| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
88.37 |
1.0462 |
0.1411 |
184 |
4 |
79.36 |
2009-07-23 |
| 2. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
88.11 |
1.0788 |
0.1054 |
171 |
3 |
80.27 |
2009-07-23 |
| 3. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
85.22 |
1.0613 |
0.0900 |
266 |
7 |
76.00 |
2009-10-02 |
| 4. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
83.81 |
1.0797 |
0.0458 |
210 |
4 |
76.30 |
2011-02-04 |
| 5. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
83.30 |
1.0496 |
0.0739 |
314 |
6 |
74.19 |
2009-07-20 |
| 6. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
83.01 |
1.0595 |
0.0632 |
379 |
2 |
78.82 |
2012-02-01 |
| 7. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
82.81 |
1.0029 |
0.1082 |
209 |
5 |
76.16 |
2009-10-20 |
| 8. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
82.80 |
1.0417 |
0.0731 |
253 |
1 |
82.80 |
2009-06-04 |
| 9. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
82.64 |
1.0885 |
0.0300 |
315 |
8 |
75.16 |
2009-10-17 |
| 10. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
82.57 |
1.0993 |
0.0128 |
265 |
4 |
77.08 |
2011-03-12 |
| 11. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
82.13 |
1.1016 |
0.0067 |
233 |
5 |
76.10 |
2012-01-11 |
| 12. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
82.08 |
1.0567 |
0.0514 |
303 |
6 |
74.32 |
2009-07-20 |
| 13. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
81.84 |
1.0252 |
0.0725 |
176 |
2 |
78.94 |
2009-12-27 |
| 14. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
81.74 |
1.0666 |
0.0364 |
297 |
8 |
73.16 |
2009-07-23 |
| 15. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
81.61 |
1.0263 |
0.0740 |
267 |
4 |
76.03 |
2009-07-25 |
| 16. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
81.08 |
1.0292 |
0.0634 |
262 |
3 |
79.78 |
2010-02-11 |
| 17. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
80.98 |
1.0013 |
0.0903 |
273 |
5 |
73.67 |
2011-02-04 |
| 18. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
80.95 |
1.0201 |
0.0724 |
303 |
9 |
73.56 |
2009-07-23 |
| 19. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
80.80 |
1.0426 |
0.0467 |
323 |
6 |
73.62 |
2009-09-21 |
| 20. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
80.63 |
1.0577 |
0.0265 |
247 |
6 |
76.04 |
2009-10-02 |
| 21. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
80.60 |
1.0109 |
0.0772 |
276 |
6 |
73.92 |
2012-01-02 |
| 22. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
80.56 |
1.0944 |
0.0372 |
308 |
1 |
80.56 |
2011-12-04 |
| 23. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
80.55 |
0.9820 |
0.1074 |
267 |
5 |
72.53 |
2011-02-04 |
| 24. |
But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infini... |
80.46 |
1.0441 |
0.0826 |
316 |
1 |
80.46 |
2009-10-02 |
| 25. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
80.39 |
1.0529 |
0.0314 |
351 |
3 |
74.98 |
2009-07-18 |
| 26. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
80.38 |
1.0799 |
0.0007 |
243 |
4 |
75.91 |
2011-12-21 |
| 27. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
80.37 |
1.0668 |
0.0199 |
350 |
4 |
71.58 |
2009-10-02 |
| 28. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
80.15 |
1.0613 |
0.0249 |
456 |
5 |
75.60 |
2009-07-04 |
| 29. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
80.03 |
0.9805 |
0.1036 |
292 |
8 |
74.43 |
2011-12-04 |
| 30. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
80.01 |
0.9758 |
0.1042 |
314 |
4 |
75.98 |
2011-12-21 |
| 31. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
79.96 |
1.0515 |
0.0252 |
250 |
6 |
77.71 |
2012-01-11 |
| 32. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
79.79 |
0.9964 |
0.0799 |
203 |
5 |
70.25 |
2009-07-24 |
| 33. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
79.58 |
1.0131 |
0.0564 |
225 |
8 |
73.33 |
2009-10-02 |
| 34. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
79.57 |
1.0486 |
0.0254 |
289 |
2 |
76.71 |
2012-01-10 |
| 35. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
79.56 |
1.0334 |
0.0332 |
131 |
2 |
72.25 |
2009-06-03 |
| 36. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
79.24 |
1.0316 |
0.0409 |
333 |
5 |
72.73 |
2009-07-23 |
| 37. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
79.22 |
1.0349 |
0.0329 |
234 |
6 |
75.29 |
2009-10-02 |
| 38. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
79.20 |
1.0023 |
0.0640 |
211 |
3 |
64.92 |
2011-02-04 |
| 39. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
79.19 |
1.0696 |
-0.0050 |
226 |
4 |
71.63 |
2009-10-02 |
| 40. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
79.18 |
1.0523 |
0.0113 |
256 |
2 |
75.16 |
2009-08-04 |
| 41. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
79.10 |
1.0124 |
0.0520 |
204 |
2 |
75.10 |
2010-03-01 |
| 42. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
79.08 |
1.0197 |
0.0440 |
226 |
7 |
74.10 |
2009-08-16 |
| 43. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
79.03 |
0.9899 |
0.0713 |
163 |
1 |
79.03 |
2009-06-15 |
| 44. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
78.94 |
1.0534 |
0.0134 |
357 |
5 |
74.13 |
2009-08-07 |
| 45. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
78.93 |
1.0565 |
0.0054 |
247 |
5 |
75.19 |
2011-12-04 |
| 46. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
78.67 |
0.9941 |
0.0645 |
217 |
5 |
69.37 |
2009-07-24 |
| 47. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
78.59 |
0.9429 |
0.1183 |
287 |
2 |
74.13 |
2009-08-04 |
| 48. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
78.51 |
1.0201 |
0.0319 |
172 |
3 |
74.31 |
2009-07-16 |
| 49. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
78.50 |
1.0398 |
0.0083 |
110 |
3 |
68.44 |
2009-07-24 |
| 50. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
78.49 |
1.0528 |
0.0007 |
201 |
3 |
73.10 |
2009-06-12 |
| 51. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
78.43 |
1.0396 |
0.0109 |
149 |
5 |
68.57 |
2010-01-03 |
| 52. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
78.42 |
1.0487 |
0.0038 |
231 |
4 |
73.29 |
2009-07-22 |
| 53. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
78.25 |
1.0033 |
0.0452 |
189 |
2 |
76.94 |
2012-01-11 |
| 54. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
78.06 |
1.1114 |
-0.0615 |
247 |
7 |
71.95 |
2009-08-15 |
| 55. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
78.02 |
1.0596 |
-0.0096 |
239 |
4 |
74.68 |
2009-08-16 |
| 56. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
77.89 |
1.0619 |
-0.0080 |
354 |
1 |
77.89 |
2009-07-24 |
| 57. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
77.81 |
1.0343 |
0.0523 |
242 |
2 |
74.66 |
2011-02-04 |
| 58. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
77.75 |
1.0352 |
0.0158 |
341 |
1 |
77.75 |
2009-06-16 |
| 59. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
77.69 |
1.0099 |
0.0348 |
207 |
3 |
71.73 |
2010-03-01 |
| 60. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
77.60 |
1.0361 |
0.0113 |
269 |
3 |
70.32 |
2009-06-01 |
| 61. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
77.55 |
1.0391 |
0.0127 |
358 |
4 |
74.12 |
2010-01-07 |
| 62. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
77.46 |
1.0328 |
0.0497 |
356 |
1 |
77.46 |
2010-02-09 |
| 63. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
77.45 |
1.0297 |
0.0134 |
249 |
6 |
72.57 |
2009-08-04 |
| 64. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
77.40 |
1.0385 |
0.0033 |
230 |
9 |
72.20 |
2009-09-21 |
| 65. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
77.28 |
1.0063 |
0.0361 |
371 |
5 |
71.31 |
2010-03-01 |
| 66. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
77.16 |
0.9843 |
0.0510 |
234 |
2 |
68.75 |
2009-07-19 |
| 67. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
77.16 |
1.0025 |
0.0387 |
336 |
2 |
73.90 |
2009-07-12 |
| 68. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
77.10 |
0.9893 |
0.0503 |
323 |
7 |
72.64 |
2009-09-21 |
| 69. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
76.99 |
1.0445 |
-0.0056 |
373 |
6 |
72.92 |
2011-02-04 |
| 70. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
76.95 |
1.0787 |
-0.0425 |
237 |
2 |
73.58 |
2009-05-12 |
| 71. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
76.81 |
1.0289 |
0.0111 |
276 |
9 |
71.13 |
2009-08-07 |
| 72. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
76.78 |
1.0368 |
-0.0007 |
276 |
1 |
76.78 |
2009-07-23 |
| 73. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
76.72 |
1.0767 |
-0.0446 |
212 |
4 |
73.89 |
2010-03-01 |
| 74. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
76.64 |
1.0941 |
-0.0296 |
256 |
1 |
76.64 |
2011-02-04 |
| 75. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
76.58 |
0.9851 |
0.0495 |
317 |
5 |
68.80 |
2009-10-02 |
| 76. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
76.57 |
1.0346 |
0.0397 |
244 |
2 |
74.57 |
2010-03-02 |
| 77. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
76.55 |
1.0375 |
0.0405 |
200 |
1 |
76.55 |
2009-10-20 |
| 78. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
76.40 |
1.0034 |
0.0251 |
302 |
4 |
72.18 |
2010-01-05 |
| 79. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
76.35 |
1.0213 |
0.0048 |
240 |
4 |
72.19 |
2011-02-04 |
| 80. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
76.34 |
1.0477 |
-0.0161 |
360 |
5 |
72.55 |
2011-02-04 |
| 81. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
76.34 |
1.0062 |
0.0230 |
288 |
6 |
69.32 |
2009-07-16 |
| 82. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
76.28 |
0.9684 |
0.0626 |
388 |
3 |
71.18 |
2010-01-05 |
| 83. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
76.23 |
0.9672 |
0.0670 |
396 |
3 |
72.66 |
2009-05-19 |
| 84. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
76.19 |
1.1162 |
-0.0481 |
189 |
1 |
76.19 |
2010-08-06 |
| 85. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
76.19 |
0.9785 |
0.0518 |
335 |
3 |
71.56 |
2009-07-16 |
| 86. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
76.17 |
0.9756 |
0.0499 |
229 |
1 |
76.17 |
2009-07-12 |
| 87. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
76.13 |
1.0251 |
-0.0010 |
261 |
3 |
74.28 |
2009-07-12 |
| 88. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
76.10 |
0.8914 |
0.1353 |
366 |
1 |
76.10 |
2011-12-23 |
| 89. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
76.01 |
1.0183 |
0.0008 |
191 |
5 |
67.27 |
2009-07-04 |
| 90. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
76.00 |
1.1018 |
-0.0837 |
220 |
2 |
74.79 |
2009-06-03 |
| 91. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
75.96 |
0.9532 |
0.0695 |
258 |
3 |
71.85 |
2009-06-14 |
| 92. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
75.88 |
1.0419 |
-0.0190 |
261 |
1 |
75.88 |
2009-05-11 |
| 93. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
75.83 |
0.9997 |
0.0261 |
382 |
2 |
72.55 |
2010-03-01 |
| 94. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
75.75 |
0.9833 |
0.0394 |
355 |
3 |
63.49 |
2009-06-03 |
| 95. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
75.74 |
1.0340 |
-0.0078 |
406 |
2 |
71.04 |
2009-06-07 |
| 96. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
75.70 |
0.9894 |
0.0354 |
323 |
5 |
71.28 |
2009-10-20 |
| 97. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
75.70 |
1.0515 |
-0.0389 |
166 |
2 |
72.68 |
2011-04-28 |
| 98. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
75.59 |
1.0463 |
-0.0320 |
182 |
2 |
74.52 |
2010-01-08 |
| 99. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
75.53 |
1.0521 |
-0.0388 |
171 |
3 |
72.59 |
2009-08-15 |
| 100. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
75.33 |
1.0498 |
-0.0392 |
180 |
3 |
72.34 |
2009-09-21 |
| 101. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
75.22 |
0.9632 |
0.0571 |
392 |
4 |
72.14 |
2009-08-15 |
| 102. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
75.20 |
0.9622 |
0.0578 |
392 |
7 |
70.45 |
2009-10-02 |
| 103. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
75.15 |
0.8852 |
0.1298 |
201 |
4 |
68.50 |
2009-07-25 |
| 104. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
75.00 |
0.9464 |
0.0696 |
323 |
3 |
73.25 |
2009-08-15 |
| 105. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
74.92 |
0.9088 |
0.1062 |
348 |
2 |
69.37 |
2009-07-19 |
| 106. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
74.91 |
1.0483 |
-0.0417 |
227 |
6 |
72.40 |
2011-04-28 |
| 107. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
74.91 |
1.0254 |
0.0250 |
217 |
1 |
74.91 |
2009-10-20 |
| 108. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
74.88 |
0.9786 |
0.0301 |
235 |
1 |
74.88 |
2009-07-23 |
| 109. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
74.88 |
0.9936 |
0.0153 |
311 |
3 |
74.16 |
2009-07-16 |
| 110. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
74.87 |
0.9910 |
0.0200 |
295 |
4 |
72.97 |
2011-01-29 |
| 111. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
74.86 |
0.9601 |
0.0536 |
308 |
2 |
74.42 |
2009-07-04 |
| 112. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
74.86 |
1.0454 |
-0.0401 |
255 |
3 |
74.13 |
2011-12-22 |
| 113. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
74.83 |
1.0337 |
-0.0258 |
214 |
2 |
71.85 |
2009-06-18 |
| 114. |
For centuries, human society has taken the gifts of nature f... |
74.73 |
1.0012 |
0.0093 |
260 |
2 |
74.63 |
2012-01-28 |
| 115. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
74.72 |
0.9653 |
0.0500 |
394 |
4 |
66.22 |
2009-07-24 |
| 116. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
74.68 |
1.0444 |
-0.0445 |
197 |
3 |
70.42 |
2009-05-11 |
| 117. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
74.62 |
1.0795 |
-0.0433 |
226 |
1 |
74.62 |
2009-10-02 |
| 118. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
74.56 |
1.0060 |
-0.0058 |
171 |
2 |
71.05 |
2009-06-04 |
| 119. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
74.50 |
0.9612 |
0.0428 |
256 |
3 |
72.92 |
2009-10-20 |
| 120. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
74.46 |
1.0165 |
-0.0091 |
392 |
4 |
72.46 |
2009-08-15 |
| 121. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
74.39 |
0.9841 |
0.0222 |
334 |
4 |
72.12 |
2011-12-22 |
| 122. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
74.24 |
0.9084 |
0.0939 |
300 |
4 |
67.38 |
2012-01-02 |
| 123. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
74.23 |
1.0025 |
-0.0022 |
256 |
2 |
70.53 |
2009-06-03 |
| 124. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
74.23 |
0.9916 |
0.0514 |
282 |
1 |
74.23 |
2010-01-08 |
| 125. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
74.19 |
0.9768 |
0.0256 |
387 |
1 |
74.19 |
2009-05-20 |
| 126. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
74.17 |
1.0284 |
0.0144 |
282 |
1 |
74.17 |
2010-01-08 |
| 127. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
74.17 |
0.9468 |
0.0522 |
276 |
3 |
73.86 |
2010-01-06 |
| 128. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
74.00 |
1.0429 |
-0.0471 |
259 |
4 |
71.07 |
2011-12-21 |
| 129. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
73.93 |
0.9213 |
0.0755 |
295 |
6 |
69.09 |
2010-01-05 |
| 130. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
73.91 |
1.0516 |
-0.0560 |
281 |
3 |
71.20 |
2010-01-06 |
| 131. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
73.88 |
0.9309 |
0.0628 |
284 |
1 |
73.88 |
2009-07-16 |
| 132. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
73.78 |
0.9772 |
0.0135 |
217 |
2 |
73.11 |
2009-12-27 |
| 133. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
73.68 |
0.9942 |
0.0074 |
483 |
4 |
71.75 |
2011-12-21 |
| 134. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
73.60 |
1.0167 |
-0.0181 |
378 |
5 |
69.15 |
2011-03-14 |
| 135. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
73.57 |
1.0555 |
-0.0628 |
363 |
4 |
71.68 |
2009-07-22 |
| 136. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
73.52 |
1.0296 |
-0.0325 |
437 |
5 |
71.55 |
2009-07-25 |
| 137. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
73.46 |
1.0264 |
0.0035 |
422 |
1 |
73.46 |
2010-01-05 |
| 138. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
73.45 |
0.9754 |
0.0204 |
362 |
2 |
72.70 |
2009-04-02 |
| 139. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
73.43 |
1.0068 |
-0.0141 |
358 |
4 |
69.28 |
2009-10-17 |
| 140. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
73.32 |
0.9857 |
0.0012 |
293 |
4 |
71.06 |
2010-01-16 |
| 141. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
73.19 |
0.9675 |
0.0282 |
383 |
1 |
73.19 |
2009-06-03 |
| 142. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
73.15 |
0.9844 |
0.0060 |
293 |
3 |
67.83 |
2010-01-07 |
| 143. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
73.13 |
1.0214 |
-0.0415 |
166 |
2 |
71.57 |
2009-06-03 |
| 144. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
73.13 |
1.0073 |
-0.0140 |
369 |
4 |
70.59 |
2009-10-20 |
| 145. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
73.09 |
0.9886 |
-0.0013 |
220 |
1 |
73.09 |
2009-07-23 |
| 146. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
73.07 |
1.0095 |
-0.0261 |
316 |
3 |
69.12 |
2009-07-24 |
| 147. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
73.02 |
0.9212 |
0.0659 |
323 |
5 |
68.25 |
2010-01-05 |
| 148. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
73.00 |
1.0711 |
-0.0926 |
213 |
2 |
70.49 |
2009-07-23 |
| 149. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
72.99 |
1.0132 |
-0.0385 |
143 |
1 |
72.99 |
2012-01-02 |
| 150. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
72.97 |
1.0214 |
-0.0399 |
269 |
4 |
63.50 |
2011-03-12 |
| 151. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
72.92 |
1.0150 |
0.0165 |
325 |
1 |
72.92 |
2011-04-27 |
| 152. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
72.88 |
0.9965 |
-0.0143 |
310 |
3 |
68.21 |
2009-06-15 |
| 153. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
72.88 |
0.9676 |
0.0226 |
442 |
5 |
69.29 |
2009-10-02 |
| 154. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
72.82 |
0.9852 |
-0.0038 |
264 |
3 |
70.55 |
2012-01-14 |
| 155. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
72.79 |
0.9699 |
0.0102 |
269 |
5 |
70.33 |
2009-12-27 |
| 156. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
72.76 |
0.9485 |
0.0335 |
236 |
4 |
67.70 |
2009-08-15 |
| 157. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
72.73 |
1.0154 |
0.0143 |
351 |
2 |
71.10 |
2010-02-09 |
| 158. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
72.70 |
0.9965 |
-0.0218 |
168 |
2 |
70.94 |
2011-02-04 |
| 159. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
72.66 |
1.0168 |
-0.0365 |
271 |
5 |
69.63 |
2010-02-09 |
| 160. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
72.65 |
1.0389 |
-0.0584 |
318 |
2 |
70.38 |
2009-07-24 |
| 161. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
72.63 |
0.9084 |
0.0742 |
404 |
4 |
70.44 |
2009-07-12 |
| 162. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
72.61 |
0.9527 |
0.0254 |
251 |
5 |
63.53 |
2009-05-31 |
| 163. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
72.61 |
0.8996 |
0.0731 |
192 |
2 |
70.41 |
2009-07-16 |
| 164. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
72.58 |
0.9553 |
0.0297 |
430 |
3 |
70.32 |
2009-08-15 |
| 165. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
72.54 |
1.0189 |
-0.0383 |
337 |
4 |
68.43 |
2012-01-10 |
| 166. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
72.50 |
1.0201 |
-0.0394 |
375 |
1 |
72.50 |
2009-06-12 |
| 167. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
72.50 |
1.0399 |
-0.0580 |
294 |
4 |
69.61 |
2009-07-23 |
| 168. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
72.44 |
0.9546 |
0.0526 |
198 |
1 |
72.44 |
2011-02-04 |
| 169. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
72.35 |
0.9202 |
0.0538 |
254 |
2 |
65.18 |
2011-02-04 |
| 170. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
72.22 |
0.9593 |
0.0183 |
398 |
4 |
67.75 |
2010-01-07 |
| 171. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
72.22 |
0.9636 |
0.0092 |
254 |
2 |
70.46 |
2009-07-22 |
| 172. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
72.14 |
1.0125 |
-0.0430 |
224 |
3 |
70.68 |
2009-07-12 |
| 173. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
72.05 |
0.9863 |
-0.0113 |
339 |
1 |
72.05 |
2009-06-04 |
| 174. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
71.98 |
1.0441 |
-0.0730 |
252 |
1 |
71.98 |
2009-07-16 |
| 175. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
71.97 |
1.0679 |
-0.0781 |
177 |
1 |
71.97 |
2010-01-03 |
| 176. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
71.93 |
0.9614 |
0.0106 |
292 |
1 |
71.93 |
2009-06-05 |
| 177. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
71.88 |
0.9897 |
-0.0237 |
274 |
4 |
69.02 |
2009-07-16 |
| 178. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
71.86 |
1.0714 |
-0.1123 |
129 |
2 |
67.92 |
2010-03-04 |
| 179. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
71.81 |
1.0331 |
-0.0680 |
234 |
2 |
70.88 |
2009-07-18 |
| 180. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
71.77 |
0.9339 |
0.0314 |
310 |
2 |
71.43 |
2009-07-25 |
| 181. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
71.76 |
0.8770 |
0.0928 |
300 |
4 |
67.65 |
2009-06-16 |
| 182. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
71.68 |
0.9064 |
0.0683 |
399 |
1 |
71.68 |
2009-06-16 |
| 183. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
71.68 |
0.9365 |
0.0304 |
248 |
2 |
67.32 |
2010-01-05 |
| 184. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
71.68 |
1.0829 |
-0.1159 |
288 |
3 |
68.25 |
2009-06-10 |
| 185. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
71.62 |
0.9234 |
0.0467 |
346 |
3 |
68.87 |
2010-03-02 |
| 186. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
71.57 |
0.9866 |
-0.0263 |
218 |
2 |
66.93 |
2009-05-09 |
| 187. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
71.55 |
0.9500 |
0.0160 |
362 |
1 |
71.55 |
2009-07-22 |
| 188. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
71.51 |
0.9811 |
-0.0152 |
272 |
2 |
61.75 |
2009-06-03 |
| 189. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
71.47 |
0.9570 |
0.0074 |
287 |
1 |
71.47 |
2009-05-19 |
| 190. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
71.47 |
0.9168 |
0.0472 |
240 |
3 |
68.03 |
2009-10-02 |
| 191. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
71.36 |
0.9831 |
-0.0139 |
469 |
2 |
66.31 |
2009-07-23 |
| 192. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
71.30 |
0.9763 |
-0.0164 |
289 |
2 |
70.52 |
2009-08-16 |
| 193. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
71.25 |
0.9884 |
-0.0295 |
233 |
2 |
70.74 |
2009-07-23 |
| 194. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
71.13 |
0.9670 |
0.0331 |
307 |
1 |
71.13 |
2010-01-03 |
| 195. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
71.06 |
0.9786 |
-0.0267 |
193 |
3 |
67.58 |
2011-03-14 |
| 196. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
70.99 |
0.9289 |
0.0249 |
204 |
4 |
66.15 |
2009-06-19 |
| 197. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
70.92 |
0.9578 |
-0.0031 |
281 |
1 |
70.92 |
2009-06-02 |
| 198. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
70.90 |
0.9649 |
-0.0111 |
193 |
3 |
69.13 |
2009-10-02 |
| 199. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
70.89 |
0.9074 |
0.0539 |
396 |
2 |
69.82 |
2009-06-15 |
| 200. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
70.79 |
0.8981 |
0.0599 |
393 |
4 |
67.20 |
2009-06-19 |
| 201. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
70.77 |
1.0403 |
-0.0473 |
275 |
1 |
70.77 |
2011-04-28 |
| 202. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
70.76 |
0.9005 |
0.0510 |
212 |
3 |
68.27 |
2009-07-24 |
| 203. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
70.57 |
0.9731 |
-0.0352 |
129 |
1 |
70.57 |
2009-05-31 |
| 204. |
The theory of music emphasizes the elements from which music... |
70.50 |
1.0117 |
-0.0175 |
297 |
1 |
70.50 |
2010-01-07 |
| 205. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
70.49 |
0.9513 |
0.0018 |
354 |
1 |
70.49 |
2009-07-04 |
| 206. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
70.49 |
1.0257 |
-0.0700 |
401 |
1 |
70.49 |
2009-06-14 |
| 207. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
70.46 |
0.9966 |
-0.0483 |
259 |
3 |
68.54 |
2012-01-14 |
| 208. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
70.41 |
0.9529 |
0.0359 |
269 |
1 |
70.41 |
2010-01-05 |
| 209. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
70.41 |
1.0796 |
-0.1362 |
129 |
1 |
70.41 |
2009-05-16 |
| 210. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
70.40 |
0.9965 |
-0.0478 |
277 |
3 |
66.47 |
2009-12-26 |
| 211. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
70.37 |
1.0090 |
-0.0175 |
282 |
1 |
70.37 |
2009-12-27 |
| 212. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
70.36 |
0.9278 |
0.0224 |
295 |
2 |
70.34 |
2009-07-23 |
| 213. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
70.30 |
0.9342 |
0.0160 |
434 |
5 |
67.53 |
2009-07-12 |
| 214. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
70.26 |
0.9426 |
0.0067 |
317 |
3 |
66.90 |
2010-01-03 |
| 215. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
70.17 |
0.9540 |
-0.0109 |
285 |
3 |
63.27 |
2009-05-31 |
| 216. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
70.08 |
0.9125 |
0.0330 |
308 |
2 |
67.32 |
2009-07-04 |
| 217. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
70.02 |
0.9164 |
0.0313 |
305 |
3 |
66.05 |
2009-07-23 |
| 218. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
69.91 |
0.9991 |
-0.0572 |
225 |
1 |
69.91 |
2009-06-03 |
| 219. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
69.89 |
1.0138 |
-0.0731 |
231 |
2 |
67.72 |
2009-07-23 |
| 220. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
69.59 |
0.9769 |
-0.0420 |
263 |
5 |
65.70 |
2010-01-07 |
| 221. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
69.57 |
0.9286 |
0.0071 |
194 |
3 |
65.50 |
2009-06-05 |
| 222. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
69.48 |
0.9372 |
0.0023 |
320 |
2 |
68.61 |
2009-08-04 |
| 223. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
69.46 |
0.8961 |
0.0357 |
189 |
4 |
60.58 |
2009-06-13 |
| 224. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
69.43 |
0.9682 |
-0.0353 |
143 |
2 |
62.99 |
2009-06-12 |
| 225. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
69.42 |
0.9293 |
0.0062 |
355 |
2 |
67.78 |
2011-12-04 |
| 226. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
69.31 |
0.8933 |
0.0463 |
363 |
1 |
69.31 |
2009-06-14 |
| 227. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
69.26 |
0.9557 |
-0.0169 |
331 |
1 |
69.26 |
2009-05-14 |
| 228. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
69.24 |
0.9820 |
-0.0496 |
274 |
1 |
69.24 |
2009-10-19 |
| 229. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
69.15 |
1.0203 |
-0.0859 |
261 |
1 |
69.15 |
2009-07-23 |
| 230. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
68.94 |
0.9646 |
-0.0374 |
264 |
3 |
67.94 |
2009-10-17 |
| 231. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
68.78 |
0.9148 |
0.0126 |
317 |
1 |
68.78 |
2009-07-22 |
| 232. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
68.67 |
0.9681 |
-0.0353 |
378 |
1 |
68.67 |
2009-04-03 |
| 233. |
Stab a sorry heart with your favorite finger. Paint the whol... |
68.65 |
1.0270 |
-0.0668 |
255 |
1 |
68.65 |
2011-12-21 |
| 234. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
68.60 |
0.9109 |
0.0152 |
401 |
2 |
65.30 |
2009-08-15 |
| 235. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
68.55 |
0.9986 |
-0.0752 |
283 |
1 |
68.55 |
2009-05-07 |
| 236. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
68.40 |
0.9089 |
0.0158 |
342 |
2 |
67.57 |
2011-02-04 |
| 237. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
68.40 |
0.8947 |
0.0310 |
366 |
2 |
61.62 |
2011-12-21 |
| 238. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
68.34 |
0.9776 |
-0.0574 |
308 |
1 |
68.34 |
2009-07-18 |
| 239. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
68.29 |
0.9865 |
-0.0661 |
276 |
1 |
68.29 |
2009-07-23 |
| 240. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
68.26 |
0.9514 |
-0.0322 |
237 |
3 |
67.97 |
2009-07-12 |
| 241. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
68.17 |
0.9376 |
-0.0146 |
367 |
2 |
67.97 |
2009-05-19 |
| 242. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
68.13 |
0.9798 |
-0.0684 |
199 |
3 |
60.82 |
2011-04-28 |
| 243. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
68.12 |
0.8382 |
0.0793 |
268 |
3 |
65.97 |
2009-10-20 |
| 244. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
67.83 |
0.9087 |
0.0150 |
393 |
3 |
64.37 |
2009-12-26 |
| 245. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
67.73 |
1.0004 |
-0.0949 |
212 |
1 |
67.73 |
2009-05-09 |
| 246. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
67.51 |
0.9881 |
-0.0390 |
424 |
1 |
67.51 |
2011-12-22 |
| 247. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
67.27 |
0.9846 |
-0.0804 |
281 |
1 |
67.27 |
2009-07-12 |
| 248. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
67.15 |
0.8919 |
0.0101 |
205 |
3 |
58.61 |
2009-06-12 |
| 249. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
67.04 |
0.9709 |
-0.0277 |
397 |
1 |
67.04 |
2011-12-04 |
| 250. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
66.99 |
0.9697 |
-0.0680 |
249 |
1 |
66.99 |
2009-03-03 |
| 251. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
66.95 |
0.9411 |
-0.0393 |
318 |
3 |
65.68 |
2009-05-31 |
| 252. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
66.81 |
0.9430 |
-0.0512 |
211 |
3 |
66.12 |
2012-01-11 |
| 253. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
66.65 |
0.8935 |
0.0131 |
328 |
1 |
66.65 |
2009-06-15 |
| 254. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
66.59 |
0.8602 |
0.0337 |
206 |
1 |
66.59 |
2009-08-04 |
| 255. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
65.70 |
0.9597 |
-0.0717 |
347 |
2 |
63.48 |
2009-03-26 |
| 256. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
65.29 |
0.9687 |
-0.0857 |
371 |
2 |
63.93 |
2009-05-15 |
| 257. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
65.20 |
0.9045 |
-0.0271 |
235 |
2 |
61.64 |
2009-10-19 |
| 258. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
65.00 |
0.9176 |
-0.0044 |
365 |
1 |
65.00 |
2010-01-05 |
| 259. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
64.45 |
0.8595 |
0.0092 |
242 |
2 |
62.67 |
2009-05-11 |
| 260. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
63.96 |
0.9635 |
-0.0979 |
389 |
2 |
62.55 |
2009-05-13 |
| 261. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
63.95 |
0.9127 |
-0.0550 |
252 |
1 |
63.95 |
2010-01-30 |
| 262. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
63.87 |
0.9266 |
-0.0676 |
267 |
1 |
63.87 |
2011-02-04 |
| 263. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
63.81 |
0.9233 |
-0.0735 |
168 |
2 |
63.64 |
2009-05-10 |
| 264. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
63.74 |
0.9567 |
-0.0997 |
273 |
1 |
63.74 |
2009-05-09 |
| 265. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
63.58 |
0.8553 |
-0.0054 |
174 |
3 |
56.81 |
2009-08-15 |
| 266. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
63.42 |
0.9879 |
-0.1264 |
450 |
3 |
61.18 |
2009-07-23 |
| 267. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
63.31 |
0.8367 |
0.0249 |
294 |
1 |
63.31 |
2011-02-04 |
| 268. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
63.24 |
0.9330 |
-0.0761 |
360 |
1 |
63.24 |
2009-05-11 |
| 269. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
63.08 |
0.9723 |
-0.1204 |
364 |
1 |
63.08 |
2009-03-14 |
| 270. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
62.53 |
0.9279 |
-0.0808 |
317 |
2 |
62.23 |
2009-03-08 |
| 271. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
62.33 |
0.9398 |
-0.0926 |
419 |
1 |
62.33 |
2009-03-26 |
| 272. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
61.13 |
1.0390 |
-0.2213 |
205 |
1 |
61.13 |
2009-03-07 |
| 273. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
60.96 |
0.8753 |
-0.0469 |
427 |
1 |
60.96 |
2009-10-17 |
| 274. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
60.75 |
0.9097 |
-0.0518 |
464 |
1 |
60.75 |
2009-04-17 |
| 275. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
60.70 |
0.9946 |
-0.1791 |
246 |
1 |
60.70 |
2009-06-19 |
| 276. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
59.95 |
0.8956 |
-0.0856 |
322 |
2 |
59.31 |
2009-05-13 |
| 277. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
59.18 |
0.8811 |
-0.0816 |
239 |
1 |
59.18 |
2009-03-07 |
| 278. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
59.16 |
0.8916 |
-0.0967 |
216 |
2 |
55.65 |
2009-05-01 |
| 279. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
57.52 |
1.0352 |
-0.2598 |
341 |
1 |
57.52 |
2009-03-08 |
| 280. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
56.02 |
1.0261 |
-0.2762 |
273 |
1 |
56.02 |
2009-06-14 |
| 281. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
53.88 |
0.9710 |
-0.2549 |
173 |
1 |
53.88 |
2009-03-07 |