| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
93.89 |
0.9316 |
0.4522 |
188 |
2 |
83.63 |
2012-07-18 |
| 2. |
Right now there are three people in chat, but there's no way... |
91.31 |
0.9841 |
0.3578 |
154 |
1 |
91.31 |
2012-07-18 |
| 3. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
85.73 |
1.0836 |
0.1809 |
206 |
1 |
85.73 |
2011-08-20 |
| 4. |
And I don't believe in the existence of angels but looking a... |
84.14 |
0.9211 |
0.3153 |
165 |
1 |
84.14 |
2011-08-19 |
| 5. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
83.66 |
1.0595 |
0.1645 |
166 |
2 |
73.29 |
2012-07-18 |
| 6. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
83.39 |
1.0800 |
0.1395 |
129 |
2 |
79.27 |
2012-07-18 |
| 7. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
82.39 |
1.1070 |
0.1036 |
265 |
2 |
79.82 |
2012-04-18 |
| 8. |
There are perhaps twenty regular posters on the forum, and s... |
82.37 |
0.9339 |
0.2703 |
108 |
2 |
73.58 |
2011-08-21 |
| 9. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
82.16 |
0.9621 |
0.2488 |
212 |
1 |
82.16 |
2012-07-18 |
| 10. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
81.28 |
1.0607 |
0.1374 |
357 |
1 |
81.28 |
2011-08-24 |
| 11. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
81.05 |
1.0615 |
0.1274 |
201 |
3 |
74.85 |
2012-08-01 |
| 12. |
Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bath... |
80.46 |
0.9987 |
0.1891 |
236 |
3 |
73.95 |
2011-08-29 |
| 13. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
80.45 |
1.0178 |
0.1636 |
207 |
1 |
80.45 |
2011-08-29 |
| 14. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
80.09 |
1.0600 |
0.1180 |
351 |
1 |
80.09 |
2012-07-18 |
| 15. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
79.46 |
1.0243 |
0.1478 |
153 |
1 |
79.46 |
2011-08-20 |
| 16. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
79.45 |
1.0234 |
0.1487 |
392 |
1 |
79.45 |
2012-08-01 |
| 17. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
79.36 |
1.0686 |
0.1017 |
354 |
1 |
79.36 |
2012-04-18 |
| 18. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
79.01 |
0.9827 |
0.1798 |
314 |
2 |
75.09 |
2011-08-24 |
| 19. |
The good news is that your child has a natural desire to do ... |
78.77 |
1.0268 |
0.1247 |
179 |
2 |
77.84 |
2011-09-13 |
| 20. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
78.75 |
1.0755 |
0.0830 |
243 |
2 |
74.47 |
2012-04-11 |
| 21. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
78.25 |
0.9841 |
0.1777 |
325 |
2 |
74.36 |
2012-04-11 |
| 22. |
You're going in the drink and I am going to make a cup of te... |
78.15 |
1.0304 |
0.1158 |
256 |
1 |
78.15 |
2011-08-19 |
| 23. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
78.13 |
1.0267 |
0.1250 |
261 |
3 |
68.15 |
2011-08-19 |
| 24. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
77.73 |
1.0506 |
0.0917 |
259 |
1 |
77.73 |
2012-07-18 |
| 25. |
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that I al... |
77.65 |
1.1062 |
0.0373 |
200 |
1 |
77.65 |
2011-08-20 |
| 26. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
77.62 |
0.9530 |
0.1848 |
193 |
1 |
77.62 |
2011-08-23 |
| 27. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
77.53 |
1.0857 |
0.0664 |
393 |
2 |
75.67 |
2011-08-29 |
| 28. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
77.50 |
1.0481 |
0.0836 |
255 |
1 |
77.50 |
2011-08-29 |
| 29. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
77.05 |
1.0509 |
0.0893 |
295 |
2 |
72.53 |
2011-08-19 |
| 30. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
76.59 |
0.9604 |
0.1634 |
285 |
1 |
76.59 |
2011-08-23 |
| 31. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
76.55 |
0.9713 |
0.1527 |
193 |
2 |
67.31 |
2012-07-18 |
| 32. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
76.47 |
1.0165 |
0.1070 |
316 |
4 |
68.19 |
2011-08-23 |
| 33. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
76.38 |
1.0362 |
0.0928 |
437 |
1 |
76.38 |
2011-08-29 |
| 34. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
76.04 |
1.1095 |
0.0108 |
252 |
1 |
76.04 |
2011-08-23 |
| 35. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
75.72 |
0.9933 |
0.1271 |
450 |
2 |
70.59 |
2012-08-01 |
| 36. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
75.63 |
1.0667 |
0.0554 |
308 |
1 |
75.63 |
2012-04-18 |
| 37. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
75.33 |
1.0476 |
0.0503 |
110 |
2 |
70.22 |
2012-04-18 |
| 38. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
75.26 |
0.9102 |
0.2016 |
239 |
1 |
75.26 |
2011-08-19 |
| 39. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
75.14 |
0.9680 |
0.1367 |
256 |
2 |
70.94 |
2011-08-23 |
| 40. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
75.12 |
0.9851 |
0.1241 |
237 |
3 |
69.23 |
2012-08-01 |
| 41. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
74.94 |
1.0969 |
0.0069 |
303 |
1 |
74.94 |
2011-08-21 |
| 42. |
I was long into my second decade of living single before I c... |
74.80 |
1.0225 |
0.0695 |
152 |
2 |
71.25 |
2011-08-20 |
| 43. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
74.80 |
0.9538 |
0.1454 |
276 |
2 |
73.12 |
2011-08-29 |
| 44. |
Ultimately, this is not about solving your problems. It's ab... |
74.77 |
1.0390 |
0.0653 |
260 |
1 |
74.77 |
2012-04-11 |
| 45. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
74.59 |
1.0492 |
0.0525 |
284 |
1 |
74.59 |
2011-08-23 |
| 46. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
74.56 |
1.0877 |
0.0048 |
129 |
2 |
74.24 |
2012-08-01 |
| 47. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
74.52 |
0.9374 |
0.1607 |
232 |
1 |
74.52 |
2011-08-29 |
| 48. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
74.47 |
0.9253 |
0.1597 |
118 |
3 |
66.12 |
2011-08-20 |
| 49. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
74.40 |
1.0192 |
0.0796 |
243 |
2 |
68.36 |
2011-08-23 |
| 50. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
74.39 |
0.9068 |
0.1847 |
212 |
2 |
74.18 |
2012-07-18 |
| 51. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
74.22 |
0.9204 |
0.1713 |
121 |
1 |
74.22 |
2011-08-19 |
| 52. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
74.12 |
0.8966 |
0.1922 |
366 |
1 |
74.12 |
2011-08-24 |
| 53. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
74.10 |
0.9872 |
0.1095 |
229 |
1 |
74.10 |
2011-08-20 |
| 54. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
73.97 |
1.0638 |
0.0213 |
247 |
1 |
73.97 |
2012-07-18 |
| 55. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
73.81 |
1.0588 |
0.0262 |
281 |
1 |
73.81 |
2011-08-19 |
| 56. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
73.78 |
0.9928 |
0.0910 |
293 |
1 |
73.78 |
2012-04-18 |
| 57. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
73.76 |
0.9849 |
0.1003 |
337 |
1 |
73.76 |
2012-04-18 |
| 58. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
73.67 |
0.8768 |
0.2104 |
199 |
2 |
69.68 |
2011-08-21 |
| 59. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
73.64 |
1.0567 |
0.0252 |
314 |
1 |
73.64 |
2012-02-11 |
| 60. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
73.56 |
1.0090 |
0.0779 |
300 |
3 |
64.12 |
2011-08-23 |
| 61. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
73.45 |
1.0270 |
0.0532 |
303 |
3 |
68.12 |
2011-08-24 |
| 62. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
73.34 |
0.9324 |
0.1487 |
246 |
2 |
68.02 |
2011-08-20 |
| 63. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
73.28 |
1.0639 |
0.0143 |
303 |
1 |
73.28 |
2011-08-23 |
| 64. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
73.11 |
1.0590 |
0.0144 |
250 |
1 |
73.11 |
2011-08-23 |
| 65. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
73.05 |
1.0665 |
0.0016 |
196 |
2 |
72.66 |
2012-08-01 |
| 66. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
73.05 |
1.0320 |
0.0476 |
401 |
1 |
73.05 |
2011-08-23 |
| 67. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
72.85 |
0.9719 |
0.1058 |
383 |
2 |
68.81 |
2012-02-11 |
| 68. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
72.34 |
0.8958 |
0.1644 |
188 |
1 |
72.34 |
2011-08-19 |
| 69. |
I must nevertheless point out that our profession very close... |
72.31 |
0.9517 |
0.1099 |
276 |
3 |
69.38 |
2011-09-05 |
| 70. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
72.26 |
1.1086 |
-0.0463 |
233 |
2 |
70.29 |
2012-04-18 |
| 71. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
72.11 |
1.0498 |
0.0112 |
261 |
5 |
65.99 |
2011-08-29 |
| 72. |
Ideology: the process of making ideas. Certain artisans were... |
72.09 |
0.9480 |
0.1128 |
297 |
1 |
72.09 |
2011-08-20 |
| 73. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
72.08 |
1.0082 |
0.0462 |
212 |
1 |
72.08 |
2011-08-19 |
| 74. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
72.06 |
1.0412 |
0.0228 |
205 |
1 |
72.06 |
2012-07-18 |
| 75. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
71.75 |
1.0472 |
0.0175 |
397 |
1 |
71.75 |
2011-08-23 |
| 76. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
71.71 |
0.9989 |
0.0622 |
282 |
1 |
71.71 |
2011-09-13 |
| 77. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
71.67 |
1.0507 |
0.0080 |
253 |
1 |
71.67 |
2011-08-24 |
| 78. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
71.64 |
1.0332 |
0.0193 |
267 |
2 |
69.40 |
2011-09-05 |
| 79. |
Some drivers actually perform best when there is a little ex... |
71.40 |
0.9684 |
0.0781 |
240 |
1 |
71.40 |
2011-08-19 |
| 80. |
I laugh at the whole notion of "Mr. Right" and you should to... |
71.29 |
0.8901 |
0.1569 |
273 |
3 |
61.21 |
2012-08-01 |
| 81. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
71.09 |
1.0540 |
-0.0142 |
184 |
1 |
71.09 |
2011-08-29 |
| 82. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
71.00 |
0.9243 |
0.1212 |
240 |
1 |
71.00 |
2012-08-01 |
| 83. |
Jay made up for the lack of glamour in his assignment by hav... |
70.99 |
0.9844 |
0.0708 |
351 |
1 |
70.99 |
2011-08-20 |
| 84. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
70.85 |
0.9650 |
0.0787 |
347 |
1 |
70.85 |
2012-07-18 |
| 85. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
70.78 |
1.0414 |
-0.0022 |
234 |
2 |
69.68 |
2011-08-20 |
| 86. |
You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righte... |
70.68 |
0.9255 |
0.1141 |
174 |
1 |
70.68 |
2011-08-19 |
| 87. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
70.65 |
1.1093 |
-0.0766 |
220 |
1 |
70.65 |
2011-08-19 |
| 88. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
70.65 |
0.9869 |
0.0474 |
193 |
1 |
70.65 |
2011-08-19 |
| 89. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
70.64 |
0.8742 |
0.1684 |
202 |
1 |
70.64 |
2011-08-19 |
| 90. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
70.61 |
0.8666 |
0.1682 |
206 |
2 |
63.24 |
2011-08-23 |
| 91. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
70.59 |
1.0867 |
-0.0538 |
171 |
1 |
70.59 |
2011-08-23 |
| 92. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
70.58 |
0.9213 |
0.1141 |
165 |
3 |
63.85 |
2011-08-19 |
| 93. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
70.56 |
1.0676 |
-0.0260 |
456 |
2 |
61.24 |
2012-04-18 |
| 94. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
70.51 |
0.8794 |
0.1631 |
427 |
2 |
67.21 |
2012-04-18 |
| 95. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
70.40 |
0.9678 |
0.0709 |
392 |
1 |
70.40 |
2012-04-18 |
| 96. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
69.97 |
0.8948 |
0.1328 |
164 |
1 |
69.97 |
2011-08-20 |
| 97. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
69.82 |
1.0561 |
-0.0320 |
227 |
1 |
69.82 |
2011-08-20 |
| 98. |
When considering the cultural significance of this intriguin... |
69.79 |
0.9270 |
0.1014 |
193 |
1 |
69.79 |
2011-08-19 |
| 99. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
69.76 |
0.8974 |
0.1393 |
365 |
2 |
62.90 |
2011-08-29 |
| 100. |
To wash down your chicken nuggets with virtually any soft dr... |
69.68 |
0.9564 |
0.0616 |
263 |
1 |
69.68 |
2011-08-24 |
| 101. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
69.60 |
0.9594 |
0.0616 |
258 |
2 |
65.68 |
2011-08-29 |
| 102. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
69.60 |
0.8718 |
0.1542 |
318 |
1 |
69.60 |
2012-07-18 |
| 103. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
69.45 |
1.0672 |
-0.0480 |
239 |
1 |
69.45 |
2011-08-21 |
| 104. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
69.38 |
0.8915 |
0.1281 |
158 |
1 |
69.38 |
2011-08-18 |
| 105. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
69.36 |
0.9824 |
0.0498 |
352 |
2 |
67.64 |
2012-04-11 |
| 106. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
69.23 |
1.0543 |
-0.0348 |
360 |
1 |
69.23 |
2012-02-11 |
| 107. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
69.18 |
0.9829 |
0.0327 |
229 |
1 |
69.18 |
2011-08-19 |
| 108. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
69.02 |
0.7739 |
0.2422 |
207 |
1 |
69.02 |
2011-08-21 |
| 109. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
68.97 |
1.0585 |
-0.0422 |
226 |
1 |
68.97 |
2011-08-18 |
| 110. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
68.95 |
1.0144 |
0.0000 |
162 |
1 |
68.95 |
2011-08-20 |
| 111. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
68.90 |
0.8981 |
0.1230 |
255 |
1 |
68.90 |
2011-08-23 |
| 112. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
68.83 |
0.9957 |
0.0154 |
323 |
1 |
68.83 |
2011-08-19 |
| 113. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
68.82 |
1.0103 |
-0.0049 |
209 |
2 |
67.10 |
2012-08-01 |
| 114. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
68.78 |
1.0557 |
-0.0440 |
289 |
1 |
68.78 |
2011-09-05 |
| 115. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
68.67 |
1.0095 |
-0.0020 |
211 |
1 |
68.67 |
2011-09-05 |
| 116. |
How many times have you seen the leader of a race have a mec... |
68.66 |
1.0208 |
-0.0123 |
232 |
1 |
68.66 |
2011-08-19 |
| 117. |
We live in a charmed world. If we have money we can buy lite... |
68.62 |
0.9926 |
0.0267 |
413 |
1 |
68.62 |
2012-04-11 |
| 118. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
68.62 |
0.9402 |
0.0660 |
310 |
2 |
66.20 |
2012-04-18 |
| 119. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
68.59 |
1.0132 |
-0.0048 |
371 |
1 |
68.59 |
2011-08-21 |
| 120. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
68.59 |
1.0115 |
-0.0090 |
189 |
3 |
61.18 |
2011-08-29 |
| 121. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
68.59 |
1.0582 |
-0.0537 |
180 |
1 |
68.59 |
2011-08-18 |
| 122. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
68.58 |
0.8955 |
0.1221 |
436 |
2 |
65.53 |
2012-08-01 |
| 123. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
68.52 |
1.0264 |
-0.0238 |
191 |
1 |
68.52 |
2011-08-23 |
| 124. |
Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Drama is life with the dull bit... |
68.40 |
0.7920 |
0.2104 |
230 |
1 |
68.40 |
2012-07-18 |
| 125. |
The development of a living body of literature became indica... |
68.26 |
0.8594 |
0.1405 |
170 |
1 |
68.26 |
2011-08-19 |
| 126. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
68.23 |
0.9359 |
0.0671 |
355 |
2 |
67.47 |
2012-08-01 |
| 127. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
68.20 |
0.9637 |
0.0501 |
342 |
1 |
68.20 |
2012-08-01 |
| 128. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
68.09 |
0.9930 |
0.0162 |
350 |
1 |
68.09 |
2011-08-20 |
| 129. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
68.05 |
0.9866 |
0.0134 |
308 |
1 |
68.05 |
2011-08-19 |
| 130. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
68.04 |
1.0189 |
-0.0199 |
290 |
2 |
66.22 |
2012-04-18 |
| 131. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
67.90 |
1.0800 |
-0.0856 |
213 |
1 |
67.90 |
2012-04-18 |
| 132. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
67.70 |
0.9543 |
0.0471 |
265 |
2 |
64.60 |
2011-09-05 |
| 133. |
Imagine this: Here we are, a plane full of grown human being... |
67.65 |
0.9329 |
0.0751 |
345 |
1 |
67.65 |
2012-04-18 |
| 134. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
67.64 |
1.0004 |
-0.0039 |
373 |
1 |
67.64 |
2011-08-19 |
| 135. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
67.48 |
0.8218 |
0.1696 |
163 |
1 |
67.48 |
2011-08-18 |
| 136. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
67.38 |
0.9265 |
0.0624 |
254 |
1 |
67.38 |
2011-08-23 |
| 137. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
67.32 |
1.0069 |
-0.0148 |
242 |
1 |
67.32 |
2011-08-19 |
| 138. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
67.30 |
0.9380 |
0.0492 |
284 |
1 |
67.30 |
2011-08-19 |
| 139. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
67.26 |
0.9673 |
0.0230 |
292 |
1 |
67.26 |
2011-08-21 |
| 140. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
67.26 |
1.0521 |
-0.0696 |
197 |
2 |
61.53 |
2011-08-20 |
| 141. |
I did my best, it wasn't much. I couldn't feel, so I tried t... |
67.24 |
0.9761 |
0.0162 |
227 |
3 |
66.46 |
2012-04-18 |
| 142. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
67.13 |
0.9727 |
0.0198 |
442 |
1 |
67.13 |
2011-09-05 |
| 143. |
The wine list looks so imposing that you finally give up lab... |
67.07 |
0.9354 |
0.0607 |
384 |
1 |
67.07 |
2012-08-01 |
| 144. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
67.02 |
0.9704 |
0.0139 |
254 |
2 |
65.75 |
2012-04-11 |
| 145. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
66.93 |
1.0197 |
-0.0383 |
204 |
2 |
64.03 |
2011-08-23 |
| 146. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
66.77 |
1.0086 |
-0.0322 |
218 |
2 |
64.29 |
2011-09-05 |
| 147. |
I can practically see your face and another revolutionary fa... |
66.71 |
1.0204 |
-0.0484 |
143 |
1 |
66.71 |
2011-08-23 |
| 148. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
66.57 |
0.9852 |
-0.0080 |
235 |
1 |
66.57 |
2011-08-20 |
| 149. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
66.46 |
1.0387 |
-0.0583 |
333 |
1 |
66.46 |
2012-04-11 |
| 150. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
66.45 |
1.0288 |
-0.0575 |
166 |
1 |
66.45 |
2011-08-23 |
| 151. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
66.35 |
1.0333 |
-0.0638 |
176 |
2 |
65.94 |
2011-09-05 |
| 152. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
66.27 |
0.9338 |
0.0496 |
326 |
1 |
66.27 |
2011-08-19 |
| 153. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
66.14 |
1.0131 |
-0.0384 |
245 |
1 |
66.14 |
2011-08-20 |
| 154. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
66.06 |
1.0759 |
-0.1001 |
273 |
1 |
66.06 |
2011-08-19 |
| 155. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
65.88 |
0.9357 |
0.0299 |
204 |
2 |
59.13 |
2012-07-18 |
| 156. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
65.83 |
0.9839 |
-0.0173 |
308 |
1 |
65.83 |
2011-08-20 |
| 157. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
65.70 |
0.8375 |
0.1265 |
203 |
1 |
65.70 |
2011-08-19 |
| 158. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
65.70 |
0.9346 |
0.0276 |
211 |
2 |
61.26 |
2011-08-24 |
| 159. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
65.57 |
0.9743 |
-0.0006 |
397 |
1 |
65.57 |
2011-08-23 |
| 160. |
It was an effect of light: quick sunlight dappling, yellow l... |
65.55 |
0.9194 |
0.0538 |
360 |
1 |
65.55 |
2011-08-29 |
| 161. |
Wood and other fibrous material is mixed with liquid and mas... |
65.54 |
0.8938 |
0.0700 |
238 |
2 |
64.56 |
2011-08-19 |
| 162. |
This business is filled to the brim with unrealistic people ... |
65.50 |
0.9131 |
0.0564 |
187 |
1 |
65.50 |
2011-08-21 |
| 163. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
65.42 |
1.0033 |
-0.0424 |
203 |
1 |
65.42 |
2011-08-21 |
| 164. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
65.39 |
0.9503 |
0.0035 |
211 |
1 |
65.39 |
2011-08-19 |
| 165. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
65.31 |
0.9948 |
-0.0367 |
233 |
1 |
65.31 |
2011-08-21 |
| 166. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
65.27 |
0.9029 |
0.0584 |
393 |
1 |
65.27 |
2011-09-05 |
| 167. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
65.16 |
0.9145 |
0.0459 |
404 |
1 |
65.16 |
2011-08-19 |
| 168. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
65.10 |
0.8811 |
0.0705 |
201 |
1 |
65.10 |
2011-08-18 |
| 169. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
65.04 |
0.9128 |
0.0396 |
237 |
1 |
65.04 |
2011-08-19 |
| 170. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
65.03 |
0.9809 |
-0.0296 |
209 |
2 |
64.81 |
2011-08-20 |
| 171. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
64.96 |
0.9801 |
-0.0264 |
289 |
1 |
64.96 |
2011-09-05 |
| 172. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
64.85 |
0.9884 |
-0.0336 |
267 |
1 |
64.85 |
2011-08-19 |
| 173. |
I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little... |
64.75 |
0.9464 |
0.0022 |
119 |
1 |
64.75 |
2011-08-19 |
| 174. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
64.75 |
1.0125 |
-0.0631 |
232 |
1 |
64.75 |
2011-08-20 |
| 175. |
We might begin by asking why the pregnant man image has been... |
64.71 |
0.9157 |
0.0470 |
353 |
1 |
64.71 |
2012-04-18 |
| 176. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
64.69 |
1.0128 |
-0.0562 |
369 |
1 |
64.69 |
2011-08-25 |
| 177. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
64.66 |
1.0403 |
-0.0923 |
234 |
3 |
63.41 |
2011-08-21 |
| 178. |
Historically, most wines contained less than 14 percent alco... |
64.57 |
0.9676 |
-0.0141 |
247 |
1 |
64.57 |
2011-08-24 |
| 179. |
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the ju... |
64.55 |
1.0230 |
-0.0734 |
200 |
1 |
64.55 |
2012-07-18 |
| 180. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
64.53 |
0.9561 |
-0.0067 |
362 |
2 |
61.19 |
2011-08-20 |
| 181. |
The Inca believed that if one did not give thanks and obedie... |
64.53 |
0.9809 |
-0.0254 |
250 |
2 |
61.89 |
2011-08-23 |
| 182. |
There are very few things I wish I could change about those ... |
64.50 |
1.0698 |
-0.1156 |
303 |
1 |
64.50 |
2011-08-23 |
| 183. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
64.39 |
1.0399 |
-0.0893 |
257 |
1 |
64.39 |
2011-09-05 |
| 184. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
64.35 |
1.0338 |
-0.0834 |
277 |
1 |
64.35 |
2011-08-20 |
| 185. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
64.33 |
1.0370 |
-0.0925 |
262 |
1 |
64.33 |
2011-08-19 |
| 186. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
64.29 |
1.0094 |
-0.0652 |
256 |
1 |
64.29 |
2011-08-23 |
| 187. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
64.23 |
0.8805 |
0.0629 |
205 |
1 |
64.23 |
2011-08-18 |
| 188. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
64.21 |
0.9857 |
-0.0368 |
268 |
1 |
64.21 |
2011-09-05 |
| 189. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
64.09 |
0.9228 |
0.0226 |
305 |
1 |
64.09 |
2011-08-19 |
| 190. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
64.05 |
0.8592 |
0.0788 |
191 |
2 |
54.85 |
2012-07-18 |
| 191. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
63.77 |
0.8003 |
0.1399 |
219 |
2 |
62.04 |
2011-08-19 |
| 192. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
63.66 |
0.9339 |
0.0065 |
317 |
1 |
63.66 |
2011-09-05 |
| 193. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
63.39 |
0.8381 |
0.0964 |
283 |
1 |
63.39 |
2011-08-20 |
| 194. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
63.30 |
0.9574 |
-0.0247 |
354 |
2 |
61.48 |
2011-08-19 |
| 195. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
63.29 |
1.0529 |
-0.1211 |
373 |
1 |
63.29 |
2012-02-11 |
| 196. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
63.21 |
0.8827 |
0.0419 |
190 |
1 |
63.21 |
2011-08-20 |
| 197. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
63.12 |
0.9737 |
-0.0443 |
237 |
1 |
63.12 |
2011-08-21 |
| 198. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
63.03 |
1.0042 |
-0.0825 |
168 |
1 |
63.03 |
2011-08-19 |
| 199. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
62.95 |
0.9143 |
0.0110 |
300 |
1 |
62.95 |
2011-08-21 |
| 200. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
62.86 |
0.9425 |
-0.0188 |
248 |
2 |
61.40 |
2012-04-11 |
| 201. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
62.81 |
0.9108 |
0.0112 |
235 |
2 |
60.78 |
2011-08-23 |
| 202. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
62.77 |
1.0392 |
-0.1125 |
258 |
1 |
62.77 |
2011-08-20 |
| 203. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
62.69 |
0.9922 |
-0.0713 |
264 |
1 |
62.69 |
2012-07-18 |
| 204. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
62.53 |
0.9873 |
-0.0587 |
396 |
1 |
62.53 |
2012-04-11 |
| 205. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
62.53 |
0.8067 |
0.1124 |
215 |
1 |
62.53 |
2011-08-21 |
| 206. |
Be impeccable with your word - speak with integrity. Say onl... |
62.25 |
1.0464 |
-0.1266 |
213 |
1 |
62.25 |
2011-08-19 |
| 207. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
62.24 |
0.9780 |
-0.0702 |
173 |
1 |
62.24 |
2011-09-13 |
| 208. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
62.23 |
0.9137 |
0.0020 |
342 |
1 |
62.23 |
2011-08-23 |
| 209. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
62.22 |
0.8863 |
0.0239 |
127 |
1 |
62.22 |
2011-08-19 |
| 210. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
62.20 |
0.9935 |
-0.0779 |
217 |
1 |
62.20 |
2011-08-18 |
| 211. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
62.08 |
0.9468 |
-0.0354 |
318 |
1 |
62.08 |
2012-04-18 |
| 212. |
The hectic speed, and the brevity of the lines in the thread... |
61.96 |
0.9189 |
-0.0141 |
144 |
1 |
61.96 |
2011-08-18 |
| 213. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
61.93 |
0.8778 |
0.0330 |
285 |
1 |
61.93 |
2011-08-19 |
| 214. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
61.86 |
0.9609 |
-0.0480 |
331 |
1 |
61.86 |
2012-04-11 |
| 215. |
Sparkling wines are wines that contain carbon dioxide bubble... |
61.70 |
0.9408 |
-0.0400 |
177 |
1 |
61.70 |
2011-08-18 |
| 216. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
61.70 |
0.7901 |
0.1107 |
154 |
1 |
61.70 |
2011-08-18 |
| 217. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
61.60 |
1.0341 |
-0.1303 |
273 |
1 |
61.60 |
2011-08-19 |
| 218. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
61.47 |
0.9807 |
-0.0896 |
129 |
1 |
61.47 |
2011-08-19 |
| 219. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
61.46 |
0.9762 |
-0.0739 |
249 |
1 |
61.46 |
2011-08-19 |
| 220. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
61.45 |
0.9252 |
-0.0223 |
148 |
1 |
61.45 |
2011-08-20 |
| 221. |
One scientist I met recently told me he reckoned that the av... |
61.39 |
0.9278 |
-0.0252 |
253 |
1 |
61.39 |
2012-07-18 |
| 222. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
61.27 |
0.8721 |
0.0334 |
231 |
2 |
60.13 |
2012-04-11 |
| 223. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
61.17 |
1.0194 |
-0.1234 |
224 |
1 |
61.17 |
2011-08-19 |
| 224. |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and fin... |
61.05 |
0.8204 |
0.0734 |
121 |
1 |
61.05 |
2011-08-18 |
| 225. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
61.01 |
1.0576 |
-0.1648 |
231 |
1 |
61.01 |
2011-08-18 |
| 226. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
60.98 |
0.9040 |
-0.0084 |
188 |
1 |
60.98 |
2011-08-20 |
| 227. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
60.97 |
0.9810 |
-0.0812 |
362 |
1 |
60.97 |
2011-09-05 |
| 228. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
60.97 |
0.9631 |
-0.0685 |
273 |
1 |
60.97 |
2011-08-19 |
| 229. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
60.92 |
0.9614 |
-0.0654 |
195 |
1 |
60.92 |
2011-08-18 |
| 230. |
The basis of the Aztecs' success in creating a great state a... |
60.88 |
0.8576 |
0.0411 |
260 |
2 |
57.71 |
2011-08-19 |
| 231. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
60.65 |
0.9927 |
-0.1057 |
234 |
1 |
60.65 |
2011-08-21 |
| 232. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
60.63 |
0.8127 |
0.0742 |
167 |
3 |
57.73 |
2011-08-19 |
| 233. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
60.58 |
0.8918 |
0.0020 |
163 |
1 |
60.58 |
2011-08-18 |
| 234. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
60.19 |
0.9422 |
-0.0638 |
190 |
1 |
60.19 |
2011-08-19 |
| 235. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
60.11 |
0.9394 |
-0.0584 |
195 |
1 |
60.11 |
2011-08-20 |
| 236. |
Two years ago this property cost one million pounds. Today, ... |
60.10 |
0.8316 |
0.0544 |
304 |
2 |
58.93 |
2011-08-21 |
| 237. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
60.07 |
0.9299 |
-0.0563 |
168 |
2 |
57.78 |
2012-02-11 |
| 238. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
59.97 |
0.9709 |
-0.0919 |
264 |
2 |
54.21 |
2011-08-23 |
| 239. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
59.96 |
0.9315 |
-0.0495 |
273 |
1 |
59.96 |
2011-08-20 |
| 240. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
59.62 |
0.9763 |
-0.1016 |
143 |
1 |
59.62 |
2011-09-05 |
| 241. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
59.44 |
1.0006 |
-0.1284 |
311 |
1 |
59.44 |
2011-08-19 |
| 242. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
59.43 |
0.9885 |
-0.1160 |
355 |
1 |
59.43 |
2011-08-19 |
| 243. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
59.43 |
0.8993 |
-0.0244 |
366 |
1 |
59.43 |
2012-04-11 |
| 244. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
59.18 |
0.8988 |
-0.0309 |
193 |
1 |
59.18 |
2011-08-19 |
| 245. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
59.15 |
0.8964 |
-0.0311 |
199 |
1 |
59.15 |
2011-08-29 |
| 246. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
59.05 |
0.9797 |
-0.1090 |
269 |
1 |
59.05 |
2011-09-05 |
| 247. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
58.96 |
1.0279 |
-0.1681 |
172 |
1 |
58.96 |
2011-08-20 |
| 248. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
58.95 |
0.8986 |
-0.0285 |
363 |
1 |
58.95 |
2012-02-11 |
| 249. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
58.94 |
0.9011 |
-0.0329 |
322 |
2 |
57.58 |
2012-04-17 |
| 250. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
58.72 |
1.0873 |
-0.2283 |
243 |
1 |
58.72 |
2011-08-20 |
| 251. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
57.99 |
0.8378 |
0.0159 |
219 |
2 |
57.63 |
2011-08-20 |
| 252. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
57.89 |
0.9698 |
-0.1153 |
389 |
1 |
57.89 |
2011-09-05 |
| 253. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
57.85 |
0.9981 |
-0.1500 |
211 |
1 |
57.85 |
2011-08-20 |
| 254. |
Pulp: a soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. |
57.53 |
0.7588 |
0.0817 |
46 |
1 |
57.53 |
2011-08-18 |
| 255. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
57.42 |
0.9583 |
-0.1152 |
237 |
2 |
54.58 |
2011-08-19 |
| 256. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
57.29 |
0.9046 |
-0.0511 |
448 |
1 |
57.29 |
2011-08-19 |
| 257. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
56.64 |
0.9023 |
-0.0725 |
268 |
1 |
56.64 |
2011-08-20 |
| 258. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
55.98 |
0.9434 |
-0.1178 |
367 |
1 |
55.98 |
2011-08-19 |
| 259. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
55.84 |
1.0419 |
-0.2132 |
323 |
1 |
55.84 |
2012-08-01 |
| 260. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
55.29 |
0.9841 |
-0.1745 |
263 |
1 |
55.29 |
2011-08-19 |
| 261. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
54.69 |
0.9931 |
-0.1946 |
218 |
2 |
52.61 |
2011-09-05 |
| 262. |
At the very end of these food chains (which is to say, at th... |
54.16 |
0.8236 |
-0.0347 |
178 |
1 |
54.16 |
2011-08-18 |
| 263. |
With forty-six Chinese, fourteen Japanese, eighteen Mexican,... |
54.12 |
0.7852 |
0.0027 |
154 |
2 |
50.79 |
2012-04-11 |
| 264. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
51.56 |
0.8913 |
-0.1338 |
201 |
1 |
51.56 |
2011-08-20 |
| 265. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
51.36 |
0.9657 |
-0.2014 |
424 |
1 |
51.36 |
2011-08-29 |
| 266. |
You could substitute raspberries or any other fruit, but 99.... |
51.05 |
0.9149 |
-0.1675 |
153 |
1 |
51.05 |
2011-08-18 |
| 267. |
Grits and fried chicken won't disappear, but perhaps future ... |
49.27 |
0.8936 |
-0.1722 |
135 |
2 |
44.87 |
2011-08-19 |
| 268. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
48.99 |
0.8474 |
-0.1287 |
265 |
1 |
48.99 |
2011-08-19 |
| 269. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
40.46 |
0.9352 |
-0.3445 |
194 |
1 |
40.46 |
2011-08-18 |
| 270. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
34.78 |
0.8077 |
-0.2997 |
148 |
1 |
34.78 |
2011-08-18 |