| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
93.34 |
1.0138 |
0.3082 |
231 |
5 |
67.03 |
2009-07-03 |
| 2. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
92.50 |
0.9772 |
0.3296 |
217 |
8 |
59.45 |
2009-07-04 |
| 3. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
89.58 |
1.0799 |
0.1850 |
243 |
7 |
73.83 |
2009-07-03 |
| 4. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
88.41 |
1.0419 |
0.2099 |
261 |
3 |
75.29 |
2009-03-06 |
| 5. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
88.41 |
1.0334 |
0.2119 |
131 |
7 |
77.01 |
2009-03-19 |
| 6. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
87.74 |
1.0352 |
0.2096 |
341 |
8 |
69.38 |
2009-07-04 |
| 7. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
87.30 |
0.9899 |
0.2414 |
163 |
6 |
65.90 |
2009-07-03 |
| 8. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
87.14 |
1.0292 |
0.2032 |
262 |
5 |
72.73 |
2009-03-14 |
| 9. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
86.28 |
1.0555 |
0.1673 |
363 |
4 |
80.51 |
2009-07-05 |
| 10. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
86.23 |
1.0004 |
0.2141 |
212 |
3 |
60.75 |
2009-07-03 |
| 11. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
85.60 |
1.0261 |
0.1836 |
273 |
4 |
70.58 |
2009-03-13 |
| 12. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
85.53 |
1.0095 |
0.2000 |
316 |
5 |
70.72 |
2009-03-10 |
| 13. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
85.40 |
1.0498 |
0.1542 |
180 |
6 |
71.22 |
2009-03-19 |
| 14. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
85.13 |
1.0486 |
0.1571 |
289 |
8 |
66.79 |
2009-07-05 |
| 15. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
84.69 |
1.0429 |
0.1543 |
259 |
10 |
67.76 |
2009-07-04 |
| 16. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
83.98 |
1.1114 |
0.0744 |
247 |
5 |
72.63 |
2009-03-04 |
| 17. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
83.98 |
1.1018 |
0.0803 |
220 |
7 |
69.02 |
2009-03-16 |
| 18. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
83.74 |
1.0445 |
0.1414 |
373 |
2 |
77.77 |
2009-02-06 |
| 19. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
83.34 |
1.0183 |
0.1554 |
191 |
6 |
67.90 |
2009-07-03 |
| 20. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
82.96 |
1.0168 |
0.1585 |
271 |
5 |
70.72 |
2009-07-05 |
| 21. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
82.91 |
1.0528 |
0.1154 |
201 |
6 |
59.72 |
2009-02-12 |
| 22. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
82.90 |
1.0399 |
0.1383 |
294 |
4 |
64.63 |
2009-03-11 |
| 23. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
82.78 |
1.0462 |
0.1190 |
184 |
7 |
72.72 |
2009-03-11 |
| 24. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
82.73 |
1.0444 |
0.1196 |
197 |
14 |
58.76 |
2009-03-19 |
| 25. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
82.67 |
1.0167 |
0.1598 |
378 |
9 |
72.33 |
2009-03-18 |
| 26. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
81.81 |
1.0529 |
0.1044 |
351 |
7 |
70.01 |
2009-03-19 |
| 27. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
81.78 |
1.0515 |
0.1036 |
250 |
3 |
70.26 |
2009-03-16 |
| 28. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
81.58 |
1.0053 |
0.1468 |
232 |
3 |
72.28 |
2009-07-03 |
| 29. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
81.58 |
0.9964 |
0.1578 |
203 |
6 |
69.51 |
2009-03-19 |
| 30. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
81.51 |
1.0396 |
0.1063 |
149 |
8 |
63.00 |
2009-07-07 |
| 31. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
81.50 |
1.1016 |
0.0515 |
233 |
6 |
70.84 |
2009-03-14 |
| 32. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
81.25 |
0.9286 |
0.2198 |
194 |
6 |
64.90 |
2009-03-16 |
| 33. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
81.16 |
0.9780 |
0.1711 |
337 |
4 |
59.79 |
2009-03-19 |
| 34. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
80.99 |
1.0060 |
0.1350 |
171 |
2 |
66.81 |
2009-03-04 |
| 35. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
80.92 |
0.9886 |
0.1586 |
220 |
4 |
71.29 |
2009-02-26 |
| 36. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
80.74 |
0.9851 |
0.1592 |
317 |
8 |
67.63 |
2009-07-03 |
| 37. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
80.39 |
1.0788 |
0.0527 |
171 |
11 |
63.25 |
2009-03-16 |
| 38. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
80.29 |
1.0213 |
0.1112 |
240 |
10 |
64.47 |
2009-07-03 |
| 39. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
80.29 |
0.9852 |
0.1508 |
264 |
4 |
62.93 |
2009-07-03 |
| 40. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
80.12 |
0.9557 |
0.1838 |
331 |
5 |
73.05 |
2009-07-05 |
| 41. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
80.02 |
0.9513 |
0.1843 |
354 |
6 |
62.22 |
2009-03-06 |
| 42. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
80.00 |
1.0711 |
0.0553 |
213 |
7 |
65.22 |
2009-07-05 |
| 43. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
79.90 |
1.0165 |
0.1175 |
392 |
6 |
64.13 |
2009-07-05 |
| 44. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
79.86 |
1.0361 |
0.0944 |
269 |
5 |
70.85 |
2009-07-07 |
| 45. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
79.79 |
0.9894 |
0.1435 |
323 |
6 |
70.17 |
2009-07-05 |
| 46. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
79.78 |
1.0477 |
0.0831 |
360 |
4 |
68.68 |
2009-07-03 |
| 47. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
79.72 |
1.0567 |
0.0714 |
303 |
6 |
64.37 |
2009-02-24 |
| 48. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
79.38 |
0.9697 |
0.1532 |
249 |
4 |
66.70 |
2009-07-03 |
| 49. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
79.35 |
1.0595 |
0.0652 |
379 |
5 |
69.80 |
2009-07-03 |
| 50. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
79.30 |
1.0068 |
0.1180 |
358 |
5 |
67.67 |
2009-07-03 |
| 51. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
79.17 |
1.0389 |
0.0825 |
318 |
4 |
76.43 |
2009-03-07 |
| 52. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
79.06 |
0.9786 |
0.1343 |
193 |
2 |
71.79 |
2009-03-07 |
| 53. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
79.06 |
1.0337 |
0.0838 |
214 |
11 |
58.44 |
2009-03-19 |
| 54. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
79.02 |
0.9805 |
0.1416 |
292 |
3 |
75.22 |
2009-03-04 |
| 55. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
78.83 |
1.0516 |
0.0628 |
281 |
1 |
78.83 |
2009-03-04 |
| 56. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
78.80 |
1.0316 |
0.0866 |
333 |
2 |
75.17 |
2009-07-03 |
| 57. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
78.77 |
1.0829 |
0.0325 |
288 |
7 |
63.38 |
2009-03-10 |
| 58. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
78.68 |
1.0263 |
0.0855 |
267 |
2 |
66.33 |
2009-07-04 |
| 59. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
78.59 |
1.0993 |
0.0100 |
265 |
6 |
65.94 |
2009-07-03 |
| 60. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
78.40 |
0.9601 |
0.1532 |
308 |
5 |
70.01 |
2009-03-04 |
| 61. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
78.32 |
0.9841 |
0.1272 |
334 |
7 |
65.14 |
2009-03-14 |
| 62. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
78.29 |
1.0787 |
0.0271 |
237 |
8 |
60.95 |
2009-03-11 |
| 63. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
78.13 |
1.0201 |
0.0851 |
303 |
5 |
67.46 |
2009-03-19 |
| 64. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
78.10 |
0.9485 |
0.1575 |
236 |
4 |
67.82 |
2009-07-04 |
| 65. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
78.07 |
1.0189 |
0.0883 |
337 |
3 |
74.64 |
2009-03-13 |
| 66. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
78.06 |
0.9049 |
0.2043 |
351 |
2 |
71.98 |
2009-03-06 |
| 67. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
78.04 |
0.9942 |
0.1181 |
483 |
3 |
68.84 |
2009-07-07 |
| 68. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
77.99 |
1.0203 |
0.0859 |
261 |
4 |
67.70 |
2009-02-24 |
| 69. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
77.69 |
0.9833 |
0.1168 |
355 |
1 |
77.69 |
2009-07-04 |
| 70. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
77.47 |
1.0767 |
0.0164 |
212 |
4 |
73.56 |
2009-07-03 |
| 71. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
77.45 |
0.9769 |
0.1160 |
263 |
4 |
56.65 |
2009-03-09 |
| 72. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
77.41 |
1.0496 |
0.0442 |
314 |
7 |
60.68 |
2009-03-14 |
| 73. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
77.33 |
1.0577 |
0.0321 |
247 |
4 |
64.65 |
2009-07-04 |
| 74. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
77.12 |
1.0340 |
0.0615 |
406 |
4 |
65.81 |
2009-03-14 |
| 75. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
76.86 |
1.0417 |
0.0424 |
253 |
5 |
64.16 |
2009-03-04 |
| 76. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
76.79 |
0.9997 |
0.0895 |
382 |
2 |
71.26 |
2009-07-03 |
| 77. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
76.61 |
0.9500 |
0.1352 |
362 |
6 |
63.52 |
2009-03-14 |
| 78. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
76.41 |
1.0668 |
0.0159 |
350 |
7 |
62.96 |
2009-03-19 |
| 79. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
76.37 |
0.9653 |
0.1226 |
394 |
4 |
62.30 |
2009-07-03 |
| 80. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
76.35 |
1.0099 |
0.0665 |
207 |
5 |
63.23 |
2009-07-05 |
| 81. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
76.32 |
1.0385 |
0.0386 |
230 |
3 |
59.56 |
2009-03-14 |
| 82. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
76.10 |
1.0218 |
0.0510 |
268 |
3 |
69.15 |
2009-03-19 |
| 83. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
76.09 |
0.9966 |
0.0784 |
259 |
5 |
57.86 |
2009-03-14 |
| 84. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
76.07 |
0.9740 |
0.0972 |
209 |
5 |
64.66 |
2009-03-14 |
| 85. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
75.69 |
1.0352 |
0.0378 |
341 |
5 |
59.95 |
2009-03-11 |
| 86. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
75.66 |
0.9965 |
0.0735 |
277 |
4 |
70.97 |
2009-07-03 |
| 87. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
75.63 |
0.9614 |
0.1106 |
292 |
5 |
63.62 |
2009-07-07 |
| 88. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
75.43 |
0.9936 |
0.0722 |
311 |
3 |
68.30 |
2009-03-19 |
| 89. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
75.19 |
1.0131 |
0.0457 |
225 |
9 |
61.69 |
2009-03-14 |
| 90. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
75.18 |
0.9464 |
0.1213 |
323 |
6 |
64.86 |
2009-03-19 |
| 91. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
75.09 |
0.9786 |
0.0822 |
235 |
2 |
67.38 |
2009-02-16 |
| 92. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
75.08 |
0.9646 |
0.0956 |
264 |
4 |
67.68 |
2009-07-04 |
| 93. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
74.81 |
0.9005 |
0.1553 |
212 |
4 |
62.52 |
2009-07-03 |
| 94. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
74.71 |
0.9084 |
0.1515 |
404 |
6 |
67.86 |
2009-07-03 |
| 95. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
74.69 |
1.0391 |
0.0226 |
358 |
4 |
66.74 |
2009-07-03 |
| 96. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
74.67 |
0.9776 |
0.0779 |
308 |
3 |
65.03 |
2009-07-04 |
| 97. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
74.63 |
0.9684 |
0.0890 |
388 |
6 |
59.01 |
2009-03-09 |
| 98. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
74.53 |
1.0073 |
0.0540 |
369 |
2 |
70.51 |
2009-07-03 |
| 99. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
74.52 |
1.0426 |
0.0098 |
323 |
2 |
69.24 |
2009-03-19 |
| 100. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
74.51 |
1.0619 |
-0.0053 |
354 |
7 |
64.44 |
2009-03-06 |
| 101. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
74.47 |
1.0389 |
0.0159 |
340 |
1 |
74.47 |
2009-03-19 |
| 102. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
74.21 |
1.0796 |
-0.0357 |
129 |
4 |
63.38 |
2009-07-05 |
| 103. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
74.16 |
0.9910 |
0.0589 |
295 |
6 |
69.38 |
2009-03-04 |
| 104. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
74.12 |
1.0297 |
0.0165 |
249 |
4 |
64.25 |
2009-03-07 |
| 105. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
74.01 |
1.0214 |
0.0190 |
166 |
6 |
54.12 |
2009-03-19 |
| 106. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
73.98 |
0.9330 |
0.1190 |
360 |
3 |
58.49 |
2009-02-26 |
| 107. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
73.82 |
0.9164 |
0.1315 |
305 |
2 |
70.45 |
2009-07-07 |
| 108. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
73.79 |
0.9884 |
0.0535 |
233 |
5 |
67.15 |
2009-03-07 |
| 109. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
73.68 |
0.9426 |
0.1016 |
317 |
7 |
55.62 |
2009-03-19 |
| 110. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
73.61 |
1.0696 |
-0.0330 |
226 |
3 |
62.92 |
2009-02-09 |
| 111. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
73.59 |
1.0454 |
-0.0093 |
255 |
1 |
73.59 |
2009-07-07 |
| 112. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
73.56 |
1.0251 |
0.0121 |
261 |
5 |
65.54 |
2009-03-16 |
| 113. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
73.42 |
1.0214 |
0.0143 |
269 |
10 |
56.09 |
2009-03-13 |
| 114. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
73.35 |
0.9907 |
0.0441 |
211 |
1 |
73.35 |
2009-03-07 |
| 115. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
73.32 |
1.0534 |
-0.0152 |
357 |
2 |
71.61 |
2009-02-12 |
| 116. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
73.08 |
0.8553 |
0.1721 |
174 |
2 |
64.81 |
2009-03-19 |
| 117. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
72.50 |
0.9863 |
0.0423 |
339 |
5 |
62.33 |
2009-03-10 |
| 118. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
72.50 |
0.9758 |
0.0491 |
314 |
5 |
62.73 |
2009-03-19 |
| 119. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
72.44 |
0.9795 |
0.0439 |
308 |
4 |
67.91 |
2009-03-19 |
| 120. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
72.40 |
0.9109 |
0.1145 |
401 |
3 |
63.85 |
2009-02-12 |
| 121. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
72.36 |
1.0331 |
-0.0131 |
234 |
4 |
59.69 |
2009-03-06 |
| 122. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
72.31 |
1.0441 |
-0.0211 |
252 |
5 |
54.22 |
2009-02-24 |
| 123. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
71.94 |
0.9087 |
0.1182 |
393 |
4 |
65.81 |
2009-03-13 |
| 124. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
71.92 |
0.9064 |
0.1187 |
399 |
3 |
67.06 |
2009-07-03 |
| 125. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
71.87 |
1.0062 |
0.0090 |
288 |
8 |
65.45 |
2009-03-16 |
| 126. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
71.82 |
1.0025 |
0.0129 |
336 |
6 |
63.54 |
2009-03-06 |
| 127. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
71.75 |
1.0201 |
-0.0026 |
375 |
4 |
60.46 |
2009-03-16 |
| 128. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
71.74 |
0.9570 |
0.0581 |
287 |
2 |
68.84 |
2009-03-16 |
| 129. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
71.74 |
0.9820 |
0.0342 |
267 |
3 |
59.47 |
2009-03-16 |
| 130. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
71.63 |
0.9965 |
0.0156 |
310 |
5 |
62.95 |
2009-03-14 |
| 131. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
71.62 |
0.9619 |
0.0549 |
393 |
3 |
65.67 |
2009-03-19 |
| 132. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
71.56 |
1.0797 |
-0.0745 |
210 |
6 |
62.02 |
2009-03-13 |
| 133. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
71.50 |
1.0125 |
-0.0049 |
224 |
5 |
64.31 |
2009-03-19 |
| 134. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
71.40 |
0.9699 |
0.0380 |
269 |
2 |
63.31 |
2009-03-09 |
| 135. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
71.38 |
1.0613 |
-0.0522 |
266 |
4 |
62.42 |
2009-02-18 |
| 136. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
71.34 |
0.9233 |
0.0760 |
168 |
2 |
56.74 |
2009-07-03 |
| 137. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
71.09 |
0.9681 |
0.0443 |
378 |
4 |
63.18 |
2009-03-06 |
| 138. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
70.94 |
0.8753 |
0.1358 |
427 |
4 |
67.22 |
2009-03-14 |
| 139. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
70.77 |
0.9553 |
0.0514 |
430 |
4 |
67.94 |
2009-02-12 |
| 140. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
70.75 |
0.9279 |
0.0778 |
317 |
4 |
64.82 |
2009-03-16 |
| 141. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
70.57 |
1.0063 |
-0.0093 |
371 |
5 |
65.71 |
2009-03-04 |
| 142. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
70.48 |
1.0109 |
-0.0148 |
276 |
2 |
58.94 |
2009-03-13 |
| 143. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
70.46 |
0.9540 |
0.0393 |
285 |
5 |
56.26 |
2009-03-18 |
| 144. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
70.25 |
1.0016 |
-0.0142 |
218 |
3 |
59.84 |
2009-02-20 |
| 145. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
70.25 |
0.9846 |
0.0063 |
281 |
3 |
66.00 |
2009-03-11 |
| 146. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
70.21 |
0.8933 |
0.1046 |
363 |
2 |
64.89 |
2009-03-19 |
| 147. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
70.20 |
0.9376 |
0.0591 |
367 |
6 |
67.00 |
2009-03-19 |
| 148. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
70.19 |
0.9866 |
0.0009 |
218 |
7 |
58.32 |
2009-07-07 |
| 149. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
70.16 |
0.9893 |
0.0016 |
323 |
3 |
62.57 |
2009-02-18 |
| 150. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
70.13 |
0.9879 |
0.0111 |
450 |
6 |
65.03 |
2009-02-26 |
| 151. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
70.12 |
1.0029 |
-0.0191 |
209 |
6 |
54.87 |
2009-03-19 |
| 152. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
70.05 |
1.0013 |
-0.0130 |
273 |
2 |
59.19 |
2009-03-14 |
| 153. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
70.04 |
1.0565 |
-0.0701 |
247 |
4 |
54.77 |
2008-12-29 |
| 154. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
70.00 |
1.0201 |
-0.0384 |
172 |
5 |
58.47 |
2009-02-07 |
| 155. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
69.98 |
0.9372 |
0.0550 |
320 |
1 |
69.98 |
2009-02-12 |
| 156. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
69.98 |
0.9844 |
0.0086 |
293 |
4 |
69.09 |
2009-03-19 |
| 157. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
69.90 |
0.9754 |
0.0177 |
362 |
4 |
54.13 |
2009-03-16 |
| 158. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
69.77 |
1.0349 |
-0.0504 |
234 |
6 |
53.69 |
2009-03-13 |
| 159. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
69.72 |
0.9798 |
-0.0010 |
199 |
2 |
63.25 |
2009-02-09 |
| 160. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
69.68 |
0.9682 |
0.0138 |
143 |
4 |
63.80 |
2009-03-11 |
| 161. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
69.58 |
0.9148 |
0.0691 |
317 |
3 |
64.79 |
2009-03-19 |
| 162. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
69.57 |
0.9649 |
0.0163 |
193 |
6 |
59.45 |
2009-07-03 |
| 163. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
69.55 |
0.9785 |
0.0067 |
335 |
2 |
62.39 |
2009-01-02 |
| 164. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
69.44 |
0.9756 |
0.0036 |
229 |
2 |
64.91 |
2009-03-11 |
| 165. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
69.43 |
0.9632 |
0.0235 |
392 |
5 |
62.55 |
2009-03-11 |
| 166. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
69.34 |
0.9941 |
-0.0175 |
217 |
5 |
64.32 |
2009-07-03 |
| 167. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
69.29 |
0.9411 |
0.0380 |
318 |
3 |
64.92 |
2009-03-04 |
| 168. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
69.24 |
0.9843 |
-0.0117 |
234 |
4 |
50.78 |
2009-02-06 |
| 169. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
69.24 |
0.9691 |
0.0080 |
223 |
5 |
61.13 |
2009-03-11 |
| 170. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
69.19 |
0.9857 |
-0.0098 |
293 |
7 |
59.37 |
2009-03-18 |
| 171. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
68.85 |
1.0666 |
-0.0945 |
297 |
2 |
62.94 |
2008-12-29 |
| 172. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
68.85 |
1.0714 |
-0.1083 |
129 |
4 |
62.32 |
2009-03-11 |
| 173. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
68.74 |
0.9731 |
-0.0152 |
129 |
2 |
59.66 |
2009-01-02 |
| 174. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
68.70 |
0.9429 |
0.0283 |
287 |
2 |
65.66 |
2009-02-24 |
| 175. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
68.45 |
0.8981 |
0.0728 |
393 |
3 |
62.37 |
2009-02-08 |
| 176. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
68.43 |
0.9622 |
0.0102 |
392 |
1 |
68.43 |
2009-02-12 |
| 177. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
68.34 |
0.9309 |
0.0319 |
284 |
4 |
60.41 |
2009-02-21 |
| 178. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
68.16 |
0.8826 |
0.0809 |
296 |
3 |
52.63 |
2009-03-04 |
| 179. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
68.10 |
0.9965 |
-0.0400 |
168 |
3 |
62.71 |
2009-07-03 |
| 180. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
67.76 |
1.0483 |
-0.0949 |
227 |
3 |
61.32 |
2009-02-23 |
| 181. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
67.73 |
1.0390 |
-0.0868 |
205 |
3 |
63.87 |
2009-03-19 |
| 182. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
67.71 |
0.9430 |
0.0054 |
211 |
2 |
63.81 |
2009-03-19 |
| 183. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
67.38 |
0.9045 |
0.0468 |
235 |
3 |
60.55 |
2009-03-19 |
| 184. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
67.28 |
0.9905 |
-0.0331 |
377 |
2 |
64.70 |
2009-03-06 |
| 185. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
67.20 |
0.9398 |
0.0179 |
419 |
2 |
62.81 |
2009-02-16 |
| 186. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
67.15 |
0.9532 |
-0.0068 |
258 |
2 |
50.26 |
2009-03-19 |
| 187. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
67.07 |
0.9088 |
0.0430 |
348 |
5 |
58.84 |
2009-03-19 |
| 188. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
66.93 |
0.9687 |
-0.0194 |
371 |
2 |
64.55 |
2009-02-18 |
| 189. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
66.93 |
1.0252 |
-0.0871 |
176 |
2 |
62.34 |
2009-03-11 |
| 190. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
66.93 |
0.8996 |
0.0395 |
192 |
1 |
66.93 |
2009-03-06 |
| 191. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
66.89 |
1.0523 |
-0.1126 |
256 |
3 |
56.32 |
2009-03-19 |
| 192. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
66.84 |
0.9831 |
-0.0318 |
469 |
2 |
66.25 |
2009-03-04 |
| 193. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
66.82 |
0.9168 |
0.0275 |
240 |
2 |
65.79 |
2009-02-12 |
| 194. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
66.71 |
1.0124 |
-0.0734 |
204 |
4 |
63.05 |
2009-07-05 |
| 195. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
66.60 |
0.9468 |
-0.0075 |
276 |
1 |
66.60 |
2009-03-19 |
| 196. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
66.32 |
0.9527 |
-0.0170 |
251 |
3 |
63.01 |
2009-03-16 |
| 197. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
66.30 |
0.9212 |
0.0176 |
323 |
4 |
61.36 |
2009-03-11 |
| 198. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
66.24 |
0.9567 |
-0.0222 |
273 |
5 |
55.40 |
2009-03-05 |
| 199. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
66.14 |
0.9723 |
-0.0353 |
364 |
3 |
59.98 |
2009-03-10 |
| 200. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
66.13 |
0.9213 |
0.0123 |
295 |
3 |
52.09 |
2009-02-12 |
| 201. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
66.13 |
0.9763 |
-0.0437 |
289 |
2 |
55.50 |
2009-03-06 |
| 202. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
66.07 |
0.9811 |
-0.0461 |
272 |
2 |
65.66 |
2009-02-08 |
| 203. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
66.07 |
1.0521 |
-0.1246 |
171 |
1 |
66.07 |
2009-02-23 |
| 204. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
65.97 |
1.0289 |
-0.0937 |
276 |
1 |
65.97 |
2009-02-12 |
| 205. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
65.95 |
0.8916 |
0.0392 |
216 |
4 |
52.37 |
2009-02-26 |
| 206. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
65.92 |
0.8961 |
0.0306 |
189 |
2 |
58.95 |
2009-02-24 |
| 207. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
65.90 |
0.9125 |
0.0191 |
308 |
3 |
51.67 |
2009-03-13 |
| 208. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
65.83 |
0.9986 |
-0.0692 |
283 |
3 |
62.78 |
2009-02-08 |
| 209. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
65.40 |
1.0197 |
-0.0999 |
226 |
2 |
57.07 |
2009-03-04 |
| 210. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
65.38 |
0.8919 |
0.0288 |
205 |
2 |
59.08 |
2009-03-14 |
| 211. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
65.32 |
1.0596 |
-0.1402 |
239 |
1 |
65.32 |
2008-12-29 |
| 212. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
65.03 |
1.0398 |
-0.1329 |
110 |
3 |
63.56 |
2009-03-04 |
| 213. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
64.99 |
0.8890 |
0.0242 |
199 |
6 |
53.13 |
2009-07-07 |
| 214. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
64.92 |
0.8595 |
0.0581 |
242 |
5 |
61.18 |
2009-03-19 |
| 215. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
64.91 |
0.9710 |
-0.0618 |
173 |
2 |
59.47 |
2009-03-04 |
| 216. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
64.91 |
1.0368 |
-0.1202 |
276 |
4 |
62.75 |
2009-03-05 |
| 217. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
64.56 |
1.0023 |
-0.0935 |
211 |
2 |
62.24 |
2009-03-19 |
| 218. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
64.44 |
0.8878 |
0.0209 |
346 |
3 |
61.00 |
2009-03-16 |
| 219. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
64.22 |
0.9514 |
-0.0453 |
237 |
3 |
63.21 |
2009-03-04 |
| 220. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
64.11 |
0.9675 |
-0.0538 |
383 |
2 |
63.78 |
2009-03-14 |
| 221. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
63.97 |
0.9768 |
-0.0720 |
387 |
3 |
54.22 |
2009-03-19 |
| 222. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
63.87 |
0.9897 |
-0.0912 |
274 |
3 |
60.69 |
2009-02-24 |
| 223. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
63.86 |
0.9734 |
-0.0731 |
289 |
3 |
62.31 |
2009-03-11 |
| 224. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
63.84 |
0.9234 |
-0.0176 |
346 |
4 |
51.64 |
2009-02-26 |
| 225. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
63.83 |
0.9593 |
-0.0544 |
398 |
2 |
57.82 |
2009-03-19 |
| 226. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
63.75 |
0.9097 |
0.0310 |
464 |
2 |
63.68 |
2009-03-06 |
| 227. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
63.69 |
0.8956 |
0.0072 |
322 |
1 |
63.69 |
2009-02-08 |
| 228. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
63.48 |
1.0487 |
-0.1585 |
231 |
2 |
54.61 |
2009-02-12 |
| 229. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
63.18 |
1.0257 |
-0.1284 |
401 |
1 |
63.18 |
2009-02-24 |
| 230. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
63.05 |
0.8382 |
0.0513 |
268 |
6 |
57.29 |
2009-03-19 |
| 231. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
62.62 |
0.9612 |
-0.0783 |
256 |
1 |
62.62 |
2009-02-12 |
| 232. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
62.50 |
0.8958 |
-0.0100 |
322 |
4 |
60.69 |
2009-03-19 |
| 233. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
62.40 |
0.9991 |
-0.1188 |
225 |
2 |
61.87 |
2009-03-19 |
| 234. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
62.35 |
0.9266 |
-0.0475 |
267 |
4 |
52.64 |
2009-03-04 |
| 235. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
62.26 |
0.9351 |
-0.0629 |
190 |
6 |
48.37 |
2009-03-16 |
| 236. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
61.78 |
0.9635 |
-0.0872 |
389 |
2 |
48.62 |
2009-03-04 |
| 237. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
61.65 |
0.9672 |
-0.0917 |
396 |
2 |
60.91 |
2009-03-19 |
| 238. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
61.50 |
1.0885 |
-0.2183 |
315 |
2 |
53.15 |
2008-12-15 |
| 239. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
61.41 |
0.9342 |
-0.0651 |
434 |
4 |
48.98 |
2009-02-18 |
| 240. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
61.31 |
0.9072 |
-0.0447 |
237 |
5 |
58.50 |
2009-02-26 |
| 241. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
61.08 |
0.9946 |
-0.1339 |
246 |
3 |
58.65 |
2009-02-26 |
| 242. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
60.89 |
0.9278 |
-0.0669 |
295 |
3 |
56.65 |
2009-03-14 |
| 243. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
60.39 |
0.8722 |
-0.0183 |
285 |
1 |
60.39 |
2009-03-11 |
| 244. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
60.37 |
0.9865 |
-0.1347 |
276 |
2 |
53.44 |
2009-02-17 |
| 245. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
60.33 |
0.9074 |
-0.0508 |
396 |
2 |
59.69 |
2009-03-06 |
| 246. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
60.33 |
1.0034 |
-0.1548 |
302 |
1 |
60.33 |
2008-12-30 |
| 247. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
59.88 |
0.7876 |
0.0587 |
316 |
3 |
56.75 |
2009-02-16 |
| 248. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
58.89 |
0.9339 |
-0.1059 |
310 |
2 |
56.64 |
2009-03-05 |
| 249. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
58.58 |
0.8852 |
-0.0580 |
201 |
5 |
55.30 |
2009-03-19 |
| 250. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
58.28 |
0.8770 |
-0.0530 |
300 |
1 |
58.28 |
2009-02-15 |
| 251. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
58.28 |
0.8947 |
-0.0690 |
366 |
2 |
55.58 |
2009-03-11 |
| 252. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
58.09 |
1.0296 |
-0.2051 |
437 |
2 |
51.78 |
2009-02-09 |
| 253. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
56.71 |
0.9636 |
-0.1653 |
254 |
1 |
56.71 |
2009-03-19 |
| 254. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
55.89 |
0.8602 |
-0.0758 |
206 |
3 |
52.74 |
2009-02-23 |
| 255. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
55.03 |
1.0025 |
-0.2283 |
256 |
4 |
47.80 |
2009-01-02 |
| 256. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
54.24 |
0.9275 |
-0.1678 |
211 |
5 |
44.34 |
2009-03-05 |
| 257. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
53.16 |
0.8935 |
-0.1362 |
328 |
2 |
48.41 |
2008-10-23 |
| 258. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
51.80 |
0.9729 |
-0.2446 |
255 |
1 |
51.80 |
2008-10-11 |
| 259. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
51.55 |
0.9884 |
-0.2596 |
262 |
3 |
48.82 |
2008-10-17 |
| 260. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
48.72 |
0.9365 |
-0.2510 |
248 |
2 |
46.80 |
2008-12-30 |
| 261. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
48.06 |
0.9281 |
-0.2484 |
273 |
1 |
48.06 |
2008-10-18 |
| 262. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
47.62 |
0.9633 |
-0.2928 |
304 |
2 |
47.03 |
2008-10-17 |
| 263. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
46.34 |
0.9572 |
-0.3083 |
201 |
1 |
46.34 |
2008-10-12 |
| 264. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
46.25 |
0.8442 |
-0.1915 |
265 |
2 |
37.17 |
2008-10-11 |
| 265. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
45.94 |
0.9724 |
-0.3245 |
237 |
2 |
40.00 |
2008-10-18 |
| 266. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
45.85 |
0.8628 |
-0.2232 |
196 |
1 |
45.85 |
2008-10-03 |
| 267. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
45.83 |
0.8975 |
-0.2543 |
268 |
1 |
45.83 |
2008-10-12 |
| 268. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
45.01 |
0.9289 |
-0.3002 |
204 |
1 |
45.01 |
2008-10-02 |
| 269. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
44.78 |
0.9084 |
-0.2789 |
300 |
1 |
44.78 |
2008-10-11 |
| 270. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
42.80 |
0.9293 |
-0.3291 |
355 |
2 |
42.78 |
2008-10-21 |
| 271. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
42.05 |
0.8077 |
-0.2210 |
167 |
1 |
42.05 |
2008-10-03 |
| 272. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
40.98 |
0.8810 |
-0.3069 |
282 |
1 |
40.98 |
2008-10-03 |
| 273. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
40.75 |
0.8811 |
-0.3065 |
239 |
2 |
40.48 |
2008-10-17 |
| 274. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
40.41 |
0.8096 |
-0.2365 |
209 |
1 |
40.41 |
2008-10-03 |
| 275. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
39.40 |
0.9251 |
-0.3694 |
177 |
1 |
39.40 |
2008-10-03 |
| 276. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
34.34 |
0.8852 |
-0.4065 |
158 |
1 |
34.34 |
2008-10-01 |
| 277. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
31.17 |
0.8709 |
-0.4300 |
202 |
1 |
31.17 |
2008-10-01 |
| 278. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
27.37 |
0.8910 |
-0.5107 |
150 |
1 |
27.37 |
2008-10-01 |
| 279. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
24.23 |
0.9048 |
-0.5665 |
271 |
1 |
24.23 |
2008-10-01 |