0.9672 |
-0.1461 |
396 |
1 |
57.63 |
2008-11-28 |
256. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
57.54 |
0.9699 |
-0.1572 |
269 |
1 |
57.54 |
2009-02-06 |
257. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
57.52 |
1.0201 |
-0.2067 |
303 |
3 |
56.06 |
2009-01-21 |
258. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
57.52 |
0.8753 |
-0.0531 |
427 |
4 |
55.06 |
2009-01-29 |
259. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
57.39 |
1.0368 |
-0.2248 |
276 |
2 |
53.21 |
2008-11-29 |
260. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
57.30 |
0.8947 |
-0.0799 |
366 |
3 |
53.87 |
2008-12-05 |
261. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
57.03 |
0.9281 |
-0.1170 |
273 |
1 |
57.03 |
2008-12-02 |
262. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
56.80 |
0.9084 |
-0.1039 |
300 |
4 |
52.29 |
2009-01-13 |
263. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
55.82 |
0.8956 |
-0.1024 |
322 |
2 |
54.93 |
2009-01-14 |
264. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
55.64 |
0.9965 |
-0.2153 |
168 |
4 |
51.72 |
2009-01-29 |
265. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
55.64 |
0.8722 |
-0.0833 |
285 |
3 |
53.97 |
2009-01-06 |
266. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
55.28 |
0.9485 |
-0.1660 |
236 |
2 |
49.98 |
2008-12-10 |
267. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
54.28 |
0.8553 |
-0.0939 |
174 |
3 |
51.34 |
2009-01-05 |
268. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
53.81 |
0.9986 |
-0.2383 |
283 |
1 |
53.81 |
2008-10-31 |
269. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
53.44 |
0.8105 |
-0.0604 |
204 |
2 |
50.81 |
2009-01-28 |
270. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
53.39 |
0.9398 |
-0.1768 |
419 |
2 |
51.74 |
2008-12-10 |
271. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
53.10 |
0.8916 |
-0.1418 |
216 |
2 |
49.70 |
2009-01-28 |
272. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
52.17 |
0.9045 |
-0.1680 |
235 |
2 |
49.82 |
2008-12-15 |
273. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
49.89 |
0.9278 |
-0.2216 |
295 |
1 |
49.89 |
2008-11-28 |
274. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
48.00 |
0.9286 |
-0.2533 |
194 |
1 |
48.00 |
2008-12-13 |
275. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
47.79 |
0.9682 |
-0.2968 |
143 |
1 |
47.79 |
2009-01-24 |
276. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
45.20 |
0.9795 |
-0.3434 |
308 |
1 |
45.20 |
2008-10-29 |
277. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
42.43 |
0.9233 |
-0.3353 |
168 |
2 |
39.94 |
2008-12-02 |