Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
78.23 |
1.0125 |
0.3253 |
171 |
3 |
60.62 |
2009-02-23 |
2. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
72.35 |
1.0540 |
0.1823 |
184 |
4 |
62.96 |
2009-02-23 |
3. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
71.33 |
1.0543 |
0.1717 |
360 |
10 |
56.52 |
2009-04-06 |
4. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
70.94 |
1.0777 |
0.1372 |
226 |
7 |
60.82 |
2009-02-24 |
5. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
70.43 |
1.0686 |
0.1432 |
354 |
6 |
58.69 |
2009-04-14 |
6. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
69.70 |
1.0095 |
0.1847 |
211 |
6 |
61.15 |
2009-03-19 |
7. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
69.46 |
1.1086 |
0.0833 |
233 |
3 |
61.29 |
2009-04-10 |
8. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
69.45 |
1.0511 |
0.1420 |
252 |
9 |
57.83 |
2009-06-04 |
9. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
69.33 |
1.0743 |
0.1161 |
297 |
7 |
58.65 |
2009-02-23 |
10. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
69.14 |
1.0189 |
0.1665 |
290 |
4 |
56.40 |
2009-03-23 |
11. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
69.12 |
1.0529 |
0.1353 |
373 |
7 |
63.14 |
2009-02-26 |
12. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
68.81 |
1.0466 |
0.1333 |
230 |
10 |
58.68 |
2009-05-13 |
13. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
68.66 |
0.9880 |
0.1855 |
199 |
7 |
52.83 |
2009-02-06 |
14. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
68.60 |
1.0901 |
0.0886 |
288 |
5 |
64.42 |
2009-03-25 |
15. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
68.35 |
1.0615 |
0.1079 |
201 |
4 |
56.32 |
2009-04-05 |
16. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
67.96 |
1.0600 |
0.1059 |
351 |
5 |
58.07 |
2009-02-06 |
17. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
67.90 |
0.9801 |
0.1842 |
289 |
9 |
51.55 |
2009-04-01 |
18. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
67.80 |
1.0654 |
0.0950 |
247 |
8 |
61.39 |
2009-04-14 |
19. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
67.72 |
1.0588 |
0.1028 |
281 |
7 |
61.27 |
2009-06-01 |
20. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
67.65 |
0.9927 |
0.1695 |
262 |
5 |
53.37 |
2009-01-23 |
21. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
67.59 |
1.0557 |
0.1048 |
289 |
6 |
58.13 |
2009-03-20 |
22. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
67.51 |
1.0267 |
0.1343 |
261 |
6 |
56.48 |
2009-03-10 |
23. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
67.25 |
1.1093 |
0.0385 |
220 |
3 |
63.22 |
2009-02-19 |
24. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
67.14 |
1.0582 |
0.0902 |
180 |
3 |
60.12 |
2009-04-07 |
25. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
67.04 |
1.0227 |
0.1332 |
378 |
11 |
55.54 |
2009-05-21 |
26. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
66.98 |
1.0411 |
0.1094 |
341 |
10 |
60.46 |
2009-03-19 |
27. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
66.92 |
1.0130 |
0.1348 |
288 |
4 |
61.42 |
2009-04-14 |
28. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
66.85 |
1.0334 |
0.1125 |
261 |
7 |
51.49 |
2009-04-04 |
29. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
66.44 |
1.0639 |
0.0766 |
303 |
7 |
56.57 |
2010-05-29 |
30. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
66.25 |
1.0638 |
0.0703 |
247 |
5 |
56.52 |
2009-04-05 |
31. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
66.08 |
0.9864 |
0.1506 |
292 |
7 |
55.27 |
2009-02-10 |
32. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
66.01 |
1.1070 |
0.0239 |
265 |
5 |
58.75 |
2009-01-23 |
33. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
65.49 |
1.0288 |
0.0895 |
166 |
7 |
53.68 |
2009-02-24 |
34. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
65.36 |
1.0372 |
0.0832 |
249 |
3 |
58.35 |
2009-01-22 |
35. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
65.34 |
1.0036 |
0.1179 |
277 |
7 |
54.59 |
2009-02-25 |
36. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
65.27 |
0.9833 |
0.1383 |
387 |
9 |
56.46 |
2009-03-23 |
37. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
65.12 |
1.0607 |
0.0588 |
357 |
9 |
59.32 |
2009-04-05 |
38. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
65.12 |
1.0461 |
0.0728 |
318 |
5 |
59.01 |
2009-02-25 |
39. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
64.95 |
1.0682 |
0.0466 |
266 |
5 |
58.73 |
2009-03-26 |
40. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
64.74 |
1.0845 |
0.0245 |
212 |
6 |
60.14 |
2009-04-05 |
41. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
64.57 |
1.0960 |
0.0153 |
315 |
3 |
61.41 |
2009-02-23 |
42. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
64.41 |
1.0873 |
0.0141 |
243 |
7 |
61.13 |
2009-03-26 |
43. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
64.21 |
1.0590 |
0.0409 |
250 |
7 |
58.82 |
2009-04-06 |
44. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
63.97 |
1.0867 |
0.0057 |
171 |
7 |
58.33 |
2009-03-10 |
45. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
63.86 |
0.9927 |
0.0989 |
234 |
6 |
53.99 |
2009-07-29 |
46. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
63.78 |
1.0736 |
0.0226 |
350 |
10 |
56.63 |
2009-06-04 |
47. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
63.78 |
1.0669 |
0.0299 |
379 |
5 |
60.02 |
2009-04-10 |
48. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
63.78 |
1.0403 |
0.0516 |
234 |
6 |
55.38 |
2009-07-29 |
49. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
63.72 |
1.0628 |
0.0317 |
363 |
5 |
56.22 |
2009-04-10 |
50. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
63.72 |
1.0208 |
0.0716 |
231 |
5 |
58.60 |
2009-06-02 |
51. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
63.67 |
1.0676 |
0.0287 |
456 |
2 |
61.76 |
2009-02-14 |
52. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
63.58 |
1.0521 |
0.0324 |
197 |
4 |
58.85 |
2009-04-17 |
53. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
63.50 |
1.0567 |
0.0317 |
314 |
5 |
56.41 |
2009-02-13 |
54. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
63.44 |
1.0881 |
-0.0043 |
210 |
6 |
59.37 |
2009-03-26 |
55. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
63.40 |
1.0018 |
0.0855 |
246 |
11 |
54.22 |
2009-05-21 |
56. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
63.32 |
1.0601 |
0.0223 |
256 |
7 |
54.27 |
2009-04-05 |
57. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
63.25 |
1.0498 |
0.0358 |
261 |
3 |
61.90 |
2009-03-20 |
58. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
63.21 |
1.0291 |
0.0525 |
240 |
5 |
57.09 |
2009-02-14 |
59. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
63.07 |
1.0103 |
0.0653 |
209 |
6 |
54.79 |
2009-02-25 |
60. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
62.96 |
1.0101 |
0.0711 |
336 |
2 |
58.03 |
2009-02-13 |
61. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
62.69 |
0.9780 |
0.0906 |
173 |
5 |
53.77 |
2009-03-19 |
62. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
62.69 |
1.0414 |
0.0325 |
234 |
4 |
55.35 |
2009-05-19 |
63. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
62.63 |
0.8624 |
0.2066 |
174 |
6 |
50.02 |
2009-02-14 |
64. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
62.63 |
1.0199 |
0.0500 |
225 |
7 |
54.00 |
2009-02-23 |
65. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
62.50 |
1.0082 |
0.0583 |
212 |
8 |
55.41 |
2009-02-19 |
66. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
62.46 |
1.0287 |
0.0410 |
269 |
10 |
53.57 |
2009-02-14 |
67. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
62.44 |
1.0320 |
0.0445 |
401 |
8 |
53.44 |
2009-02-06 |
68. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
62.41 |
0.9709 |
0.0977 |
264 |
6 |
56.17 |
2009-03-18 |
69. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
62.34 |
1.0472 |
0.0152 |
149 |
5 |
54.82 |
2009-02-23 |
70. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
62.07 |
1.0333 |
0.0257 |
176 |
6 |
47.36 |
2009-02-25 |
71. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
62.04 |
0.9422 |
0.1163 |
190 |
6 |
50.66 |
2009-05-21 |
72. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
61.96 |
1.0332 |
0.0284 |
267 |
5 |
54.61 |
2009-02-14 |
73. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
61.88 |
1.0370 |
0.0236 |
262 |
2 |
58.23 |
2009-02-24 |
74. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
61.87 |
0.9841 |
0.0749 |
263 |
6 |
52.63 |
2009-04-17 |
75. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
61.87 |
0.9885 |
0.0722 |
355 |
1 |
61.87 |
2009-04-14 |
76. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
61.60 |
1.0481 |
0.0002 |
255 |
1 |
61.60 |
2009-03-10 |
77. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
61.55 |
1.0462 |
0.0119 |
340 |
4 |
56.14 |
2009-04-05 |
78. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
61.50 |
0.9966 |
0.0648 |
377 |
3 |
57.44 |
2009-03-02 |
79. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
61.41 |
1.0035 |
0.0498 |
310 |
4 |
51.07 |
2009-02-23 |
80. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
61.31 |
1.0387 |
0.0165 |
333 |
7 |
53.34 |
2009-02-24 |
81. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
61.23 |
0.9763 |
0.0728 |
143 |
2 |
53.40 |
2009-02-06 |
82. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
61.21 |
1.0576 |
-0.0112 |
231 |
2 |
53.98 |
2009-01-23 |
83. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
61.09 |
0.9315 |
0.1175 |
273 |
9 |
54.27 |
2009-02-22 |
84. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
61.06 |
0.9909 |
0.0604 |
293 |
2 |
58.72 |
2009-03-02 |
85. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
61.03 |
0.9346 |
0.1086 |
211 |
6 |
52.12 |
2010-05-29 |
86. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
61.01 |
0.9012 |
0.1481 |
322 |
9 |
48.53 |
2009-02-26 |
87. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
60.99 |
1.0059 |
0.0407 |
283 |
5 |
50.52 |
2009-02-25 |
88. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
60.98 |
1.0301 |
0.0139 |
268 |
5 |
51.44 |
2009-01-23 |
89. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
60.96 |
0.9762 |
0.0687 |
249 |
10 |
52.84 |
2009-04-10 |
90. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
60.91 |
1.0404 |
0.0086 |
406 |
4 |
56.49 |
2009-05-21 |
91. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
60.88 |
1.0253 |
0.0213 |
337 |
2 |
54.85 |
2009-02-27 |
92. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
60.79 |
0.9631 |
0.0784 |
273 |
7 |
53.80 |
2009-04-07 |
93. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
60.72 |
0.9713 |
0.0681 |
193 |
5 |
56.38 |
2009-03-26 |
94. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
60.65 |
0.9974 |
0.0383 |
163 |
3 |
50.50 |
2009-01-29 |
95. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
60.54 |
1.0617 |
-0.0259 |
171 |
8 |
53.67 |
2010-05-29 |
96. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
60.28 |
0.9519 |
0.0852 |
323 |
8 |
50.26 |
2009-04-06 |
97. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
60.23 |
1.0427 |
-0.0095 |
269 |
2 |
50.53 |
2009-02-14 |
98. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
60.10 |
0.9594 |
0.0689 |
258 |
3 |
56.24 |
2009-02-13 |
99. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
60.04 |
1.0351 |
-0.0021 |
276 |
3 |
57.42 |
2009-04-06 |
100. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
60.02 |
0.9597 |
0.0692 |
251 |
5 |
51.77 |
2009-04-14 |
101. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
59.97 |
0.9779 |
0.0485 |
255 |
3 |
58.49 |
2009-02-22 |
102. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
59.85 |
1.0800 |
-0.0612 |
129 |
7 |
55.45 |
2009-04-10 |
103. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
59.83 |
1.0450 |
-0.0143 |
358 |
2 |
58.60 |
2009-06-01 |
104. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
59.79 |
1.0418 |
-0.0162 |
214 |
4 |
51.88 |
2010-05-29 |
105. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
59.72 |
1.0264 |
-0.0070 |
191 |
11 |
50.35 |
2009-03-20 |
106. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
59.70 |
1.0464 |
-0.0182 |
294 |
4 |
52.19 |
2009-05-21 |
107. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
59.69 |
0.9685 |
0.0552 |
304 |
3 |
56.63 |
2009-02-23 |
108. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
59.69 |
1.0341 |
-0.0117 |
273 |
4 |
58.55 |
2009-04-04 |
109. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
59.67 |
1.0543 |
-0.0349 |
182 |
3 |
52.88 |
2009-02-12 |
110. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
59.64 |
0.8666 |
0.1531 |
206 |
5 |
52.06 |
2009-06-04 |
111. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
59.64 |
1.0016 |
0.0190 |
217 |
6 |
52.34 |
2009-04-05 |
112. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
59.63 |
0.9740 |
0.0513 |
371 |
3 |
57.58 |
2009-03-24 |
113. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
59.60 |
1.0877 |
-0.0696 |
129 |
1 |
59.60 |
2009-02-03 |
114. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
59.56 |
0.9636 |
0.0558 |
281 |
6 |
52.41 |
2009-02-14 |
115. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
59.51 |
0.9787 |
0.0446 |
364 |
2 |
53.34 |
2009-02-14 |
116. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
59.46 |
1.0178 |
-0.0004 |
207 |
5 |
50.97 |
2009-02-23 |
117. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
59.41 |
0.9727 |
0.0522 |
442 |
5 |
54.55 |
2009-06-04 |
118. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
59.35 |
1.0197 |
-0.0043 |
204 |
3 |
56.00 |
2009-08-20 |
119. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
59.29 |
0.9583 |
0.0583 |
237 |
6 |
54.98 |
2009-02-26 |
120. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
59.29 |
1.0479 |
-0.0334 |
205 |
4 |
55.90 |
2009-05-19 |
121. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
59.25 |
0.8845 |
0.1322 |
239 |
4 |
49.74 |
2009-04-05 |
122. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
59.21 |
1.0487 |
-0.0361 |
253 |
6 |
53.54 |
2009-02-06 |
123. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
59.14 |
1.0362 |
-0.0163 |
437 |
3 |
55.40 |
2009-08-20 |
124. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
59.12 |
0.9884 |
0.0273 |
267 |
6 |
50.80 |
2009-04-05 |
125. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
59.07 |
1.0135 |
0.0021 |
358 |
8 |
52.97 |
2009-05-21 |
126. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
59.07 |
0.9736 |
0.0458 |
378 |
1 |
59.07 |
2009-05-19 |
127. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
59.04 |
0.9183 |
0.0944 |
308 |
4 |
53.42 |
2009-03-10 |
128. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
59.01 |
0.9980 |
0.0155 |
295 |
4 |
54.39 |
2009-03-19 |
129. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
58.98 |
0.9928 |
0.0174 |
293 |
7 |
51.18 |
2009-03-25 |
130. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
58.97 |
1.0057 |
0.0078 |
382 |
6 |
54.88 |
2009-04-24 |
131. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
58.94 |
1.0115 |
-0.0066 |
189 |
4 |
51.77 |
2009-02-05 |
132. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
58.87 |
1.0028 |
0.0050 |
259 |
8 |
55.03 |
2009-04-04 |
133. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
58.81 |
1.0272 |
-0.0214 |
226 |
3 |
56.88 |
2009-02-23 |
134. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
58.75 |
0.9621 |
0.0418 |
201 |
3 |
54.40 |
2009-01-27 |
135. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
58.71 |
1.0800 |
-0.0768 |
213 |
3 |
57.69 |
2009-02-04 |
136. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
58.56 |
1.0165 |
-0.0138 |
316 |
6 |
52.23 |
2009-03-25 |
137. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
58.53 |
0.9468 |
0.0560 |
318 |
7 |
47.05 |
2009-02-05 |
138. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
58.50 |
1.0060 |
-0.0028 |
225 |
6 |
56.66 |
2009-02-14 |
139. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
58.50 |
1.0079 |
-0.0064 |
273 |
9 |
51.74 |
2009-04-01 |
140. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
58.42 |
0.9890 |
0.0160 |
272 |
2 |
50.12 |
2009-05-13 |
141. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
58.40 |
0.9952 |
0.0080 |
220 |
7 |
53.76 |
2009-02-20 |
142. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
58.22 |
0.9609 |
0.0416 |
331 |
3 |
55.05 |
2009-04-17 |
143. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
58.17 |
0.9810 |
0.0208 |
362 |
5 |
53.14 |
2009-04-05 |
144. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
58.09 |
1.0506 |
-0.0556 |
259 |
3 |
54.06 |
2009-01-20 |
145. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
58.02 |
0.9574 |
0.0400 |
354 |
5 |
54.48 |
2009-04-06 |
146. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
57.90 |
0.9841 |
0.0048 |
217 |
4 |
51.76 |
2009-02-25 |
147. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
57.89 |
0.9849 |
0.0083 |
337 |
5 |
52.87 |
2009-04-06 |
148. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
57.87 |
0.9836 |
0.0082 |
289 |
3 |
52.88 |
2009-02-13 |
149. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
57.85 |
1.0194 |
-0.0302 |
224 |
5 |
52.83 |
2009-04-04 |
150. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
57.85 |
1.0094 |
-0.0180 |
256 |
3 |
53.62 |
2009-04-05 |
151. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
57.79 |
0.9228 |
0.0720 |
305 |
5 |
50.66 |
2009-02-10 |
152. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
57.67 |
0.9604 |
0.0257 |
285 |
4 |
51.39 |
2009-01-28 |
153. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
57.63 |
0.9703 |
0.0238 |
394 |
10 |
52.94 |
2009-03-26 |
154. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
57.52 |
1.0086 |
-0.0273 |
218 |
6 |
50.65 |
2009-07-29 |
155. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
57.42 |
1.0476 |
-0.0731 |
110 |
3 |
51.05 |
2009-03-20 |
156. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
57.25 |
0.9963 |
-0.0177 |
274 |
6 |
53.04 |
2009-03-23 |
157. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
57.21 |
1.0106 |
-0.0313 |
302 |
4 |
48.20 |
2009-04-01 |
158. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
57.21 |
0.8988 |
0.0807 |
193 |
3 |
53.89 |
2009-02-05 |
159. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
57.21 |
1.0042 |
-0.0277 |
168 |
5 |
48.73 |
2009-03-23 |
160. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
57.21 |
0.9948 |
-0.0156 |
233 |
4 |
53.71 |
2009-02-04 |
161. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
57.15 |
1.0234 |
-0.0401 |
392 |
5 |
51.12 |
2009-03-18 |
162. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
57.07 |
0.9915 |
-0.0145 |
281 |
3 |
52.55 |
2009-02-03 |
163. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
57.00 |
0.8993 |
0.0802 |
366 |
4 |
50.26 |
2009-02-26 |
164. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
56.98 |
0.9108 |
0.0654 |
235 |
5 |
51.11 |
2009-07-29 |
165. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
56.96 |
1.0132 |
-0.0366 |
371 |
8 |
50.80 |
2009-05-21 |
166. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
56.95 |
0.9103 |
0.0653 |
269 |
3 |
53.23 |
2009-02-05 |
167. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
56.90 |
0.9392 |
0.0418 |
360 |
4 |
51.73 |
2009-04-10 |
168. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
56.84 |
1.0128 |
-0.0321 |
369 |
1 |
56.84 |
2009-03-20 |
169. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
56.73 |
1.0419 |
-0.0668 |
341 |
3 |
53.10 |
2009-02-13 |
170. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
56.70 |
0.9957 |
-0.0202 |
323 |
6 |
49.10 |
2009-05-21 |
171. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
56.68 |
0.9299 |
0.0328 |
168 |
7 |
52.25 |
2009-02-13 |
172. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
56.63 |
1.0033 |
-0.0327 |
203 |
3 |
53.75 |
2009-02-05 |
173. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
56.57 |
0.9380 |
0.0297 |
284 |
6 |
52.68 |
2009-06-04 |
174. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
56.43 |
0.9957 |
-0.0291 |
323 |
3 |
52.85 |
2009-01-20 |
175. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
56.25 |
0.9402 |
0.0216 |
310 |
6 |
50.47 |
2009-02-26 |
176. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
56.24 |
0.9852 |
-0.0223 |
235 |
5 |
52.26 |
2009-03-02 |
177. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
56.20 |
0.9451 |
0.0257 |
419 |
1 |
56.20 |
2009-02-24 |
178. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
56.11 |
0.9352 |
0.0250 |
194 |
4 |
52.88 |
2009-04-17 |
179. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
56.03 |
1.0250 |
-0.0622 |
271 |
3 |
51.00 |
2009-02-14 |
180. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
55.93 |
0.9756 |
-0.0181 |
223 |
3 |
52.27 |
2009-02-24 |
181. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
55.88 |
0.9933 |
-0.0286 |
450 |
3 |
53.62 |
2009-02-02 |
182. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
55.86 |
0.8986 |
0.0567 |
205 |
4 |
48.11 |
2009-02-14 |
183. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
55.81 |
1.0426 |
-0.0905 |
131 |
4 |
53.39 |
2009-04-06 |
184. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
55.80 |
0.9500 |
0.0077 |
287 |
5 |
53.33 |
2009-03-10 |
185. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
55.68 |
1.0181 |
-0.0629 |
276 |
8 |
49.63 |
2009-02-10 |
186. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
55.56 |
0.9541 |
-0.0017 |
236 |
6 |
48.68 |
2009-06-30 |
187. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
55.55 |
0.9084 |
0.0447 |
271 |
1 |
55.55 |
2009-01-18 |
188. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
55.51 |
1.0865 |
-0.1357 |
237 |
2 |
54.44 |
2009-02-10 |
189. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
55.38 |
0.8986 |
0.0551 |
363 |
5 |
49.79 |
2009-05-19 |
190. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
55.36 |
0.9434 |
0.0095 |
367 |
5 |
46.13 |
2009-02-24 |
191. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
55.29 |
1.0432 |
-0.0954 |
276 |
4 |
51.37 |
2009-04-10 |
192. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
55.26 |
0.9070 |
0.0348 |
192 |
4 |
45.86 |
2009-02-04 |
193. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
55.25 |
0.9726 |
-0.0209 |
396 |
6 |
53.20 |
2009-03-26 |
194. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
55.23 |
0.9809 |
-0.0387 |
209 |
3 |
47.96 |
2009-02-14 |
195. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
55.16 |
0.9243 |
0.0227 |
240 |
9 |
43.60 |
2009-03-23 |
196. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
55.14 |
0.9827 |
-0.0372 |
314 |
4 |
49.71 |
2009-02-13 |
197. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
55.12 |
0.9673 |
-0.0192 |
393 |
6 |
49.93 |
2009-03-19 |
198. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
55.08 |
0.9400 |
0.0061 |
434 |
5 |
48.21 |
2009-04-01 |
199. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
55.06 |
1.0006 |
-0.0574 |
311 |
1 |
55.06 |
2009-02-13 |
200. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
54.95 |
0.9010 |
0.0428 |
266 |
2 |
48.02 |
2009-01-23 |
201. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
54.82 |
0.9765 |
-0.0381 |
269 |
5 |
48.15 |
2009-02-22 |
202. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
54.78 |
0.9917 |
-0.0512 |
317 |
7 |
50.08 |
2009-02-09 |
203. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
54.77 |
0.9866 |
-0.0480 |
308 |
3 |
53.05 |
2009-06-01 |
204. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
54.76 |
1.0265 |
-0.0848 |
375 |
4 |
48.99 |
2009-02-05 |
205. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
54.71 |
0.9909 |
-0.0498 |
334 |
3 |
50.40 |
2009-04-13 |
206. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
54.68 |
0.9680 |
-0.0313 |
256 |
3 |
50.10 |
2009-02-06 |
207. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
54.67 |
0.9842 |
-0.0455 |
335 |
6 |
49.54 |
2009-04-17 |
208. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
54.66 |
0.9931 |
-0.0523 |
339 |
6 |
47.79 |
2009-02-23 |
209. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
54.52 |
0.9931 |
-0.0631 |
218 |
2 |
48.61 |
2009-02-19 |
210. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
54.52 |
0.9996 |
-0.0582 |
483 |
1 |
54.52 |
2009-02-13 |
211. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
54.50 |
0.8381 |
0.0990 |
283 |
3 |
47.13 |
2009-02-04 |
212. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
54.39 |
1.1198 |
-0.1892 |
247 |
2 |
53.49 |
2009-04-05 |
213. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
54.34 |
0.8830 |
0.0503 |
300 |
8 |
47.84 |
2009-03-02 |
214. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
54.23 |
0.9927 |
-0.0632 |
276 |
3 |
46.31 |
2009-02-10 |
215. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
54.01 |
0.8964 |
0.0258 |
199 |
3 |
48.93 |
2009-03-26 |
216. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
53.99 |
0.9503 |
-0.0323 |
211 |
5 |
51.02 |
2009-04-05 |
217. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
53.98 |
0.9981 |
-0.0744 |
211 |
4 |
50.55 |
2009-02-04 |
218. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
53.97 |
0.9260 |
0.0014 |
348 |
1 |
53.97 |
2009-02-13 |
219. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
53.95 |
1.0672 |
-0.1443 |
239 |
1 |
53.95 |
2009-01-18 |
220. |
So it's all come back round to breaking apart again. Breakin... |
53.89 |
1.0697 |
-0.1373 |
341 |
1 |
53.89 |
2010-05-29 |
221. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
53.89 |
0.9768 |
-0.0525 |
237 |
2 |
51.63 |
2009-01-23 |
222. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
53.83 |
0.9745 |
-0.0504 |
388 |
6 |
50.88 |
2009-02-25 |
223. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
53.70 |
0.9119 |
0.0121 |
396 |
2 |
52.79 |
2009-02-14 |
224. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
53.50 |
0.9143 |
0.0030 |
300 |
7 |
48.87 |
2009-03-20 |
225. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
53.46 |
0.9603 |
-0.0392 |
430 |
2 |
52.03 |
2009-02-24 |
226. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
53.44 |
0.9162 |
0.0003 |
401 |
5 |
49.26 |
2009-04-06 |
227. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
53.43 |
0.9561 |
-0.0394 |
362 |
6 |
49.44 |
2009-04-10 |
228. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
53.16 |
0.9114 |
0.0065 |
399 |
3 |
51.23 |
2009-02-24 |
229. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
53.14 |
1.0279 |
-0.1235 |
172 |
2 |
50.40 |
2009-01-19 |
230. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
53.04 |
0.8986 |
0.0104 |
216 |
5 |
48.75 |
2009-04-14 |
231. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
53.00 |
0.9357 |
-0.0302 |
204 |
1 |
53.00 |
2009-02-05 |
232. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
52.99 |
0.9650 |
-0.0548 |
347 |
4 |
46.24 |
2009-01-22 |
233. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
52.99 |
0.9869 |
-0.0830 |
193 |
3 |
49.39 |
2009-03-26 |
234. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
52.89 |
1.0270 |
-0.1206 |
303 |
6 |
47.92 |
2009-01-23 |
235. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
52.80 |
0.9644 |
-0.0571 |
398 |
2 |
49.86 |
2009-01-23 |
236. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
52.79 |
1.0495 |
-0.1459 |
323 |
4 |
48.67 |
2009-02-03 |
237. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
52.75 |
0.9807 |
-0.0889 |
129 |
4 |
47.95 |
2009-02-14 |
238. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
52.73 |
0.9678 |
-0.0605 |
392 |
1 |
52.73 |
2009-02-06 |
239. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
52.71 |
1.0125 |
-0.1113 |
232 |
3 |
50.70 |
2009-03-02 |
240. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
52.70 |
0.9885 |
-0.0793 |
469 |
2 |
52.70 |
2009-02-25 |
241. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
52.58 |
0.9538 |
-0.0536 |
276 |
3 |
50.28 |
2009-03-24 |
242. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
52.52 |
0.9023 |
-0.0043 |
268 |
2 |
51.94 |
2009-02-03 |
243. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
52.35 |
0.9621 |
-0.0632 |
212 |
1 |
52.35 |
2009-07-29 |
244. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
52.32 |
0.9332 |
-0.0372 |
267 |
5 |
46.92 |
2009-02-12 |
245. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
52.14 |
0.9479 |
-0.0534 |
317 |
3 |
48.34 |
2009-04-17 |
246. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
52.10 |
0.9658 |
-0.0699 |
308 |
1 |
52.10 |
2009-02-10 |
247. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
52.08 |
0.9284 |
-0.0329 |
346 |
6 |
50.31 |
2009-02-24 |
248. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
52.01 |
0.8880 |
0.0027 |
296 |
4 |
48.28 |
2009-02-09 |
249. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
51.76 |
0.8778 |
0.0103 |
285 |
5 |
44.49 |
2009-03-01 |
250. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
51.50 |
0.9310 |
-0.0497 |
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2 |
48.45 |
2009-03-18 |
251. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
51.49 |
0.9027 |
-0.0246 |
189 |
3 |
47.44 |
2009-02-03 |
252. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
51.46 |
0.9359 |
-0.0541 |
355 |
3 |
48.98 |
2009-01-23 |
253. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
51.42 |
0.8936 |
-0.0143 |
346 |
4 |
46.52 |
2009-06-01 |
254. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
51.38 |
1.0836 |
-0.2005 |
206 |
1 |
51.38 |
2010-05-29 |
255. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
51.36 |
0.9339 |
-0.0487 |
317 |
8 |
45.00 |
2009-06-04 |
256. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
51.27 |
0.8794 |
0.0050 |
427 |
2 |
50.39 |
2009-02-23 |
257. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
51.22 |
0.8847 |
-0.0099 |
282 |
1 |
51.22 |
2009-01-20 |
258. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
51.14 |
0.9145 |
-0.0354 |
404 |
2 |
50.29 |
2009-03-19 |
259. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
50.93 |
0.9425 |
-0.0698 |
248 |
4 |
48.84 |
2009-06-04 |
260. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
50.86 |
0.9632 |
-0.0912 |
287 |
4 |
45.15 |
2009-04-05 |
261. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
50.77 |
0.8572 |
0.0103 |
232 |
2 |
46.37 |
2009-01-28 |
262. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
50.49 |
0.8656 |
0.0000 |
242 |
8 |
43.20 |
2009-02-23 |
263. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
50.32 |
0.9719 |
-0.1032 |
383 |
1 |
50.32 |
2009-03-19 |
264. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
50.00 |
0.9068 |
-0.0528 |
212 |
2 |
49.67 |
2010-05-29 |
265. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
49.99 |
0.9332 |
-0.0760 |
295 |
2 |
49.47 |
2009-01-22 |
266. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
49.93 |
0.9839 |
-0.1294 |
308 |
3 |
48.04 |
2009-02-05 |
267. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
49.72 |
0.9128 |
-0.0645 |
237 |
1 |
49.72 |
2009-03-02 |
268. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
49.43 |
0.9101 |
-0.0601 |
351 |
3 |
46.87 |
2009-03-25 |
269. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
49.32 |
0.9681 |
-0.1183 |
392 |
1 |
49.32 |
2009-04-01 |
270. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
49.31 |
0.9704 |
-0.1263 |
254 |
1 |
49.31 |
2009-02-20 |
271. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
49.28 |
0.8988 |
-0.0553 |
216 |
2 |
48.37 |
2009-02-22 |
272. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
49.28 |
0.9271 |
-0.0811 |
323 |
2 |
49.09 |
2009-01-23 |
273. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
49.10 |
1.0561 |
-0.2176 |
227 |
1 |
49.10 |
2009-01-15 |
274. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
49.02 |
0.8603 |
-0.0213 |
270 |
4 |
44.45 |
2009-02-03 |
275. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
48.65 |
0.9673 |
-0.1324 |
292 |
2 |
48.12 |
2009-02-06 |
276. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
48.61 |
0.9265 |
-0.0956 |
254 |
3 |
46.31 |
2009-02-14 |
277. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
48.58 |
0.9136 |
-0.0788 |
348 |
3 |
45.88 |
2009-02-14 |
278. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
47.99 |
0.9271 |
-0.1062 |
295 |
5 |
44.54 |
2009-02-04 |
279. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
47.55 |
0.8474 |
-0.0332 |
265 |
2 |
42.70 |
2009-01-18 |
280. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
46.65 |
0.8437 |
-0.0462 |
268 |
2 |
46.64 |
2009-05-19 |
281. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
46.64 |
0.9829 |
-0.1856 |
229 |
2 |
46.10 |
2009-01-18 |
282. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
46.40 |
0.9011 |
-0.1040 |
322 |
5 |
43.24 |
2009-04-14 |
283. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
44.56 |
0.9698 |
-0.2027 |
389 |
1 |
44.56 |
2009-01-21 |
284. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
44.27 |
0.8959 |
-0.1334 |
328 |
1 |
44.27 |
2009-01-16 |
285. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
43.96 |
0.9424 |
-0.1881 |
320 |
1 |
43.96 |
2009-02-05 |
286. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
42.75 |
0.7923 |
-0.0608 |
316 |
2 |
41.30 |
2009-02-12 |
287. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
40.77 |
0.9922 |
-0.2948 |
264 |
2 |
40.27 |
2009-01-18 |
288. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
39.13 |
0.8913 |
-0.2213 |
201 |
1 |
39.13 |
2009-01-21 |
289. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
32.45 |
0.9206 |
-0.3668 |
317 |
1 |
32.45 |
2009-02-12 |