| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
95.82 |
1.0561 |
0.2016 |
227 |
7 |
75.34 |
2009-05-15 |
| 2. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
92.11 |
1.0777 |
0.1308 |
226 |
12 |
76.36 |
2009-05-16 |
| 3. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
91.70 |
1.0543 |
0.1476 |
182 |
10 |
73.14 |
2009-05-15 |
| 4. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
90.62 |
1.0557 |
0.1364 |
289 |
10 |
72.19 |
2009-05-15 |
| 5. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
89.93 |
1.0638 |
0.1160 |
247 |
8 |
71.60 |
2009-05-15 |
| 6. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
89.40 |
1.0466 |
0.1278 |
230 |
6 |
69.40 |
2009-05-18 |
| 7. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
88.93 |
1.0960 |
0.0767 |
315 |
5 |
74.97 |
2009-05-15 |
| 8. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
88.33 |
1.0125 |
0.1467 |
232 |
9 |
72.60 |
2009-05-16 |
| 9. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
88.08 |
1.0060 |
0.1521 |
225 |
9 |
74.07 |
2009-05-20 |
| 10. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
88.05 |
1.0865 |
0.0703 |
237 |
6 |
73.62 |
2009-05-16 |
| 11. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
87.56 |
1.0125 |
0.1331 |
171 |
3 |
70.82 |
2009-05-12 |
| 12. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
87.42 |
0.9880 |
0.1564 |
199 |
5 |
69.45 |
2009-05-16 |
| 13. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
87.26 |
1.0800 |
0.0595 |
129 |
8 |
76.03 |
2009-05-15 |
| 14. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
86.83 |
0.9765 |
0.1636 |
269 |
8 |
68.36 |
2009-05-15 |
| 15. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
86.39 |
1.0873 |
0.0447 |
243 |
6 |
76.55 |
2009-05-15 |
| 16. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
86.22 |
0.9346 |
0.1953 |
211 |
10 |
67.75 |
2009-05-20 |
| 17. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
86.21 |
1.0250 |
0.1105 |
271 |
11 |
77.19 |
2009-05-16 |
| 18. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
86.16 |
1.1086 |
0.0238 |
233 |
5 |
76.67 |
2009-05-16 |
| 19. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
85.99 |
1.0288 |
0.0962 |
166 |
7 |
77.38 |
2009-05-20 |
| 20. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
85.96 |
1.0132 |
0.1167 |
371 |
9 |
74.41 |
2009-05-20 |
| 21. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
85.93 |
1.0676 |
0.0659 |
456 |
6 |
76.57 |
2009-05-20 |
| 22. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
85.82 |
0.9866 |
0.1413 |
308 |
6 |
71.52 |
2009-05-18 |
| 23. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
85.60 |
1.0301 |
0.0932 |
268 |
8 |
70.85 |
2009-05-15 |
| 24. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
85.08 |
1.0529 |
0.0674 |
373 |
5 |
78.64 |
2009-05-14 |
| 25. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
85.02 |
0.9927 |
0.1248 |
276 |
8 |
70.88 |
2009-05-15 |
| 26. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
84.93 |
0.9869 |
0.1252 |
193 |
8 |
69.69 |
2009-05-20 |
| 27. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
84.84 |
1.0506 |
0.0635 |
259 |
5 |
71.00 |
2009-05-08 |
| 28. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
84.75 |
1.0334 |
0.0794 |
261 |
8 |
73.08 |
2009-05-20 |
| 29. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
84.57 |
1.0654 |
0.0431 |
247 |
6 |
74.91 |
2009-05-14 |
| 30. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
84.49 |
1.0130 |
0.0970 |
288 |
4 |
76.32 |
2009-05-16 |
| 31. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
84.21 |
1.0576 |
0.0458 |
231 |
10 |
68.24 |
2009-05-14 |
| 32. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
83.73 |
1.0464 |
0.0585 |
294 |
8 |
73.30 |
2009-05-15 |
| 33. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
83.52 |
1.0427 |
0.0553 |
269 |
10 |
70.87 |
2009-05-20 |
| 34. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
83.42 |
0.9884 |
0.1099 |
267 |
4 |
71.88 |
2009-07-24 |
| 35. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
83.37 |
1.0086 |
0.0822 |
218 |
3 |
71.81 |
2009-05-15 |
| 36. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
83.34 |
1.0582 |
0.0334 |
180 |
6 |
75.08 |
2009-05-15 |
| 37. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
83.26 |
1.0197 |
0.0722 |
204 |
9 |
67.76 |
2009-05-20 |
| 38. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
83.24 |
1.0291 |
0.0622 |
240 |
3 |
69.63 |
2009-05-15 |
| 39. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
83.00 |
1.0567 |
0.0332 |
314 |
9 |
75.71 |
2009-05-06 |
| 40. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
82.92 |
1.0426 |
0.0426 |
131 |
3 |
69.33 |
2009-05-15 |
| 41. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
82.90 |
1.0404 |
0.0534 |
406 |
7 |
74.93 |
2009-05-16 |
| 42. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
82.79 |
1.0877 |
-0.0036 |
129 |
10 |
69.00 |
2009-05-18 |
| 43. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
82.77 |
0.9709 |
0.1150 |
264 |
9 |
73.05 |
2009-05-17 |
| 44. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
82.44 |
1.0267 |
0.0592 |
261 |
9 |
73.31 |
2009-05-17 |
| 45. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
82.39 |
0.9632 |
0.1202 |
287 |
4 |
74.18 |
2009-05-15 |
| 46. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
82.31 |
1.0669 |
0.0174 |
379 |
7 |
71.22 |
2009-05-16 |
| 47. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
82.29 |
0.9597 |
0.1214 |
251 |
10 |
71.28 |
2009-05-18 |
| 48. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
82.18 |
1.0588 |
0.0207 |
281 |
7 |
73.49 |
2009-05-16 |
| 49. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
82.14 |
1.0867 |
-0.0122 |
171 |
6 |
68.81 |
2009-05-13 |
| 50. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
82.14 |
0.9928 |
0.0855 |
293 |
5 |
74.11 |
2009-05-20 |
| 51. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
82.09 |
1.0743 |
0.0050 |
297 |
5 |
74.11 |
2009-05-18 |
| 52. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
81.97 |
1.0103 |
0.0606 |
209 |
10 |
69.76 |
2009-05-16 |
| 53. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
81.87 |
0.9841 |
0.0879 |
217 |
5 |
71.96 |
2009-05-11 |
| 54. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
81.81 |
0.9503 |
0.1175 |
211 |
5 |
68.43 |
2009-05-13 |
| 55. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
81.78 |
0.9996 |
0.0820 |
483 |
5 |
71.48 |
2009-05-17 |
| 56. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
81.77 |
1.0265 |
0.0512 |
375 |
4 |
74.89 |
2009-05-16 |
| 57. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
81.68 |
1.0476 |
0.0158 |
110 |
13 |
71.16 |
2009-05-13 |
| 58. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
81.58 |
1.0006 |
0.0709 |
311 |
3 |
74.69 |
2009-05-20 |
| 59. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
81.51 |
1.0487 |
0.0197 |
253 |
10 |
70.40 |
2009-05-07 |
| 60. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
81.49 |
1.0082 |
0.0571 |
212 |
13 |
70.82 |
2009-05-15 |
| 61. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
81.48 |
1.0472 |
0.0167 |
149 |
7 |
71.45 |
2009-05-13 |
| 62. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
81.47 |
1.1093 |
-0.0449 |
220 |
6 |
70.56 |
2009-05-16 |
| 63. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
81.36 |
1.0272 |
0.0393 |
226 |
5 |
67.02 |
2009-05-06 |
| 64. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
81.36 |
1.0181 |
0.0518 |
276 |
5 |
71.52 |
2009-05-13 |
| 65. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
81.33 |
1.0362 |
0.0383 |
437 |
5 |
74.88 |
2009-05-20 |
| 66. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
81.24 |
1.0165 |
0.0497 |
316 |
2 |
74.08 |
2009-05-16 |
| 67. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
81.15 |
1.1198 |
-0.0550 |
247 |
6 |
75.04 |
2009-05-18 |
| 68. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
81.09 |
1.0234 |
0.0457 |
392 |
8 |
72.63 |
2009-05-16 |
| 69. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
80.92 |
1.0590 |
0.0027 |
250 |
4 |
74.85 |
2009-05-08 |
| 70. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
80.87 |
1.0881 |
-0.0299 |
210 |
10 |
71.24 |
2009-07-24 |
| 71. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
80.82 |
1.0479 |
0.0119 |
205 |
4 |
70.45 |
2009-05-20 |
| 72. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
80.79 |
1.1070 |
-0.0471 |
265 |
5 |
73.57 |
2009-04-20 |
| 73. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
80.75 |
1.0419 |
0.0217 |
341 |
10 |
73.24 |
2009-05-20 |
| 74. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
80.62 |
0.9927 |
0.0628 |
234 |
6 |
70.39 |
2009-05-11 |
| 75. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
80.57 |
1.0115 |
0.0414 |
189 |
6 |
72.03 |
2009-05-15 |
| 76. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
80.49 |
0.9070 |
0.1453 |
192 |
5 |
70.09 |
2009-05-20 |
| 77. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
80.47 |
1.0845 |
-0.0288 |
212 |
6 |
72.08 |
2009-05-18 |
| 78. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
80.43 |
0.9915 |
0.0639 |
281 |
9 |
68.35 |
2009-05-13 |
| 79. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
80.26 |
1.0901 |
-0.0341 |
288 |
6 |
74.05 |
2009-05-16 |
| 80. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
80.20 |
1.0498 |
0.0047 |
261 |
8 |
68.75 |
2009-05-15 |
| 81. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
80.01 |
0.9849 |
0.0670 |
337 |
4 |
74.11 |
2009-05-18 |
| 82. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
79.96 |
1.0600 |
-0.0096 |
351 |
12 |
71.66 |
2009-05-20 |
| 83. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
79.88 |
1.0387 |
0.0145 |
333 |
4 |
73.24 |
2009-05-15 |
| 84. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
79.85 |
0.9909 |
0.0623 |
293 |
7 |
63.23 |
2009-05-20 |
| 85. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
79.48 |
1.0403 |
0.0017 |
234 |
5 |
69.57 |
2009-05-15 |
| 86. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
79.42 |
1.0736 |
-0.0280 |
350 |
4 |
75.38 |
2009-05-15 |
| 87. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
79.38 |
0.9698 |
0.0776 |
389 |
4 |
70.98 |
2009-05-18 |
| 88. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
79.33 |
1.0418 |
0.0008 |
214 |
6 |
71.82 |
2009-05-13 |
| 89. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
79.31 |
1.0079 |
0.0326 |
273 |
5 |
67.47 |
2009-05-15 |
| 90. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
79.27 |
1.0333 |
0.0026 |
176 |
8 |
68.96 |
2009-05-11 |
| 91. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
79.25 |
1.0481 |
-0.0151 |
255 |
8 |
74.28 |
2009-05-20 |
| 92. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
79.18 |
1.0033 |
0.0368 |
203 |
7 |
70.83 |
2009-05-16 |
| 93. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
79.08 |
1.0686 |
-0.0265 |
354 |
8 |
72.24 |
2009-05-18 |
| 94. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
79.01 |
0.9829 |
0.0539 |
229 |
4 |
68.00 |
2009-05-16 |
| 95. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
79.01 |
0.9763 |
0.0607 |
143 |
8 |
69.67 |
2009-05-15 |
| 96. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
78.95 |
1.0101 |
0.0284 |
336 |
3 |
76.25 |
2009-05-08 |
| 97. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
78.94 |
1.0628 |
-0.0242 |
363 |
9 |
73.44 |
2009-05-15 |
| 98. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
78.87 |
0.9917 |
0.0461 |
317 |
7 |
67.78 |
2009-05-20 |
| 99. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
78.73 |
0.8986 |
0.1335 |
205 |
4 |
61.56 |
2009-05-20 |
| 100. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
78.57 |
0.9736 |
0.0652 |
378 |
7 |
68.76 |
2009-05-16 |
| 101. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
78.50 |
0.9833 |
0.0499 |
387 |
3 |
70.54 |
2009-05-20 |
| 102. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
78.46 |
1.0450 |
-0.0094 |
358 |
7 |
73.35 |
2009-05-08 |
| 103. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
78.35 |
1.0106 |
0.0172 |
302 |
4 |
71.65 |
2009-05-20 |
| 104. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
78.29 |
1.0279 |
-0.0056 |
172 |
5 |
68.84 |
2009-05-14 |
| 105. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
78.25 |
0.9841 |
0.0418 |
263 |
8 |
69.17 |
2009-05-18 |
| 106. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
78.07 |
0.9574 |
0.0709 |
354 |
7 |
67.63 |
2009-05-20 |
| 107. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
77.94 |
1.0617 |
-0.0402 |
171 |
9 |
70.59 |
2009-04-23 |
| 108. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
77.89 |
0.9538 |
0.0687 |
276 |
4 |
65.52 |
2009-05-13 |
| 109. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
77.89 |
1.0208 |
0.0018 |
231 |
2 |
71.56 |
2009-05-15 |
| 110. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
77.63 |
0.9603 |
0.0645 |
430 |
3 |
72.56 |
2009-05-20 |
| 111. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
77.59 |
0.9779 |
0.0394 |
255 |
1 |
77.59 |
2009-05-14 |
| 112. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
77.59 |
0.9027 |
0.1126 |
189 |
8 |
66.57 |
2009-05-15 |
| 113. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
77.54 |
0.9931 |
0.0211 |
218 |
7 |
67.06 |
2009-05-15 |
| 114. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
77.49 |
0.9519 |
0.0695 |
323 |
5 |
68.91 |
2009-05-13 |
| 115. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
77.48 |
0.9359 |
0.0821 |
355 |
3 |
72.35 |
2009-05-14 |
| 116. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
77.44 |
1.0615 |
-0.0477 |
201 |
11 |
69.81 |
2009-05-18 |
| 117. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
77.42 |
1.0028 |
0.0126 |
259 |
5 |
71.65 |
2009-05-20 |
| 118. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
77.38 |
0.9392 |
0.0829 |
360 |
10 |
65.26 |
2009-05-15 |
| 119. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
77.37 |
1.0370 |
-0.0213 |
262 |
8 |
67.77 |
2009-05-15 |
| 120. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
77.33 |
0.9380 |
0.0758 |
284 |
7 |
72.41 |
2009-05-20 |
| 121. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
77.15 |
0.9500 |
0.0647 |
287 |
7 |
66.95 |
2009-05-14 |
| 122. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
77.02 |
0.8936 |
0.1165 |
346 |
10 |
66.52 |
2009-05-12 |
| 123. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
76.96 |
0.9885 |
0.0221 |
355 |
3 |
74.92 |
2009-05-18 |
| 124. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
76.94 |
1.0411 |
-0.0291 |
341 |
4 |
72.68 |
2009-05-15 |
| 125. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
76.90 |
1.0016 |
0.0065 |
217 |
9 |
69.40 |
2009-05-16 |
| 126. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
76.78 |
0.8964 |
0.1088 |
199 |
6 |
66.10 |
2009-05-16 |
| 127. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
76.72 |
1.0462 |
-0.0359 |
340 |
6 |
70.47 |
2009-05-18 |
| 128. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
76.62 |
1.0253 |
-0.0163 |
337 |
7 |
66.79 |
2009-05-09 |
| 129. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
76.54 |
0.9827 |
0.0231 |
314 |
4 |
69.25 |
2009-05-13 |
| 130. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
76.47 |
0.9981 |
0.0050 |
211 |
8 |
66.26 |
2009-05-18 |
| 131. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
76.36 |
1.0264 |
-0.0281 |
191 |
9 |
66.36 |
2009-05-14 |
| 132. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
76.30 |
1.0540 |
-0.0573 |
184 |
6 |
73.12 |
2009-04-24 |
| 133. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
76.24 |
0.9422 |
0.0536 |
190 |
3 |
72.51 |
2009-05-18 |
| 134. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
76.19 |
1.0035 |
-0.0026 |
310 |
3 |
67.73 |
2009-05-15 |
| 135. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
76.14 |
1.0018 |
-0.0019 |
246 |
6 |
73.10 |
2009-05-16 |
| 136. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
76.06 |
0.9315 |
0.0689 |
273 |
2 |
69.10 |
2009-04-24 |
| 137. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
76.03 |
0.9561 |
0.0437 |
362 |
9 |
66.75 |
2009-05-18 |
| 138. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
76.01 |
0.9801 |
0.0175 |
289 |
5 |
64.26 |
2009-05-17 |
| 139. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
75.86 |
1.0601 |
-0.0674 |
256 |
5 |
71.46 |
2009-05-20 |
| 140. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
75.78 |
1.0178 |
-0.0246 |
207 |
6 |
68.20 |
2009-05-20 |
| 141. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
75.76 |
0.8986 |
0.1010 |
363 |
5 |
69.12 |
2009-05-16 |
| 142. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
75.55 |
1.0270 |
-0.0346 |
303 |
5 |
74.24 |
2009-05-13 |
| 143. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
75.53 |
1.0128 |
-0.0144 |
369 |
4 |
70.60 |
2009-05-13 |
| 144. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
75.52 |
1.0414 |
-0.0509 |
234 |
2 |
65.46 |
2009-05-14 |
| 145. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
75.49 |
0.9809 |
0.0062 |
209 |
7 |
59.46 |
2009-05-11 |
| 146. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
75.25 |
0.9780 |
0.0037 |
173 |
6 |
68.66 |
2009-05-14 |
| 147. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
75.24 |
0.9128 |
0.0721 |
237 |
8 |
68.82 |
2009-05-17 |
| 148. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
75.23 |
1.0511 |
-0.0617 |
252 |
5 |
67.54 |
2009-05-12 |
| 149. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
75.22 |
1.0672 |
-0.0809 |
239 |
4 |
67.40 |
2009-05-11 |
| 150. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
75.18 |
0.9842 |
0.0049 |
335 |
4 |
67.62 |
2009-05-05 |
| 151. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
75.17 |
0.9402 |
0.0447 |
310 |
6 |
66.39 |
2009-05-16 |
| 152. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
75.17 |
1.0495 |
-0.0632 |
323 |
4 |
71.79 |
2009-05-20 |
| 153. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
75.09 |
0.9952 |
-0.0070 |
220 |
4 |
65.71 |
2009-05-16 |
| 154. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
75.07 |
1.0682 |
-0.0816 |
266 |
5 |
67.78 |
2009-05-20 |
| 155. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
75.07 |
1.0351 |
-0.0457 |
276 |
7 |
65.36 |
2009-05-15 |
| 156. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
75.01 |
0.9726 |
0.0173 |
396 |
3 |
70.36 |
2009-05-16 |
| 157. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
74.97 |
0.9745 |
0.0118 |
388 |
10 |
67.73 |
2009-05-13 |
| 158. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
74.87 |
0.9265 |
0.0552 |
254 |
7 |
67.19 |
2009-05-14 |
| 159. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
74.80 |
0.9339 |
0.0538 |
317 |
6 |
66.69 |
2009-05-15 |
| 160. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
74.79 |
0.9933 |
-0.0041 |
450 |
3 |
68.11 |
2009-05-18 |
| 161. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
74.71 |
1.0432 |
-0.0619 |
276 |
2 |
70.38 |
2009-05-07 |
| 162. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
74.61 |
1.0199 |
-0.0443 |
225 |
8 |
69.62 |
2009-05-06 |
| 163. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
74.52 |
0.9948 |
-0.0177 |
233 |
4 |
67.73 |
2009-05-18 |
| 164. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
74.49 |
0.9957 |
-0.0181 |
323 |
5 |
68.32 |
2009-05-13 |
| 165. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
74.48 |
1.0059 |
-0.0270 |
283 |
8 |
66.45 |
2009-05-20 |
| 166. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
74.40 |
0.9839 |
-0.0075 |
308 |
5 |
67.12 |
2009-05-14 |
| 167. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
74.30 |
1.0521 |
-0.0824 |
197 |
3 |
72.15 |
2009-04-21 |
| 168. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
74.25 |
0.9068 |
0.0660 |
212 |
8 |
66.40 |
2009-05-20 |
| 169. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
74.22 |
1.0194 |
-0.0472 |
224 |
4 |
66.81 |
2009-05-18 |
| 170. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
74.18 |
0.9931 |
-0.0149 |
339 |
3 |
70.11 |
2009-05-11 |
| 171. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
74.17 |
1.0320 |
-0.0524 |
401 |
2 |
72.90 |
2009-05-20 |
| 172. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
73.95 |
0.8778 |
0.0947 |
285 |
4 |
69.20 |
2009-05-16 |
| 173. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
73.89 |
0.9284 |
0.0452 |
346 |
8 |
65.19 |
2009-05-18 |
| 174. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
73.87 |
0.9909 |
-0.0174 |
334 |
10 |
66.21 |
2009-05-20 |
| 175. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
73.84 |
0.9299 |
0.0309 |
168 |
6 |
63.49 |
2009-05-18 |
| 176. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
73.77 |
1.0332 |
-0.0655 |
267 |
5 |
65.43 |
2009-05-07 |
| 177. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
73.61 |
1.0189 |
-0.0533 |
290 |
2 |
65.65 |
2009-05-15 |
| 178. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
73.59 |
1.0036 |
-0.0367 |
277 |
4 |
69.77 |
2009-04-24 |
| 179. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
73.56 |
0.9980 |
-0.0303 |
295 |
5 |
65.39 |
2009-05-06 |
| 180. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
73.50 |
0.9206 |
0.0446 |
317 |
6 |
65.48 |
2009-05-13 |
| 181. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
73.48 |
0.9719 |
-0.0002 |
383 |
4 |
71.07 |
2009-05-15 |
| 182. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
73.48 |
0.9424 |
0.0246 |
320 |
8 |
64.85 |
2009-05-11 |
| 183. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
73.33 |
1.0639 |
-0.1003 |
303 |
3 |
69.47 |
2009-05-07 |
| 184. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
73.32 |
0.8666 |
0.0933 |
206 |
5 |
64.11 |
2009-05-16 |
| 185. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
73.29 |
0.9807 |
-0.0303 |
129 |
3 |
64.47 |
2009-05-08 |
| 186. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
73.28 |
0.8959 |
0.0713 |
328 |
1 |
73.28 |
2009-04-22 |
| 187. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
73.21 |
1.0461 |
-0.0830 |
318 |
3 |
69.63 |
2009-05-08 |
| 188. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
73.16 |
0.9836 |
-0.0232 |
289 |
10 |
66.04 |
2009-05-12 |
| 189. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
73.15 |
1.0543 |
-0.0919 |
360 |
4 |
70.20 |
2009-05-15 |
| 190. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
73.13 |
0.9029 |
0.0597 |
393 |
3 |
66.07 |
2009-05-16 |
| 191. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
73.08 |
0.9135 |
0.0545 |
393 |
3 |
66.99 |
2009-05-20 |
| 192. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
73.02 |
0.9922 |
-0.0332 |
264 |
5 |
67.05 |
2009-04-22 |
| 193. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
72.86 |
0.8988 |
0.0567 |
193 |
2 |
63.42 |
2009-05-05 |
| 194. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
72.71 |
0.9636 |
-0.0107 |
281 |
4 |
68.98 |
2009-05-13 |
| 195. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
72.70 |
0.9594 |
-0.0070 |
258 |
7 |
65.93 |
2009-04-23 |
| 196. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
72.69 |
0.9479 |
0.0078 |
317 |
7 |
61.76 |
2009-05-15 |
| 197. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
72.53 |
0.9787 |
-0.0234 |
364 |
11 |
67.36 |
2009-05-16 |
| 198. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
72.49 |
0.9727 |
-0.0146 |
442 |
3 |
65.53 |
2009-05-05 |
| 199. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
72.44 |
0.9673 |
-0.0127 |
393 |
5 |
66.79 |
2009-05-16 |
| 200. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
72.41 |
1.0800 |
-0.1326 |
213 |
3 |
63.50 |
2009-05-05 |
| 201. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
72.29 |
0.9703 |
-0.0149 |
394 |
3 |
68.54 |
2009-05-15 |
| 202. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
72.26 |
0.8986 |
0.0504 |
216 |
8 |
61.99 |
2009-05-15 |
| 203. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
72.18 |
0.9852 |
-0.0385 |
235 |
4 |
66.65 |
2009-05-20 |
| 204. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
72.18 |
0.9631 |
-0.0163 |
273 |
6 |
66.87 |
2009-05-12 |
| 205. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
72.11 |
0.9704 |
-0.0240 |
254 |
10 |
64.28 |
2009-05-15 |
| 206. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
72.02 |
1.0094 |
-0.0641 |
256 |
4 |
66.57 |
2009-05-20 |
| 207. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
71.95 |
0.9681 |
-0.0182 |
392 |
3 |
65.06 |
2009-05-15 |
| 208. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
71.90 |
0.9658 |
-0.0185 |
308 |
4 |
68.90 |
2009-05-15 |
| 209. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
71.68 |
1.0135 |
-0.0695 |
358 |
4 |
66.35 |
2009-05-18 |
| 210. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
71.10 |
0.8656 |
0.0686 |
242 |
4 |
56.08 |
2009-04-22 |
| 211. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
71.06 |
0.8624 |
0.0654 |
174 |
3 |
67.45 |
2009-05-15 |
| 212. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
70.98 |
0.9243 |
0.0093 |
240 |
3 |
68.83 |
2009-05-15 |
| 213. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
70.88 |
0.8847 |
0.0432 |
282 |
3 |
58.32 |
2009-04-07 |
| 214. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
70.76 |
0.9963 |
-0.0701 |
274 |
9 |
62.02 |
2009-05-13 |
| 215. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
70.75 |
0.9644 |
-0.0329 |
398 |
4 |
64.16 |
2009-04-24 |
| 216. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
70.69 |
1.0057 |
-0.0752 |
382 |
5 |
67.57 |
2009-05-06 |
| 217. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
70.68 |
0.9762 |
-0.0487 |
249 |
2 |
68.15 |
2009-05-15 |
| 218. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
70.63 |
1.0227 |
-0.0898 |
378 |
4 |
68.97 |
2009-05-20 |
| 219. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
70.53 |
0.9713 |
-0.0472 |
193 |
3 |
58.20 |
2009-05-08 |
| 220. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
70.31 |
0.9108 |
0.0117 |
235 |
5 |
62.93 |
2009-05-13 |
| 221. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
70.29 |
1.0607 |
-0.1356 |
357 |
1 |
70.29 |
2009-04-07 |
| 222. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
70.21 |
0.9810 |
-0.0547 |
362 |
1 |
70.21 |
2009-05-06 |
| 223. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
69.95 |
0.9145 |
0.0069 |
404 |
3 |
66.11 |
2009-05-15 |
| 224. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
69.95 |
0.9136 |
0.0076 |
348 |
4 |
62.94 |
2009-05-20 |
| 225. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
69.91 |
0.9673 |
-0.0478 |
292 |
6 |
64.89 |
2009-05-20 |
| 226. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
69.72 |
0.8603 |
0.0544 |
270 |
4 |
64.76 |
2009-05-14 |
| 227. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
69.38 |
1.0095 |
-0.1006 |
211 |
5 |
64.23 |
2009-05-09 |
| 228. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
69.38 |
1.0341 |
-0.1244 |
273 |
8 |
65.67 |
2009-05-18 |
| 229. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
69.34 |
0.9271 |
-0.0148 |
323 |
4 |
64.60 |
2009-05-13 |
| 230. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
69.24 |
0.9143 |
-0.0048 |
300 |
3 |
63.12 |
2009-05-18 |
| 231. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
69.17 |
0.9271 |
-0.0200 |
295 |
4 |
60.32 |
2009-05-11 |
| 232. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
69.05 |
0.8913 |
0.0162 |
201 |
5 |
57.37 |
2009-05-13 |
| 233. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
69.02 |
0.8830 |
0.0251 |
300 |
3 |
62.86 |
2009-05-11 |
| 234. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
69.01 |
0.8880 |
0.0175 |
296 |
3 |
63.72 |
2009-05-07 |
| 235. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
68.97 |
0.9885 |
-0.0769 |
469 |
3 |
66.31 |
2009-04-23 |
| 236. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
68.87 |
0.9678 |
-0.0599 |
392 |
3 |
67.55 |
2009-05-16 |
| 237. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
68.71 |
0.9101 |
-0.0047 |
351 |
7 |
63.00 |
2009-05-15 |
| 238. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
68.32 |
0.9966 |
-0.0931 |
377 |
1 |
68.32 |
2009-05-05 |
| 239. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
68.29 |
1.0372 |
-0.1417 |
249 |
5 |
64.76 |
2009-04-24 |
| 240. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
68.07 |
0.9680 |
-0.0749 |
256 |
1 |
68.07 |
2009-03-29 |
| 241. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
68.05 |
1.0042 |
-0.1152 |
168 |
5 |
62.96 |
2009-05-16 |
| 242. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
67.85 |
0.8993 |
-0.0064 |
366 |
1 |
67.85 |
2009-05-11 |
| 243. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
67.79 |
0.9162 |
-0.0257 |
401 |
6 |
60.11 |
2009-04-24 |
| 244. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
67.74 |
0.9012 |
-0.0090 |
322 |
4 |
63.32 |
2009-05-11 |
| 245. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
67.54 |
0.9583 |
-0.0718 |
237 |
4 |
63.63 |
2009-05-17 |
| 246. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
67.33 |
0.9352 |
-0.0531 |
194 |
2 |
65.25 |
2009-05-13 |
| 247. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
67.21 |
0.9890 |
-0.1034 |
272 |
7 |
64.09 |
2009-05-20 |
| 248. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
67.07 |
0.9957 |
-0.1119 |
323 |
5 |
61.87 |
2009-05-11 |
| 249. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
66.72 |
0.9400 |
-0.0622 |
434 |
4 |
62.64 |
2009-04-19 |
| 250. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
66.66 |
0.8887 |
-0.0004 |
464 |
3 |
60.90 |
2009-05-11 |
| 251. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
66.59 |
0.9357 |
-0.0644 |
204 |
2 |
64.12 |
2009-05-16 |
| 252. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
66.52 |
0.9228 |
-0.0458 |
305 |
4 |
63.05 |
2009-04-23 |
| 253. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
66.30 |
0.9425 |
-0.0722 |
248 |
5 |
61.49 |
2009-05-05 |
| 254. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
66.27 |
0.9974 |
-0.1321 |
163 |
8 |
61.14 |
2009-05-06 |
| 255. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
66.24 |
0.9604 |
-0.0937 |
285 |
5 |
61.26 |
2009-05-20 |
| 256. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
66.05 |
0.9451 |
-0.0709 |
419 |
5 |
60.26 |
2009-04-24 |
| 257. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
66.04 |
0.9740 |
-0.1045 |
371 |
5 |
63.46 |
2009-04-07 |
| 258. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
65.96 |
0.8172 |
0.0436 |
204 |
3 |
61.35 |
2009-05-05 |
| 259. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
65.70 |
0.9332 |
-0.0715 |
267 |
3 |
63.35 |
2009-05-13 |
| 260. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
65.70 |
0.9756 |
-0.1146 |
223 |
4 |
58.94 |
2009-05-20 |
| 261. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
65.31 |
0.9468 |
-0.0904 |
318 |
4 |
56.66 |
2009-04-24 |
| 262. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
65.09 |
0.9114 |
-0.0503 |
399 |
1 |
65.09 |
2009-04-21 |
| 263. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
65.06 |
0.9541 |
-0.1002 |
236 |
3 |
63.81 |
2009-05-07 |
| 264. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
65.00 |
0.9864 |
-0.1301 |
292 |
3 |
63.60 |
2009-05-06 |
| 265. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
64.94 |
0.9183 |
-0.0657 |
308 |
4 |
57.14 |
2009-04-24 |
| 266. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
64.93 |
0.8572 |
-0.0074 |
232 |
2 |
59.40 |
2009-04-23 |
| 267. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
64.79 |
0.9332 |
-0.0821 |
295 |
4 |
60.27 |
2009-04-23 |
| 268. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
64.49 |
0.9011 |
-0.0522 |
322 |
1 |
64.49 |
2009-05-08 |
| 269. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
63.37 |
1.0287 |
-0.1989 |
269 |
3 |
58.46 |
2009-05-14 |
| 270. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
63.32 |
0.8988 |
-0.0685 |
216 |
1 |
63.32 |
2009-04-22 |
| 271. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
63.12 |
0.7923 |
0.0359 |
316 |
3 |
51.96 |
2009-04-22 |
| 272. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
62.29 |
0.9010 |
-0.0818 |
266 |
3 |
57.59 |
2009-04-24 |
| 273. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
60.94 |
0.8381 |
-0.0357 |
283 |
2 |
59.65 |
2009-05-07 |
| 274. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
60.42 |
0.8794 |
-0.0808 |
427 |
1 |
60.42 |
2009-05-13 |
| 275. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
58.10 |
0.9434 |
-0.1776 |
367 |
1 |
58.10 |
2009-03-21 |
| 276. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
57.60 |
0.9609 |
-0.2014 |
331 |
2 |
56.23 |
2009-04-07 |
| 277. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
56.05 |
0.9621 |
-0.2308 |
201 |
1 |
56.05 |
2009-05-14 |
| 278. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
55.94 |
0.8437 |
-0.1116 |
268 |
4 |
50.00 |
2009-04-22 |
| 279. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
54.22 |
0.9084 |
-0.1968 |
271 |
1 |
54.22 |
2009-03-20 |
| 280. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
44.04 |
0.9927 |
-0.4152 |
262 |
1 |
44.04 |
2009-04-06 |