Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
55.20 |
1.1198 |
0.2640 |
247 |
11 |
42.68 |
2009-02-12 |
2. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
48.83 |
0.9621 |
0.2640 |
212 |
11 |
41.31 |
2009-02-12 |
3. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
48.46 |
1.0639 |
0.1525 |
303 |
4 |
41.88 |
2009-02-12 |
4. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
48.32 |
1.1086 |
0.1028 |
233 |
6 |
39.40 |
2009-02-12 |
5. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
47.67 |
1.0498 |
0.1462 |
261 |
4 |
41.22 |
2009-02-14 |
6. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
47.45 |
1.0877 |
0.0978 |
129 |
8 |
40.18 |
2009-02-09 |
7. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
47.43 |
0.9252 |
0.2641 |
148 |
7 |
40.44 |
2009-08-11 |
8. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
47.25 |
1.0638 |
0.1184 |
247 |
7 |
37.87 |
2009-08-10 |
9. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
46.92 |
1.0529 |
0.1262 |
373 |
9 |
38.54 |
2009-08-10 |
10. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
46.80 |
1.0867 |
0.0820 |
171 |
5 |
42.87 |
2009-02-23 |
11. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
46.73 |
0.9621 |
0.2061 |
201 |
9 |
37.65 |
2009-08-10 |
12. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
46.58 |
0.9371 |
0.2215 |
156 |
8 |
38.96 |
2009-02-11 |
13. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
46.34 |
0.9963 |
0.1628 |
274 |
5 |
39.60 |
2009-02-14 |
14. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
46.30 |
0.9349 |
0.2284 |
287 |
10 |
39.34 |
2009-02-17 |
15. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
46.08 |
1.0654 |
0.0869 |
247 |
8 |
38.33 |
2009-02-13 |
16. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
45.99 |
1.0873 |
0.0624 |
243 |
5 |
40.98 |
2009-08-10 |
17. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
45.82 |
0.9927 |
0.1573 |
262 |
8 |
40.45 |
2009-02-17 |
18. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
45.67 |
1.1070 |
0.0367 |
265 |
7 |
39.74 |
2009-02-10 |
19. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
45.65 |
0.9299 |
0.2059 |
168 |
5 |
37.30 |
2009-02-23 |
20. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
45.57 |
1.0743 |
0.0692 |
297 |
9 |
38.32 |
2009-02-13 |
21. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
45.51 |
1.0125 |
0.1267 |
232 |
6 |
39.48 |
2009-02-23 |
22. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
45.46 |
0.9286 |
0.2127 |
177 |
8 |
39.57 |
2009-02-12 |
23. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
45.44 |
1.0101 |
0.1308 |
336 |
8 |
38.39 |
2009-02-25 |
24. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
45.33 |
0.9931 |
0.1394 |
218 |
5 |
40.36 |
2009-02-14 |
25. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
45.33 |
1.0561 |
0.0779 |
227 |
8 |
38.04 |
2009-02-23 |
26. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
45.29 |
1.1093 |
0.0200 |
220 |
7 |
40.27 |
2009-02-17 |
27. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
45.17 |
1.0264 |
0.1016 |
191 |
8 |
35.44 |
2009-08-10 |
28. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
45.16 |
0.9779 |
0.1523 |
255 |
4 |
40.28 |
2009-02-06 |
29. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
45.12 |
1.0279 |
0.0975 |
172 |
12 |
38.92 |
2009-08-11 |
30. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
45.00 |
0.9352 |
0.1914 |
194 |
6 |
35.64 |
2009-08-10 |
31. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
44.81 |
1.0557 |
0.0685 |
289 |
14 |
38.37 |
2009-02-25 |
32. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
44.68 |
1.0472 |
0.0662 |
149 |
4 |
40.95 |
2009-02-23 |
33. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
44.68 |
1.0800 |
0.0325 |
129 |
6 |
35.51 |
2009-02-25 |
34. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
44.61 |
0.9285 |
0.1878 |
244 |
10 |
35.15 |
2009-02-10 |
35. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
44.52 |
1.0095 |
0.1048 |
211 |
6 |
37.70 |
2009-02-10 |
36. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
44.46 |
1.0487 |
0.0630 |
253 |
5 |
36.53 |
2009-02-10 |
37. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
44.17 |
1.0777 |
0.0271 |
226 |
4 |
42.00 |
2009-02-12 |
38. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
44.05 |
1.0165 |
0.0862 |
316 |
5 |
37.97 |
2009-02-23 |
39. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
44.00 |
1.0543 |
0.0450 |
182 |
9 |
38.14 |
2009-08-11 |
40. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
43.95 |
0.8830 |
0.2129 |
134 |
3 |
37.60 |
2009-02-23 |
41. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
43.94 |
1.0060 |
0.0959 |
225 |
11 |
38.13 |
2009-03-31 |
42. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
43.93 |
1.0287 |
0.0713 |
269 |
8 |
37.46 |
2009-02-24 |
43. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
43.71 |
0.8925 |
0.2094 |
293 |
2 |
39.34 |
2009-01-30 |
44. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
43.71 |
1.0414 |
0.0526 |
234 |
4 |
39.30 |
2009-02-13 |
45. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
43.17 |
1.0800 |
-0.0014 |
213 |
3 |
39.77 |
2009-02-17 |
46. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
43.00 |
0.9852 |
0.0915 |
235 |
3 |
37.98 |
2009-02-23 |
47. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
42.90 |
1.0332 |
0.0407 |
267 |
6 |
38.58 |
2009-02-23 |
48. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
42.87 |
1.0270 |
0.0480 |
303 |
9 |
38.57 |
2009-08-11 |
49. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
42.76 |
0.8869 |
0.1823 |
176 |
5 |
32.76 |
2009-02-13 |
50. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
42.74 |
0.9264 |
0.1454 |
177 |
5 |
35.72 |
2009-02-11 |
51. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
42.66 |
0.8474 |
0.2219 |
265 |
5 |
36.69 |
2009-02-25 |
52. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
42.56 |
1.0059 |
0.0617 |
283 |
9 |
36.85 |
2009-08-10 |
53. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
42.49 |
0.9631 |
0.1013 |
273 |
10 |
35.09 |
2009-08-11 |
54. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
42.45 |
1.0672 |
-0.0051 |
239 |
10 |
38.94 |
2009-02-24 |
55. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
42.42 |
0.9054 |
0.1595 |
204 |
4 |
37.68 |
2009-02-25 |
56. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
42.40 |
1.0495 |
0.0123 |
323 |
9 |
38.39 |
2009-02-23 |
57. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
42.38 |
0.8845 |
0.1782 |
239 |
4 |
38.42 |
2009-08-10 |
58. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
42.35 |
1.0901 |
-0.0272 |
288 |
6 |
38.21 |
2009-08-10 |
59. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
42.30 |
0.9931 |
0.0710 |
339 |
4 |
36.84 |
2009-02-25 |
60. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
42.17 |
1.0079 |
0.0474 |
273 |
3 |
36.48 |
2009-08-11 |
61. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
42.17 |
0.9275 |
0.1345 |
243 |
6 |
37.67 |
2009-02-23 |
62. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
42.08 |
1.0115 |
0.0374 |
189 |
9 |
33.54 |
2009-08-10 |
63. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
41.99 |
0.8906 |
0.1710 |
128 |
10 |
37.18 |
2009-02-17 |
64. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
41.80 |
1.0540 |
-0.0117 |
184 |
4 |
37.36 |
2009-02-24 |
65. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
41.79 |
1.0028 |
0.0431 |
259 |
5 |
39.23 |
2009-02-17 |
66. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
41.70 |
1.0567 |
-0.0124 |
314 |
8 |
37.35 |
2009-08-10 |
67. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
41.68 |
1.0370 |
0.0068 |
262 |
1 |
41.68 |
2009-01-28 |
68. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
41.65 |
0.8603 |
0.1826 |
270 |
8 |
33.07 |
2009-02-05 |
69. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
41.63 |
1.0178 |
0.0231 |
207 |
8 |
36.59 |
2009-08-11 |
70. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
41.62 |
1.0588 |
-0.0163 |
281 |
2 |
38.84 |
2009-02-13 |
71. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
41.55 |
1.0601 |
-0.0224 |
256 |
5 |
36.31 |
2009-02-17 |
72. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
41.54 |
0.9762 |
0.0641 |
249 |
5 |
32.46 |
2009-02-06 |
73. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
41.53 |
1.0576 |
-0.0201 |
231 |
7 |
38.18 |
2009-02-13 |
74. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
41.52 |
0.9841 |
0.0546 |
263 |
9 |
36.00 |
2009-08-10 |
75. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
41.49 |
0.9010 |
0.1406 |
266 |
6 |
35.38 |
2009-02-23 |
76. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
41.46 |
1.0106 |
0.0272 |
302 |
6 |
35.32 |
2009-02-14 |
77. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
41.43 |
1.0590 |
-0.0224 |
250 |
3 |
39.37 |
2009-01-16 |
78. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
41.43 |
1.0521 |
-0.0198 |
197 |
7 |
37.80 |
2009-02-23 |
79. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
41.41 |
0.8988 |
0.1379 |
193 |
7 |
34.67 |
2009-08-10 |
80. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
41.39 |
0.9745 |
0.0643 |
388 |
4 |
35.56 |
2009-02-23 |
81. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
41.37 |
1.0403 |
-0.0057 |
234 |
2 |
40.72 |
2009-02-24 |
82. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
41.27 |
1.0272 |
0.0045 |
226 |
5 |
37.94 |
2009-01-22 |
83. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
41.27 |
0.9541 |
0.0803 |
236 |
7 |
35.43 |
2009-02-17 |
84. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
41.27 |
0.8948 |
0.1382 |
164 |
6 |
36.76 |
2009-02-24 |
85. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
41.19 |
0.9143 |
0.1184 |
300 |
9 |
34.45 |
2009-08-10 |
86. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
41.17 |
0.9768 |
0.0551 |
237 |
13 |
37.15 |
2009-02-25 |
87. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
41.04 |
0.9324 |
0.0983 |
246 |
10 |
38.31 |
2009-02-09 |
88. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
40.99 |
1.0418 |
-0.0144 |
214 |
2 |
38.98 |
2009-02-25 |
89. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
40.97 |
0.8572 |
0.1672 |
232 |
8 |
35.97 |
2009-02-11 |
90. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
40.75 |
0.9713 |
0.0482 |
193 |
2 |
37.16 |
2009-02-05 |
91. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
40.72 |
1.0600 |
-0.0397 |
351 |
6 |
35.86 |
2009-08-10 |
92. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
40.70 |
1.0466 |
-0.0275 |
230 |
7 |
36.50 |
2009-02-25 |
93. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
40.70 |
0.8646 |
0.1511 |
110 |
9 |
36.33 |
2009-02-19 |
94. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
40.69 |
0.9948 |
0.0236 |
233 |
5 |
37.95 |
2009-02-13 |
95. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
40.68 |
0.8911 |
0.1296 |
207 |
8 |
35.91 |
2009-08-11 |
96. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
40.64 |
0.8742 |
0.1482 |
202 |
5 |
35.68 |
2009-08-11 |
97. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
40.63 |
0.9023 |
0.1140 |
268 |
3 |
38.39 |
2009-02-24 |
98. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
40.61 |
0.9909 |
0.0311 |
293 |
4 |
36.49 |
2009-08-10 |
99. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
40.49 |
1.0181 |
-0.0029 |
276 |
4 |
36.90 |
2009-02-20 |
100. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
40.49 |
1.0426 |
-0.0325 |
131 |
5 |
33.49 |
2009-02-10 |
101. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
40.48 |
0.9807 |
0.0214 |
129 |
11 |
37.09 |
2009-08-10 |
102. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
40.40 |
0.9315 |
0.0818 |
273 |
8 |
35.08 |
2009-02-25 |
103. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
40.37 |
0.8863 |
0.1212 |
127 |
6 |
36.67 |
2009-08-10 |
104. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
40.33 |
0.8964 |
0.1107 |
199 |
9 |
32.14 |
2009-08-10 |
105. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
40.30 |
0.9841 |
0.0221 |
217 |
3 |
32.89 |
2009-02-13 |
106. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
40.30 |
1.0288 |
-0.0240 |
166 |
5 |
36.70 |
2009-02-12 |
107. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
40.16 |
1.0042 |
-0.0020 |
168 |
6 |
33.33 |
2009-08-10 |
108. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
40.15 |
0.9538 |
0.0521 |
276 |
5 |
36.11 |
2009-02-13 |
109. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
40.12 |
0.9974 |
0.0034 |
163 |
4 |
31.26 |
2009-02-14 |
110. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
40.09 |
1.0881 |
-0.0878 |
210 |
4 |
35.95 |
2009-02-17 |
111. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
39.95 |
0.9316 |
0.0709 |
188 |
5 |
38.31 |
2009-02-23 |
112. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
39.95 |
1.0479 |
-0.0489 |
205 |
10 |
34.01 |
2009-02-23 |
113. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
39.94 |
0.9928 |
0.0068 |
293 |
7 |
35.77 |
2009-02-25 |
114. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
39.82 |
0.9283 |
0.0701 |
317 |
3 |
36.29 |
2009-02-25 |
115. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
39.78 |
1.0036 |
-0.0063 |
277 |
3 |
34.48 |
2009-08-11 |
116. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
39.73 |
1.0506 |
-0.0562 |
259 |
6 |
36.88 |
2009-08-12 |
117. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
39.67 |
0.8830 |
0.1130 |
300 |
3 |
35.24 |
2009-02-09 |
118. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
39.59 |
0.9310 |
0.0597 |
278 |
4 |
37.74 |
2009-01-26 |
119. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
39.57 |
0.9829 |
0.0073 |
229 |
8 |
36.20 |
2009-02-23 |
120. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
39.56 |
0.9685 |
0.0226 |
304 |
5 |
35.75 |
2009-02-23 |
121. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
39.49 |
0.9922 |
-0.0026 |
264 |
10 |
34.49 |
2009-08-11 |
122. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
39.42 |
1.0301 |
-0.0442 |
268 |
4 |
34.58 |
2009-08-10 |
123. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
39.41 |
1.0267 |
-0.0366 |
261 |
8 |
35.11 |
2009-02-11 |
124. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
39.35 |
1.0006 |
-0.0151 |
311 |
11 |
35.18 |
2009-08-10 |
125. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
39.30 |
0.9468 |
0.0372 |
318 |
6 |
34.20 |
2009-02-25 |
126. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
39.26 |
1.0617 |
-0.0809 |
171 |
4 |
37.00 |
2009-08-11 |
127. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
39.16 |
0.9927 |
-0.0154 |
234 |
7 |
33.64 |
2009-01-29 |
128. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
39.13 |
1.0865 |
-0.1072 |
237 |
4 |
32.74 |
2009-01-22 |
129. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
39.12 |
0.8168 |
0.1608 |
115 |
2 |
34.10 |
2008-11-26 |
130. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
39.11 |
0.9704 |
0.0087 |
254 |
5 |
34.51 |
2009-02-12 |
131. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
39.05 |
0.9500 |
0.0298 |
287 |
8 |
35.60 |
2009-02-11 |
132. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
39.01 |
0.9880 |
-0.0152 |
199 |
5 |
34.39 |
2009-02-07 |
133. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
38.96 |
0.9780 |
-0.0085 |
173 |
3 |
34.40 |
2009-02-05 |
134. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
38.91 |
0.8669 |
0.1136 |
255 |
6 |
34.46 |
2009-01-30 |
135. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
38.90 |
0.8986 |
0.0742 |
205 |
5 |
31.69 |
2009-02-24 |
136. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
38.88 |
0.9866 |
-0.0122 |
308 |
6 |
37.38 |
2009-02-03 |
137. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
38.88 |
0.9756 |
-0.0028 |
223 |
7 |
34.59 |
2009-01-30 |
138. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
38.87 |
0.9108 |
0.0627 |
235 |
6 |
33.92 |
2009-02-13 |
139. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
38.87 |
0.9839 |
-0.0107 |
308 |
3 |
37.28 |
2009-02-17 |
140. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
38.84 |
0.9503 |
0.0157 |
211 |
6 |
33.79 |
2009-08-10 |
141. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
38.81 |
1.0511 |
-0.0778 |
252 |
3 |
37.01 |
2009-08-11 |
142. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
38.75 |
1.0372 |
-0.0674 |
249 |
7 |
35.34 |
2009-02-13 |
143. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
38.74 |
0.9594 |
0.0088 |
258 |
6 |
36.00 |
2009-08-10 |
144. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
38.68 |
1.0208 |
-0.0524 |
231 |
2 |
36.74 |
2009-02-03 |
145. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
38.67 |
0.8194 |
0.1479 |
193 |
5 |
32.45 |
2009-02-23 |
146. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
38.63 |
1.0086 |
-0.0458 |
218 |
6 |
33.61 |
2009-02-24 |
147. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
38.57 |
0.8339 |
0.1314 |
209 |
5 |
33.55 |
2009-08-10 |
148. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
38.56 |
0.9650 |
0.0030 |
347 |
9 |
34.43 |
2009-02-25 |
149. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
38.54 |
1.0132 |
-0.0479 |
371 |
2 |
32.35 |
2009-01-20 |
150. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
38.49 |
0.8815 |
0.0874 |
296 |
9 |
35.36 |
2009-02-25 |
151. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
38.48 |
0.9915 |
-0.0295 |
281 |
5 |
35.40 |
2009-02-10 |
152. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
38.45 |
0.9680 |
-0.0050 |
256 |
4 |
34.25 |
2009-02-11 |
153. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
38.43 |
0.9228 |
0.0444 |
305 |
5 |
35.80 |
2009-08-11 |
154. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
38.42 |
1.0333 |
-0.0765 |
176 |
8 |
31.63 |
2009-02-17 |
155. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
38.40 |
1.0341 |
-0.0735 |
273 |
6 |
33.85 |
2009-08-11 |
156. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
38.36 |
0.9561 |
0.0058 |
362 |
6 |
34.51 |
2009-02-23 |
157. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
38.33 |
0.9597 |
0.0005 |
251 |
6 |
34.33 |
2009-02-14 |
158. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
38.33 |
0.8880 |
0.0719 |
296 |
10 |
33.11 |
2009-02-25 |
159. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
38.31 |
0.9709 |
-0.0130 |
264 |
5 |
35.49 |
2009-02-11 |
160. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
38.31 |
0.9673 |
-0.0056 |
292 |
6 |
35.31 |
2009-02-14 |
161. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
38.30 |
0.9917 |
-0.0303 |
317 |
2 |
35.61 |
2008-12-16 |
162. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
38.23 |
0.9260 |
0.0340 |
348 |
4 |
34.74 |
2009-02-05 |
163. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
38.22 |
1.0582 |
-0.1044 |
180 |
4 |
36.15 |
2009-02-23 |
164. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
38.20 |
0.9380 |
0.0169 |
284 |
2 |
37.39 |
2009-02-06 |
165. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
38.10 |
0.9809 |
-0.0311 |
209 |
4 |
34.11 |
2009-02-13 |
166. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
38.09 |
0.9604 |
-0.0091 |
285 |
5 |
34.50 |
2009-08-11 |
167. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
37.99 |
1.0016 |
-0.0520 |
217 |
4 |
36.48 |
2009-01-28 |
168. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
37.97 |
0.9084 |
0.0437 |
271 |
7 |
34.62 |
2009-02-23 |
169. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
37.97 |
1.0462 |
-0.0925 |
340 |
3 |
36.90 |
2009-01-27 |
170. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
37.94 |
1.0291 |
-0.0812 |
240 |
5 |
35.75 |
2009-08-11 |
171. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
37.91 |
0.9271 |
0.0218 |
295 |
4 |
34.91 |
2009-02-24 |
172. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
37.90 |
0.8936 |
0.0541 |
346 |
7 |
34.02 |
2009-02-17 |
173. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
37.82 |
1.0615 |
-0.1173 |
201 |
4 |
33.98 |
2009-02-05 |
174. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
37.81 |
0.9957 |
-0.0494 |
323 |
3 |
33.18 |
2009-02-07 |
175. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
37.80 |
1.0197 |
-0.0753 |
204 |
3 |
34.68 |
2009-02-23 |
176. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
37.77 |
0.9927 |
-0.0465 |
276 |
3 |
36.83 |
2009-02-06 |
177. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
37.75 |
0.9166 |
0.0308 |
133 |
3 |
33.91 |
2009-02-13 |
178. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
37.73 |
1.0018 |
-0.0567 |
246 |
3 |
34.07 |
2009-01-30 |
179. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
37.63 |
1.0845 |
-0.1436 |
212 |
3 |
37.18 |
2009-02-13 |
180. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
37.60 |
0.9636 |
-0.0234 |
281 |
3 |
36.65 |
2009-02-12 |
181. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
37.58 |
1.0189 |
-0.0787 |
290 |
6 |
35.34 |
2009-08-11 |
182. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
37.58 |
0.9981 |
-0.0579 |
211 |
3 |
35.87 |
2009-02-03 |
183. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
37.52 |
0.8381 |
0.1046 |
283 |
3 |
33.13 |
2009-01-14 |
184. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
37.37 |
0.9183 |
0.0181 |
308 |
5 |
34.90 |
2009-02-14 |
185. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
37.35 |
0.9952 |
-0.0579 |
220 |
3 |
32.84 |
2008-12-16 |
186. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
37.35 |
0.9763 |
-0.0415 |
143 |
5 |
28.84 |
2009-02-13 |
187. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
37.20 |
1.0736 |
-0.1400 |
350 |
1 |
37.20 |
2009-08-10 |
188. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
37.15 |
0.9357 |
-0.0080 |
204 |
2 |
35.82 |
2009-02-06 |
189. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
37.14 |
0.9001 |
0.0300 |
217 |
5 |
33.28 |
2009-08-10 |
190. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
37.10 |
1.0094 |
-0.0809 |
256 |
3 |
32.34 |
2009-02-11 |
191. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
37.06 |
0.9271 |
0.0029 |
323 |
9 |
33.45 |
2009-02-11 |
192. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
37.03 |
1.0199 |
-0.0967 |
225 |
7 |
31.42 |
2009-02-25 |
193. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
36.98 |
0.9827 |
-0.0561 |
314 |
5 |
30.06 |
2009-02-24 |
194. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
36.96 |
0.9574 |
-0.0290 |
354 |
4 |
35.41 |
2009-02-09 |
195. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
36.96 |
0.9425 |
-0.0165 |
248 |
6 |
34.40 |
2009-02-24 |
196. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
36.96 |
0.9422 |
-0.0221 |
190 |
7 |
33.39 |
2009-02-23 |
197. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
36.95 |
0.9890 |
-0.0602 |
272 |
3 |
35.81 |
2009-01-16 |
198. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
36.88 |
0.9864 |
-0.0593 |
292 |
4 |
35.14 |
2009-01-29 |
199. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
36.86 |
0.8827 |
0.0360 |
190 |
6 |
34.80 |
2009-02-24 |
200. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
36.83 |
0.9980 |
-0.0737 |
295 |
5 |
34.63 |
2008-12-09 |
201. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
36.65 |
0.9400 |
-0.0198 |
434 |
5 |
33.23 |
2009-02-24 |
202. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
36.65 |
0.9011 |
0.0198 |
322 |
4 |
33.65 |
2009-01-28 |
203. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
36.55 |
1.0250 |
-0.1069 |
271 |
6 |
33.73 |
2009-08-12 |
204. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
36.50 |
0.8680 |
0.0411 |
196 |
3 |
33.02 |
2009-02-24 |
205. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
36.39 |
0.9243 |
-0.0111 |
240 |
4 |
33.19 |
2009-02-10 |
206. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
36.29 |
0.8965 |
0.0122 |
150 |
6 |
33.33 |
2009-08-10 |
207. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
36.20 |
0.8718 |
0.0333 |
193 |
1 |
36.20 |
2008-11-22 |
208. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
36.17 |
0.9346 |
-0.0321 |
211 |
5 |
32.92 |
2009-01-27 |
209. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
36.12 |
0.8847 |
0.0167 |
282 |
4 |
32.03 |
2009-02-23 |
210. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
35.87 |
1.0334 |
-0.1361 |
261 |
2 |
34.61 |
2009-08-11 |
211. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
35.83 |
0.7889 |
0.1119 |
97 |
1 |
35.83 |
2009-08-11 |
212. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
35.73 |
0.9213 |
-0.0291 |
165 |
3 |
35.23 |
2009-02-17 |
213. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
35.63 |
0.9583 |
-0.0662 |
237 |
6 |
32.96 |
2009-02-25 |
214. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
35.62 |
0.8666 |
0.0224 |
206 |
7 |
30.82 |
2009-02-17 |
215. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
35.58 |
0.8117 |
0.0820 |
209 |
8 |
33.25 |
2009-08-10 |
216. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
35.55 |
0.9103 |
-0.0212 |
269 |
7 |
32.29 |
2009-08-11 |
217. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
35.55 |
0.9145 |
-0.0217 |
404 |
5 |
33.54 |
2009-08-10 |
218. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
35.44 |
0.9884 |
-0.0988 |
267 |
5 |
33.54 |
2009-02-25 |
219. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
35.37 |
0.8172 |
0.0633 |
204 |
5 |
31.53 |
2009-03-31 |
220. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
35.18 |
1.0194 |
-0.1415 |
224 |
2 |
32.40 |
2009-02-24 |
221. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
35.18 |
1.0082 |
-0.1330 |
212 |
4 |
31.08 |
2009-01-22 |
222. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
35.10 |
0.9027 |
-0.0279 |
189 |
4 |
33.98 |
2009-08-11 |
223. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
35.03 |
1.0033 |
-0.1266 |
203 |
2 |
33.02 |
2009-01-22 |
224. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
34.93 |
0.9265 |
-0.0531 |
254 |
6 |
31.94 |
2009-02-13 |
225. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
34.73 |
0.8986 |
-0.0289 |
216 |
6 |
29.98 |
2009-02-05 |
226. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
34.73 |
0.8624 |
0.0021 |
174 |
6 |
29.60 |
2009-02-20 |
227. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
34.65 |
0.9836 |
-0.1166 |
289 |
3 |
31.74 |
2009-01-29 |
228. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
34.60 |
0.8192 |
0.0482 |
200 |
5 |
32.79 |
2009-08-10 |
229. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
34.19 |
0.9519 |
-0.0924 |
323 |
1 |
34.19 |
2009-02-12 |
230. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
34.09 |
0.9068 |
-0.0557 |
212 |
5 |
31.84 |
2009-01-23 |
231. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
34.03 |
0.8778 |
-0.0245 |
285 |
4 |
30.93 |
2009-08-11 |
232. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
33.98 |
0.8656 |
-0.0139 |
242 |
5 |
32.57 |
2009-02-05 |
233. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
33.74 |
1.0461 |
-0.1998 |
318 |
1 |
33.74 |
2008-12-05 |
234. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
33.51 |
0.9332 |
-0.0953 |
267 |
2 |
32.55 |
2009-02-09 |
235. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
33.27 |
0.9128 |
-0.0838 |
237 |
2 |
31.34 |
2009-08-11 |
236. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
33.14 |
0.8988 |
-0.0705 |
216 |
3 |
29.95 |
2009-02-24 |
237. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
33.13 |
0.8127 |
0.0118 |
167 |
2 |
32.84 |
2009-08-11 |
238. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
33.04 |
0.9070 |
-0.0855 |
192 |
4 |
30.65 |
2009-02-17 |
239. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
32.49 |
0.8305 |
-0.0227 |
162 |
1 |
32.49 |
2008-11-22 |
240. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
32.13 |
0.8437 |
-0.0405 |
268 |
4 |
30.01 |
2009-02-11 |
241. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
31.21 |
1.0103 |
-0.2359 |
209 |
3 |
28.76 |
2009-01-30 |
242. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
31.14 |
0.7923 |
-0.0133 |
316 |
4 |
30.00 |
2009-02-25 |
243. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
30.91 |
0.8913 |
-0.1168 |
201 |
3 |
30.47 |
2009-02-02 |
244. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
30.56 |
0.9402 |
-0.1783 |
310 |
1 |
30.56 |
2008-11-26 |
245. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
30.29 |
0.9869 |
-0.2334 |
193 |
1 |
30.29 |
2009-02-24 |
246. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
28.78 |
0.8606 |
-0.1402 |
170 |
1 |
28.78 |
2008-11-22 |
247. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
28.27 |
0.8406 |
-0.1366 |
170 |
1 |
28.27 |
2009-02-24 |
248. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
26.14 |
0.7384 |
-0.0890 |
106 |
1 |
26.14 |
2008-11-26 |