| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
107.83 |
1.0800 |
0.2398 |
129 |
4 |
91.90 |
2008-12-15 |
| 2. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
105.79 |
1.1093 |
0.1867 |
220 |
7 |
89.27 |
2009-01-20 |
| 3. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
102.41 |
1.0372 |
0.2222 |
249 |
6 |
88.03 |
2008-12-08 |
| 4. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
100.94 |
1.1070 |
0.1335 |
265 |
8 |
90.77 |
2008-12-22 |
| 5. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
99.52 |
1.1198 |
0.1033 |
247 |
4 |
83.19 |
2009-02-05 |
| 6. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
96.49 |
1.0264 |
0.1560 |
191 |
4 |
92.13 |
2008-11-20 |
| 7. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
96.02 |
1.0601 |
0.1175 |
256 |
6 |
81.76 |
2008-12-11 |
| 8. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
95.89 |
1.0288 |
0.1457 |
166 |
4 |
90.10 |
2008-12-14 |
| 9. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
95.60 |
1.0638 |
0.1098 |
247 |
8 |
80.65 |
2008-11-18 |
| 10. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
95.59 |
1.0466 |
0.1285 |
230 |
8 |
83.80 |
2008-12-09 |
| 11. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
95.43 |
1.0686 |
0.1085 |
354 |
2 |
93.38 |
2008-12-10 |
| 12. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
95.17 |
1.0582 |
0.1090 |
180 |
3 |
94.55 |
2008-12-22 |
| 13. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
94.84 |
1.0682 |
0.0991 |
266 |
7 |
82.17 |
2009-02-05 |
| 14. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
94.73 |
1.0418 |
0.1239 |
214 |
6 |
83.93 |
2008-12-15 |
| 15. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
94.68 |
1.0676 |
0.1012 |
456 |
7 |
84.52 |
2008-12-16 |
| 16. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
94.23 |
1.0033 |
0.1557 |
203 |
4 |
82.83 |
2008-12-04 |
| 17. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
93.49 |
1.0521 |
0.0918 |
197 |
4 |
85.68 |
2008-12-14 |
| 18. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
93.48 |
0.9909 |
0.1624 |
334 |
4 |
80.43 |
2008-12-15 |
| 19. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
93.01 |
1.0561 |
0.0856 |
227 |
5 |
83.32 |
2009-01-11 |
| 20. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
92.88 |
1.0736 |
0.0710 |
350 |
6 |
88.67 |
2008-12-07 |
| 21. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
92.21 |
1.0199 |
0.1100 |
225 |
4 |
86.61 |
2008-12-07 |
| 22. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
92.09 |
1.0588 |
0.0735 |
281 |
3 |
83.48 |
2008-11-24 |
| 23. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
92.08 |
1.0901 |
0.0440 |
288 |
5 |
86.96 |
2008-12-20 |
| 24. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
92.02 |
1.0669 |
0.0677 |
379 |
2 |
84.88 |
2008-12-22 |
| 25. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
91.66 |
1.0865 |
0.0402 |
237 |
3 |
85.12 |
2008-12-02 |
| 26. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
91.50 |
1.0777 |
0.0451 |
226 |
6 |
79.59 |
2008-12-05 |
| 27. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
91.24 |
1.0132 |
0.1091 |
371 |
3 |
86.24 |
2008-12-16 |
| 28. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
91.15 |
1.0403 |
0.0786 |
234 |
7 |
75.75 |
2008-12-20 |
| 29. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
90.96 |
1.0743 |
0.0451 |
297 |
8 |
84.88 |
2008-12-11 |
| 30. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
90.88 |
1.0543 |
0.0653 |
360 |
6 |
80.28 |
2008-11-25 |
| 31. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
90.73 |
1.0867 |
0.0243 |
171 |
4 |
87.25 |
2008-12-05 |
| 32. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
90.38 |
1.0877 |
0.0200 |
129 |
2 |
87.67 |
2008-12-07 |
| 33. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
89.83 |
1.0432 |
0.0617 |
276 |
4 |
79.90 |
2008-11-20 |
| 34. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
89.75 |
1.0404 |
0.0678 |
406 |
8 |
80.84 |
2008-12-21 |
| 35. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
89.69 |
1.0540 |
0.0436 |
184 |
6 |
79.35 |
2008-12-22 |
| 36. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
89.62 |
1.0462 |
0.0585 |
340 |
6 |
75.84 |
2009-01-20 |
| 37. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
89.50 |
1.0419 |
0.0614 |
341 |
2 |
85.55 |
2008-12-11 |
| 38. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
89.49 |
1.0135 |
0.0899 |
358 |
5 |
84.46 |
2008-12-07 |
| 39. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
89.48 |
1.0270 |
0.0736 |
303 |
4 |
84.89 |
2009-02-05 |
| 40. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
89.39 |
0.9787 |
0.1236 |
364 |
7 |
74.49 |
2008-12-22 |
| 41. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
89.35 |
1.0035 |
0.0955 |
310 |
4 |
83.26 |
2008-12-16 |
| 42. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
88.91 |
1.0590 |
0.0328 |
250 |
4 |
82.68 |
2008-12-01 |
| 43. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
88.90 |
0.9680 |
0.1249 |
256 |
6 |
76.94 |
2008-12-22 |
| 44. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
88.87 |
1.0481 |
0.0366 |
255 |
2 |
78.55 |
2008-10-21 |
| 45. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
88.74 |
1.0208 |
0.0699 |
231 |
4 |
83.61 |
2008-11-01 |
| 46. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
88.74 |
1.0498 |
0.0422 |
261 |
5 |
80.60 |
2008-11-24 |
| 47. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
88.60 |
1.0529 |
0.0388 |
373 |
4 |
76.41 |
2008-12-10 |
| 48. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
88.57 |
1.0362 |
0.0588 |
437 |
2 |
85.68 |
2009-01-20 |
| 49. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
88.54 |
0.9594 |
0.1271 |
258 |
11 |
75.49 |
2008-12-16 |
| 50. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
88.45 |
1.0567 |
0.0302 |
314 |
3 |
87.11 |
2008-12-22 |
| 51. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
88.42 |
1.0628 |
0.0261 |
363 |
2 |
87.69 |
2008-11-13 |
| 52. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
88.37 |
0.9996 |
0.0941 |
483 |
5 |
82.33 |
2008-12-10 |
| 53. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
88.33 |
1.0057 |
0.0829 |
382 |
4 |
83.31 |
2008-12-03 |
| 54. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
87.98 |
1.1086 |
-0.0268 |
233 |
2 |
86.70 |
2008-11-26 |
| 55. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
87.97 |
1.0341 |
0.0466 |
273 |
4 |
81.16 |
2008-12-18 |
| 56. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
87.97 |
1.0333 |
0.0429 |
176 |
6 |
78.58 |
2008-12-10 |
| 57. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
87.82 |
0.9915 |
0.0870 |
281 |
5 |
82.76 |
2008-12-10 |
| 58. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
87.79 |
1.0125 |
0.0651 |
232 |
7 |
76.21 |
2009-01-20 |
| 59. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
87.75 |
0.9801 |
0.0982 |
289 |
5 |
77.33 |
2008-11-26 |
| 60. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
87.70 |
0.9736 |
0.1115 |
378 |
5 |
71.56 |
2008-12-16 |
| 61. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
87.70 |
1.0476 |
0.0210 |
110 |
8 |
76.70 |
2009-02-05 |
| 62. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
87.68 |
0.9841 |
0.0903 |
217 |
3 |
69.75 |
2008-12-15 |
| 63. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
87.66 |
1.0272 |
0.0482 |
226 |
6 |
72.13 |
2008-12-11 |
| 64. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
87.34 |
1.0600 |
0.0138 |
351 |
7 |
81.94 |
2008-11-19 |
| 65. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
87.26 |
0.9780 |
0.0883 |
173 |
4 |
80.04 |
2008-11-24 |
| 66. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
86.99 |
1.0130 |
0.0563 |
288 |
6 |
79.43 |
2009-02-05 |
| 67. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
86.83 |
1.0018 |
0.0657 |
246 |
5 |
76.55 |
2008-12-16 |
| 68. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
86.82 |
1.0479 |
0.0176 |
205 |
4 |
79.01 |
2008-12-07 |
| 69. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
86.51 |
1.0461 |
0.0193 |
318 |
4 |
82.38 |
2009-02-05 |
| 70. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
86.37 |
1.0487 |
0.0106 |
253 |
2 |
86.03 |
2008-12-02 |
| 71. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
86.31 |
1.0576 |
0.0004 |
231 |
4 |
75.98 |
2008-12-01 |
| 72. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
86.09 |
1.0472 |
0.0046 |
149 |
4 |
81.29 |
2009-01-20 |
| 73. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
85.91 |
1.0615 |
-0.0087 |
201 |
6 |
78.80 |
2008-12-15 |
| 74. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
85.88 |
0.9849 |
0.0718 |
337 |
8 |
78.81 |
2009-02-10 |
| 75. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
85.61 |
1.0189 |
0.0326 |
290 |
6 |
75.77 |
2008-12-22 |
| 76. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
85.57 |
1.0464 |
0.0102 |
294 |
3 |
79.96 |
2008-12-11 |
| 77. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
85.55 |
1.0450 |
0.0117 |
358 |
6 |
79.49 |
2008-12-07 |
| 78. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
85.46 |
1.0607 |
-0.0076 |
357 |
5 |
76.17 |
2008-12-18 |
| 79. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
85.37 |
0.9836 |
0.0657 |
289 |
4 |
78.26 |
2009-03-26 |
| 80. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
85.20 |
0.9841 |
0.0614 |
263 |
2 |
81.17 |
2008-12-08 |
| 81. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
85.11 |
1.0960 |
-0.0460 |
315 |
2 |
82.28 |
2008-12-15 |
| 82. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
85.11 |
1.0079 |
0.0370 |
273 |
8 |
77.25 |
2008-12-22 |
| 83. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
85.07 |
0.9927 |
0.0494 |
234 |
3 |
73.85 |
2009-01-11 |
| 84. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
84.94 |
0.9890 |
0.0587 |
272 |
3 |
83.82 |
2008-12-03 |
| 85. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
84.83 |
1.0287 |
0.0127 |
269 |
6 |
76.32 |
2008-12-11 |
| 86. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
84.81 |
1.0639 |
-0.0206 |
303 |
3 |
78.91 |
2008-12-03 |
| 87. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
84.58 |
1.0873 |
-0.0509 |
243 |
1 |
84.58 |
2008-12-03 |
| 88. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
84.52 |
1.0253 |
0.0163 |
337 |
2 |
83.31 |
2009-02-10 |
| 89. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
84.44 |
0.9673 |
0.0726 |
292 |
5 |
73.17 |
2008-12-21 |
| 90. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
84.42 |
1.0557 |
-0.0171 |
289 |
8 |
80.65 |
2008-12-15 |
| 91. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
84.38 |
1.0006 |
0.0363 |
311 |
4 |
77.92 |
2008-12-05 |
| 92. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
84.25 |
1.0291 |
0.0041 |
240 |
4 |
81.37 |
2009-01-20 |
| 93. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
84.19 |
1.0082 |
0.0214 |
212 |
5 |
72.95 |
2008-12-09 |
| 94. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
84.16 |
1.0028 |
0.0303 |
259 |
3 |
81.56 |
2008-12-03 |
| 95. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
84.10 |
1.0197 |
0.0120 |
204 |
4 |
78.05 |
2008-12-09 |
| 96. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
83.95 |
1.0227 |
0.0150 |
378 |
3 |
76.36 |
2008-11-16 |
| 97. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
83.85 |
1.0881 |
-0.0616 |
210 |
3 |
81.77 |
2008-11-18 |
| 98. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
83.85 |
0.9885 |
0.0420 |
355 |
6 |
77.04 |
2009-01-10 |
| 99. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
83.74 |
0.9603 |
0.0742 |
430 |
4 |
73.43 |
2008-12-05 |
| 100. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
83.65 |
1.0178 |
0.0084 |
207 |
5 |
77.39 |
2008-12-20 |
| 101. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
83.51 |
0.9756 |
0.0499 |
223 |
9 |
72.30 |
2009-01-20 |
| 102. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
83.47 |
1.0672 |
-0.0427 |
239 |
2 |
76.75 |
2008-11-25 |
| 103. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
83.26 |
0.9271 |
0.0956 |
295 |
3 |
74.89 |
2008-11-18 |
| 104. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
83.25 |
1.0654 |
-0.0450 |
247 |
1 |
83.25 |
2008-11-19 |
| 105. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
83.04 |
0.9833 |
0.0395 |
387 |
5 |
75.63 |
2008-11-25 |
| 106. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
82.81 |
0.9468 |
0.0705 |
318 |
6 |
75.13 |
2008-12-15 |
| 107. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
82.74 |
1.0181 |
-0.0002 |
276 |
6 |
79.44 |
2009-02-10 |
| 108. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
82.71 |
0.9810 |
0.0403 |
362 |
5 |
73.64 |
2009-01-20 |
| 109. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
82.63 |
0.9713 |
0.0426 |
193 |
3 |
77.74 |
2008-12-03 |
| 110. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
82.47 |
0.9070 |
0.1015 |
192 |
4 |
66.84 |
2008-11-23 |
| 111. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
82.38 |
0.9974 |
0.0109 |
163 |
1 |
82.38 |
2008-11-03 |
| 112. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
82.38 |
0.9658 |
0.0501 |
308 |
7 |
68.76 |
2008-11-19 |
| 113. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
82.37 |
1.0506 |
-0.0389 |
259 |
4 |
76.03 |
2008-12-02 |
| 114. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
82.36 |
1.0334 |
-0.0221 |
261 |
1 |
82.36 |
2008-10-01 |
| 115. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
82.30 |
0.9807 |
0.0189 |
129 |
4 |
75.19 |
2008-12-15 |
| 116. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
82.24 |
0.9866 |
0.0243 |
308 |
5 |
73.98 |
2009-01-11 |
| 117. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
82.18 |
0.9931 |
0.0127 |
218 |
7 |
73.20 |
2008-12-07 |
| 118. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
82.17 |
1.0086 |
-0.0033 |
218 |
2 |
78.58 |
2008-11-19 |
| 119. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
81.85 |
0.9271 |
0.0810 |
323 |
7 |
63.15 |
2008-12-10 |
| 120. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
81.62 |
0.9829 |
0.0192 |
229 |
3 |
72.29 |
2009-02-05 |
| 121. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
81.52 |
0.9574 |
0.0474 |
354 |
3 |
68.36 |
2008-12-14 |
| 122. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
81.28 |
1.0060 |
-0.0067 |
225 |
8 |
72.36 |
2008-11-19 |
| 123. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
81.26 |
1.0370 |
-0.0389 |
262 |
1 |
81.26 |
2009-02-10 |
| 124. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
81.25 |
1.0511 |
-0.0511 |
252 |
4 |
71.98 |
2008-12-22 |
| 125. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
81.24 |
0.9698 |
0.0333 |
389 |
8 |
71.58 |
2009-02-05 |
| 126. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
81.18 |
1.0267 |
-0.0262 |
261 |
8 |
73.26 |
2009-02-10 |
| 127. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
81.17 |
1.0095 |
-0.0137 |
211 |
2 |
74.24 |
2008-11-24 |
| 128. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
81.16 |
0.9400 |
0.0597 |
434 |
5 |
75.81 |
2008-12-03 |
| 129. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
81.04 |
0.9922 |
0.0040 |
264 |
2 |
80.98 |
2008-12-10 |
| 130. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
81.02 |
1.0800 |
-0.0875 |
213 |
4 |
75.53 |
2008-08-31 |
| 131. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
80.96 |
1.0495 |
-0.0554 |
323 |
7 |
75.32 |
2008-12-10 |
| 132. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
80.87 |
0.9842 |
0.0115 |
335 |
5 |
71.50 |
2008-12-21 |
| 133. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
80.80 |
0.9880 |
0.0005 |
199 |
5 |
73.79 |
2009-02-05 |
| 134. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
80.75 |
0.9425 |
0.0502 |
248 |
2 |
76.47 |
2008-12-01 |
| 135. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
80.74 |
0.9726 |
0.0245 |
396 |
3 |
76.51 |
2008-12-14 |
| 136. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
80.70 |
0.9928 |
-0.0020 |
293 |
6 |
70.93 |
2009-03-26 |
| 137. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
80.63 |
1.0265 |
-0.0322 |
375 |
4 |
76.21 |
2008-12-09 |
| 138. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
80.51 |
1.0414 |
-0.0532 |
234 |
3 |
77.48 |
2008-11-19 |
| 139. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
80.49 |
0.8880 |
0.1009 |
296 |
5 |
71.68 |
2008-12-16 |
| 140. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
80.47 |
0.9284 |
0.0639 |
346 |
9 |
72.76 |
2008-12-22 |
| 141. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
80.45 |
0.9827 |
0.0065 |
314 |
4 |
75.93 |
2008-12-15 |
| 142. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
80.21 |
1.0427 |
-0.0564 |
269 |
1 |
80.21 |
2009-02-10 |
| 143. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
80.17 |
0.9434 |
0.0460 |
367 |
4 |
75.10 |
2008-12-18 |
| 144. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
80.01 |
0.9763 |
0.0061 |
143 |
5 |
69.67 |
2008-12-14 |
| 145. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
79.88 |
1.0094 |
-0.0280 |
256 |
5 |
74.01 |
2008-12-02 |
| 146. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
79.87 |
0.9957 |
-0.0147 |
323 |
3 |
72.72 |
2009-02-10 |
| 147. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
79.87 |
0.9839 |
-0.0029 |
308 |
5 |
67.98 |
2008-12-15 |
| 148. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
79.84 |
0.9809 |
-0.0040 |
209 |
3 |
78.09 |
2008-12-10 |
| 149. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
79.77 |
0.9402 |
0.0378 |
310 |
6 |
70.35 |
2008-12-08 |
| 150. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
79.70 |
0.9503 |
0.0221 |
211 |
5 |
70.81 |
2009-01-20 |
| 151. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
79.69 |
0.9597 |
0.0194 |
251 |
8 |
72.50 |
2008-12-15 |
| 152. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
79.65 |
1.0165 |
-0.0389 |
316 |
3 |
76.20 |
2009-02-10 |
| 153. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
79.61 |
0.9981 |
-0.0211 |
211 |
4 |
70.50 |
2008-12-03 |
| 154. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
79.48 |
1.0351 |
-0.0549 |
276 |
4 |
71.83 |
2009-02-10 |
| 155. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
79.36 |
0.9703 |
0.0112 |
394 |
5 |
72.55 |
2008-12-14 |
| 156. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
79.33 |
1.0320 |
-0.0515 |
401 |
1 |
79.33 |
2008-12-01 |
| 157. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
79.27 |
0.9952 |
-0.0191 |
220 |
2 |
77.62 |
2008-12-22 |
| 158. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
79.23 |
0.9500 |
0.0250 |
287 |
2 |
75.10 |
2008-12-14 |
| 159. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
79.21 |
0.9380 |
0.0335 |
284 |
6 |
73.59 |
2008-12-15 |
| 160. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
79.06 |
0.9339 |
0.0430 |
317 |
2 |
71.36 |
2008-12-22 |
| 161. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
78.93 |
0.9884 |
-0.0164 |
267 |
5 |
69.91 |
2008-12-15 |
| 162. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
78.93 |
1.0234 |
-0.0498 |
392 |
2 |
78.87 |
2008-11-13 |
| 163. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
78.83 |
0.9740 |
-0.0024 |
371 |
3 |
75.81 |
2009-01-20 |
| 164. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
78.77 |
0.9762 |
-0.0086 |
249 |
3 |
71.26 |
2008-12-15 |
| 165. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
78.73 |
0.9948 |
-0.0288 |
233 |
4 |
73.14 |
2008-12-15 |
| 166. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
78.58 |
0.9885 |
-0.0166 |
469 |
3 |
76.48 |
2008-12-03 |
| 167. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
78.52 |
0.8830 |
0.0840 |
300 |
2 |
71.91 |
2008-11-18 |
| 168. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
78.41 |
0.9931 |
-0.0255 |
339 |
6 |
71.16 |
2008-12-01 |
| 169. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
78.16 |
0.9719 |
-0.0047 |
383 |
7 |
74.95 |
2008-12-01 |
| 170. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
78.15 |
0.9332 |
0.0267 |
267 |
8 |
71.74 |
2009-02-05 |
| 171. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
78.05 |
0.9963 |
-0.0400 |
274 |
2 |
76.12 |
2008-12-10 |
| 172. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
78.02 |
0.9927 |
-0.0338 |
276 |
1 |
78.02 |
2008-12-10 |
| 173. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
78.00 |
0.9933 |
-0.0279 |
450 |
3 |
75.18 |
2008-12-15 |
| 174. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
77.84 |
1.0101 |
-0.0522 |
336 |
2 |
74.73 |
2009-01-11 |
| 175. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
77.80 |
0.9135 |
0.0509 |
393 |
3 |
74.34 |
2009-04-18 |
| 176. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
77.76 |
0.9681 |
-0.0074 |
392 |
5 |
71.94 |
2008-11-01 |
| 177. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
77.74 |
0.9966 |
-0.0346 |
377 |
1 |
77.74 |
2008-12-05 |
| 178. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
77.74 |
0.8986 |
0.0612 |
363 |
5 |
69.13 |
2009-02-05 |
| 179. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
77.48 |
1.0106 |
-0.0600 |
302 |
5 |
70.83 |
2008-12-07 |
| 180. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
77.47 |
0.9957 |
-0.0402 |
323 |
3 |
74.07 |
2008-12-02 |
| 181. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
77.43 |
0.8986 |
0.0530 |
216 |
4 |
69.75 |
2008-12-15 |
| 182. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
77.40 |
0.9538 |
-0.0034 |
276 |
5 |
70.33 |
2008-12-02 |
| 183. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
77.13 |
0.9392 |
0.0142 |
360 |
3 |
72.98 |
2008-11-14 |
| 184. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
76.85 |
0.9583 |
-0.0140 |
237 |
7 |
69.22 |
2008-12-15 |
| 185. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
76.82 |
0.9027 |
0.0373 |
189 |
5 |
66.14 |
2008-12-03 |
| 186. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
76.21 |
0.9128 |
0.0203 |
237 |
6 |
66.79 |
2008-12-01 |
| 187. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
76.10 |
1.0426 |
-0.1120 |
131 |
1 |
76.10 |
2008-10-09 |
| 188. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
75.91 |
1.0103 |
-0.0838 |
209 |
2 |
73.89 |
2008-12-07 |
| 189. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
75.91 |
0.9143 |
0.0189 |
300 |
3 |
68.08 |
2008-12-02 |
| 190. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
75.84 |
0.9980 |
-0.0645 |
295 |
3 |
71.56 |
2008-11-18 |
| 191. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
75.63 |
0.8936 |
0.0340 |
346 |
5 |
70.44 |
2008-12-22 |
| 192. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
75.38 |
0.9299 |
-0.0126 |
168 |
2 |
73.78 |
2008-11-20 |
| 193. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
75.13 |
1.0059 |
-0.0821 |
283 |
4 |
72.80 |
2008-12-14 |
| 194. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
75.00 |
0.9909 |
-0.0653 |
293 |
3 |
71.81 |
2008-12-01 |
| 195. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
74.97 |
0.9604 |
-0.0419 |
285 |
4 |
68.29 |
2008-12-09 |
| 196. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
74.88 |
0.9632 |
-0.0425 |
287 |
5 |
69.74 |
2009-02-05 |
| 197. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
74.81 |
0.9352 |
-0.0177 |
194 |
5 |
68.97 |
2008-12-02 |
| 198. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
74.58 |
0.9727 |
-0.0502 |
442 |
2 |
73.55 |
2008-12-15 |
| 199. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
74.20 |
0.9650 |
-0.0512 |
347 |
6 |
68.68 |
2009-01-11 |
| 200. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
74.05 |
1.0128 |
-0.0968 |
369 |
2 |
73.06 |
2008-12-03 |
| 201. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
73.93 |
0.9424 |
-0.0322 |
320 |
4 |
70.69 |
2009-02-05 |
| 202. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
73.88 |
0.9145 |
-0.0039 |
404 |
2 |
66.92 |
2008-11-15 |
| 203. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
73.85 |
1.0042 |
-0.1013 |
168 |
2 |
67.24 |
2008-12-11 |
| 204. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
73.84 |
0.9917 |
-0.0830 |
317 |
1 |
73.84 |
2008-11-14 |
| 205. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
73.64 |
0.8986 |
0.0038 |
205 |
2 |
71.15 |
2008-11-16 |
| 206. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
73.51 |
0.9136 |
-0.0078 |
348 |
5 |
68.02 |
2009-02-05 |
| 207. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
73.46 |
0.9673 |
-0.0615 |
393 |
5 |
67.73 |
2008-12-11 |
| 208. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
73.45 |
0.9541 |
-0.0517 |
236 |
3 |
67.14 |
2008-12-08 |
| 209. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
73.37 |
0.9359 |
-0.0344 |
355 |
5 |
67.45 |
2008-12-03 |
| 210. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
73.08 |
0.8993 |
0.0007 |
366 |
2 |
67.36 |
2008-11-25 |
| 211. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
72.92 |
0.9561 |
-0.0593 |
362 |
2 |
67.81 |
2008-11-05 |
| 212. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
72.77 |
0.8913 |
0.0036 |
201 |
5 |
64.69 |
2008-11-19 |
| 213. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
72.77 |
0.9183 |
-0.0240 |
308 |
9 |
67.96 |
2009-01-20 |
| 214. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
72.71 |
0.9332 |
-0.0391 |
295 |
3 |
67.17 |
2008-12-22 |
| 215. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
72.45 |
0.8778 |
0.0134 |
285 |
7 |
66.12 |
2009-02-05 |
| 216. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
72.24 |
0.9644 |
-0.0745 |
398 |
6 |
67.96 |
2008-12-03 |
| 217. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
72.03 |
0.9114 |
-0.0197 |
399 |
5 |
67.16 |
2008-12-08 |
| 218. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
71.85 |
0.9451 |
-0.0552 |
419 |
6 |
64.85 |
2009-01-20 |
| 219. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
71.85 |
0.9636 |
-0.0830 |
281 |
1 |
71.85 |
2008-10-21 |
| 220. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
71.76 |
1.0411 |
-0.1584 |
341 |
1 |
71.76 |
2008-11-16 |
| 221. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
71.74 |
0.9864 |
-0.1019 |
292 |
5 |
68.05 |
2009-01-20 |
| 222. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
71.21 |
1.0016 |
-0.1291 |
217 |
2 |
70.25 |
2008-12-14 |
| 223. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
71.13 |
0.9479 |
-0.0731 |
317 |
4 |
67.68 |
2008-12-16 |
| 224. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
71.01 |
0.9678 |
-0.0919 |
392 |
2 |
70.34 |
2008-11-25 |
| 225. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
70.50 |
0.9206 |
-0.0548 |
317 |
1 |
70.50 |
2008-11-06 |
| 226. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
70.39 |
0.9243 |
-0.0582 |
240 |
2 |
69.10 |
2008-11-19 |
| 227. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
70.21 |
0.9346 |
-0.0758 |
211 |
3 |
67.84 |
2008-12-02 |
| 228. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
70.05 |
0.9709 |
-0.1124 |
264 |
2 |
66.48 |
2008-12-22 |
| 229. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
70.02 |
0.9162 |
-0.0556 |
401 |
3 |
68.31 |
2008-12-03 |
| 230. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
69.22 |
0.9101 |
-0.0567 |
351 |
2 |
65.83 |
2009-02-05 |
| 231. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
68.78 |
0.9422 |
-0.1032 |
190 |
3 |
61.32 |
2008-11-20 |
| 232. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
68.10 |
0.9631 |
-0.1279 |
273 |
3 |
66.87 |
2008-12-10 |
| 233. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
67.96 |
0.9265 |
-0.0937 |
254 |
1 |
67.96 |
2008-10-03 |
| 234. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
67.67 |
0.9228 |
-0.0880 |
305 |
3 |
64.70 |
2008-11-18 |
| 235. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
67.28 |
0.9011 |
-0.0724 |
322 |
5 |
63.11 |
2008-12-11 |
| 236. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
66.57 |
0.8666 |
-0.0524 |
206 |
3 |
62.82 |
2008-12-21 |
| 237. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
66.33 |
0.9068 |
-0.0949 |
212 |
4 |
59.73 |
2008-11-20 |
| 238. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
66.19 |
0.9519 |
-0.1360 |
323 |
1 |
66.19 |
2008-11-10 |
| 239. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
66.15 |
0.9869 |
-0.1789 |
193 |
1 |
66.15 |
2008-12-20 |
| 240. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
66.08 |
0.9119 |
-0.0969 |
396 |
1 |
66.08 |
2008-12-15 |
| 241. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
65.97 |
0.9745 |
-0.1631 |
388 |
1 |
65.97 |
2008-11-16 |
| 242. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
65.49 |
1.0279 |
-0.2302 |
172 |
1 |
65.49 |
2008-11-24 |
| 243. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
64.54 |
0.8656 |
-0.0727 |
242 |
3 |
56.20 |
2008-12-20 |
| 244. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
63.91 |
0.9704 |
-0.1865 |
254 |
1 |
63.91 |
2008-10-16 |
| 245. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
63.89 |
0.8964 |
-0.1157 |
199 |
3 |
58.75 |
2008-12-01 |
| 246. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
63.48 |
0.9609 |
-0.1776 |
331 |
1 |
63.48 |
2008-11-13 |
| 247. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
61.88 |
0.8887 |
-0.1160 |
464 |
3 |
58.54 |
2008-12-07 |
| 248. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
61.17 |
0.8794 |
-0.1228 |
427 |
1 |
61.17 |
2008-11-25 |
| 249. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
60.63 |
0.8624 |
-0.1238 |
174 |
3 |
55.69 |
2008-11-18 |
| 250. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
59.44 |
0.9108 |
-0.1823 |
235 |
1 |
59.44 |
2008-11-03 |
| 251. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
58.82 |
0.7923 |
-0.0708 |
316 |
2 |
52.01 |
2008-11-01 |
| 252. |
I don't want to go in there. He's a dangerous bastard. Taken... |
57.90 |
0.9353 |
-0.2187 |
174 |
1 |
57.90 |
2008-09-18 |
| 253. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
56.80 |
1.0125 |
-0.3214 |
171 |
1 |
56.80 |
2009-02-05 |
| 254. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
56.47 |
0.8172 |
-0.1296 |
204 |
3 |
52.42 |
2009-04-18 |
| 255. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
53.10 |
0.8437 |
-0.1942 |
268 |
1 |
53.10 |
2008-08-31 |