| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
167.77 |
1.0714 |
0.2630 |
129 |
4 |
135.19 |
2008-11-18 |
| 2. |
The odds are that you will generally meet the worst of them.... |
156.60 |
1.0941 |
0.1901 |
256 |
1 |
156.60 |
2011-04-24 |
| 3. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
152.92 |
1.0334 |
0.1834 |
131 |
4 |
131.58 |
2008-12-11 |
| 4. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
148.80 |
1.0183 |
0.1661 |
191 |
3 |
135.75 |
2009-05-15 |
| 5. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
147.46 |
1.0696 |
0.1061 |
226 |
5 |
134.10 |
2009-05-15 |
| 6. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
147.27 |
1.0201 |
0.1507 |
172 |
4 |
136.93 |
2008-12-10 |
| 7. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
146.82 |
1.0555 |
0.1199 |
363 |
3 |
136.46 |
2008-12-10 |
| 8. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
146.73 |
1.0462 |
0.1210 |
184 |
2 |
145.15 |
2008-11-18 |
| 9. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
146.27 |
1.0498 |
0.1149 |
180 |
2 |
137.20 |
2009-05-15 |
| 10. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
146.26 |
1.0917 |
0.1013 |
243 |
1 |
146.26 |
2011-04-24 |
| 11. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
145.89 |
1.0099 |
0.1537 |
207 |
5 |
122.94 |
2008-12-09 |
| 12. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
145.72 |
1.0390 |
0.1223 |
205 |
2 |
135.01 |
2008-12-10 |
| 13. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
145.38 |
0.9841 |
0.1820 |
334 |
1 |
145.38 |
2011-04-24 |
| 14. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
144.56 |
1.0483 |
0.1044 |
227 |
4 |
130.37 |
2011-04-24 |
| 15. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
143.93 |
1.0567 |
0.0945 |
303 |
4 |
132.36 |
2009-01-27 |
| 16. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
143.67 |
1.0619 |
0.0902 |
354 |
3 |
134.22 |
2008-12-09 |
| 17. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
143.39 |
1.0463 |
0.0954 |
182 |
1 |
143.39 |
2011-04-24 |
| 18. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
142.32 |
1.0565 |
0.0785 |
247 |
8 |
128.42 |
2009-05-20 |
| 19. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
141.95 |
1.0292 |
0.1041 |
262 |
2 |
141.91 |
2009-05-20 |
| 20. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
141.70 |
1.0613 |
0.0722 |
266 |
1 |
141.70 |
2008-11-07 |
| 21. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
141.02 |
0.9723 |
0.1585 |
364 |
5 |
123.61 |
2009-05-20 |
| 22. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
140.92 |
0.9780 |
0.1493 |
337 |
4 |
122.23 |
2011-04-24 |
| 23. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
140.86 |
1.0668 |
0.0615 |
350 |
3 |
137.93 |
2008-11-19 |
| 24. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
140.45 |
1.0016 |
0.1163 |
218 |
4 |
111.52 |
2009-05-20 |
| 25. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
140.06 |
1.0477 |
0.0740 |
360 |
4 |
122.57 |
2009-05-20 |
| 26. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
139.76 |
1.0340 |
0.0881 |
406 |
9 |
122.92 |
2011-11-03 |
| 27. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
139.26 |
0.8770 |
0.2391 |
300 |
4 |
120.34 |
2008-11-30 |
| 28. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
139.23 |
1.0053 |
0.1053 |
232 |
4 |
117.48 |
2009-04-08 |
| 29. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
139.12 |
0.9168 |
0.1962 |
240 |
4 |
130.55 |
2008-12-09 |
| 30. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
138.96 |
1.0213 |
0.0859 |
240 |
2 |
137.89 |
2008-12-10 |
| 31. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
138.67 |
1.0073 |
0.1088 |
369 |
1 |
138.67 |
2011-04-24 |
| 32. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
138.52 |
1.0138 |
0.0927 |
231 |
3 |
130.19 |
2009-04-08 |
| 33. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
138.22 |
1.0214 |
0.0814 |
269 |
4 |
131.09 |
2011-04-24 |
| 34. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
137.89 |
1.0391 |
0.0688 |
358 |
4 |
122.13 |
2009-05-15 |
| 35. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
137.84 |
1.0788 |
0.0170 |
171 |
6 |
120.85 |
2008-12-09 |
| 36. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
137.02 |
1.0799 |
0.0112 |
243 |
3 |
125.20 |
2009-04-08 |
| 37. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
136.91 |
1.0516 |
0.0419 |
281 |
2 |
116.91 |
2008-12-05 |
| 38. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
136.76 |
0.9965 |
0.0965 |
310 |
4 |
128.59 |
2009-03-23 |
| 39. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
136.69 |
0.9769 |
0.1131 |
263 |
5 |
117.22 |
2009-05-20 |
| 40. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
136.61 |
0.9693 |
0.1435 |
360 |
1 |
136.61 |
2011-11-03 |
| 41. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
136.31 |
0.9997 |
0.0929 |
382 |
2 |
129.04 |
2008-12-09 |
| 42. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
136.03 |
1.0515 |
0.0334 |
250 |
6 |
123.87 |
2008-12-10 |
| 43. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
135.92 |
0.9863 |
0.1040 |
339 |
2 |
117.58 |
2008-11-20 |
| 44. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
135.66 |
0.9636 |
0.1201 |
254 |
2 |
122.38 |
2008-12-10 |
| 45. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
135.60 |
1.0595 |
0.0263 |
379 |
5 |
125.51 |
2011-04-24 |
| 46. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
135.47 |
1.0124 |
0.0674 |
204 |
6 |
125.56 |
2009-05-19 |
| 47. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
135.46 |
1.0296 |
0.0590 |
437 |
6 |
123.43 |
2011-04-24 |
| 48. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
135.05 |
1.0429 |
0.0345 |
259 |
1 |
135.05 |
2008-12-10 |
| 49. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
135.01 |
1.0528 |
0.0207 |
201 |
4 |
124.05 |
2008-12-09 |
| 50. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
134.86 |
0.9936 |
0.0834 |
311 |
5 |
119.25 |
2008-11-18 |
| 51. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
134.84 |
1.0767 |
-0.0018 |
212 |
1 |
134.84 |
2009-04-08 |
| 52. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
134.48 |
0.9897 |
0.0822 |
274 |
1 |
134.48 |
2008-11-19 |
| 53. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
133.68 |
1.0062 |
0.0616 |
288 |
2 |
132.25 |
2008-12-02 |
| 54. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
133.67 |
1.0486 |
0.0199 |
289 |
4 |
127.22 |
2009-05-15 |
| 55. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
133.64 |
1.0167 |
0.0575 |
378 |
4 |
120.98 |
2008-11-18 |
| 56. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
133.61 |
0.9884 |
0.0780 |
233 |
2 |
131.84 |
2009-05-21 |
| 57. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
133.51 |
0.9965 |
0.0651 |
168 |
5 |
121.74 |
2011-11-03 |
| 58. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
133.49 |
1.0454 |
0.0171 |
255 |
3 |
115.87 |
2008-11-30 |
| 59. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
133.41 |
1.0201 |
0.0459 |
303 |
2 |
127.13 |
2008-12-10 |
| 60. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
133.25 |
1.0257 |
0.0450 |
401 |
5 |
127.88 |
2009-03-23 |
| 61. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
132.89 |
1.0025 |
0.0588 |
256 |
3 |
126.58 |
2008-12-10 |
| 62. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
132.83 |
0.9857 |
0.0742 |
293 |
3 |
124.36 |
2011-04-24 |
| 63. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
132.71 |
0.9851 |
0.0770 |
317 |
4 |
122.83 |
2009-01-27 |
| 64. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
132.69 |
1.0426 |
0.0165 |
323 |
4 |
119.45 |
2008-12-10 |
| 65. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
132.49 |
1.0368 |
0.0222 |
276 |
5 |
115.52 |
2009-05-20 |
| 66. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
132.44 |
1.0829 |
-0.0237 |
288 |
4 |
124.56 |
2008-12-09 |
| 67. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
132.37 |
1.0289 |
0.0327 |
276 |
2 |
129.00 |
2008-12-10 |
| 68. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
132.21 |
0.9691 |
0.0863 |
223 |
6 |
122.76 |
2011-04-24 |
| 69. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
132.17 |
1.0337 |
0.0213 |
214 |
2 |
127.57 |
2009-05-15 |
| 70. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
132.11 |
1.0165 |
0.0425 |
392 |
5 |
123.50 |
2009-05-20 |
| 71. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
131.98 |
1.0885 |
-0.0312 |
315 |
2 |
128.70 |
2008-12-10 |
| 72. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
131.96 |
0.9676 |
0.0946 |
442 |
3 |
121.44 |
2008-12-10 |
| 73. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
131.89 |
1.0487 |
-0.0004 |
231 |
3 |
124.82 |
2009-01-12 |
| 74. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
131.88 |
0.8961 |
0.1537 |
189 |
4 |
117.80 |
2009-05-20 |
| 75. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
131.85 |
1.1114 |
-0.0611 |
247 |
1 |
131.85 |
2009-04-08 |
| 76. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
131.82 |
0.9527 |
0.0999 |
251 |
2 |
122.98 |
2008-12-10 |
| 77. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
131.78 |
0.9768 |
0.0782 |
387 |
1 |
131.78 |
2008-11-07 |
| 78. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
131.70 |
1.0349 |
0.0162 |
234 |
2 |
128.23 |
2008-11-14 |
| 79. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
131.60 |
1.0496 |
0.0006 |
314 |
4 |
122.72 |
2009-05-20 |
| 80. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
131.48 |
1.0034 |
0.0451 |
302 |
3 |
113.89 |
2008-11-06 |
| 81. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
131.37 |
1.0993 |
-0.0523 |
265 |
4 |
116.66 |
2008-12-10 |
| 82. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
131.29 |
1.0613 |
-0.0079 |
456 |
1 |
131.29 |
2008-11-19 |
| 83. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
131.17 |
0.9687 |
0.0835 |
371 |
5 |
121.01 |
2009-04-08 |
| 84. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
131.06 |
1.0251 |
0.0193 |
261 |
2 |
121.86 |
2009-01-12 |
| 85. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
131.01 |
0.9597 |
0.0906 |
347 |
3 |
114.49 |
2009-04-08 |
| 86. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
130.93 |
0.9964 |
0.0492 |
203 |
3 |
126.47 |
2009-05-20 |
| 87. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
130.53 |
0.9233 |
0.1107 |
168 |
4 |
117.38 |
2009-05-15 |
| 88. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
130.24 |
0.9846 |
0.0543 |
281 |
4 |
120.09 |
2008-12-11 |
| 89. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
130.16 |
0.9844 |
0.0597 |
293 |
2 |
125.01 |
2009-04-08 |
| 90. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
130.03 |
0.9681 |
0.0785 |
378 |
6 |
119.08 |
2011-04-24 |
| 91. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
129.71 |
0.9646 |
0.0702 |
264 |
7 |
114.62 |
2009-05-21 |
| 92. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
129.70 |
1.0120 |
0.0228 |
290 |
1 |
129.70 |
2008-08-24 |
| 93. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
129.52 |
1.0797 |
-0.0512 |
210 |
1 |
129.52 |
2008-11-12 |
| 94. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
129.46 |
1.1018 |
-0.0746 |
220 |
1 |
129.46 |
2008-11-06 |
| 95. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
129.36 |
0.9330 |
0.1064 |
360 |
4 |
122.61 |
2009-05-15 |
| 96. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
129.19 |
0.9865 |
0.0461 |
276 |
2 |
115.79 |
2009-05-20 |
| 97. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
129.19 |
1.0023 |
0.0273 |
211 |
4 |
116.52 |
2009-05-15 |
| 98. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
129.18 |
1.0389 |
-0.0051 |
340 |
5 |
115.99 |
2009-05-20 |
| 99. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
129.14 |
1.0796 |
-0.0533 |
129 |
3 |
122.24 |
2011-04-24 |
| 100. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
129.07 |
0.9697 |
0.0610 |
249 |
1 |
129.07 |
2008-11-14 |
| 101. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
129.02 |
0.9342 |
0.0994 |
434 |
1 |
129.02 |
2008-11-14 |
| 102. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
128.89 |
0.9243 |
0.1440 |
448 |
1 |
128.89 |
2011-04-24 |
| 103. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
128.82 |
1.0095 |
0.0179 |
316 |
4 |
121.59 |
2009-01-20 |
| 104. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
128.71 |
0.9514 |
0.0765 |
237 |
4 |
118.61 |
2008-12-10 |
| 105. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
128.24 |
0.8956 |
0.1328 |
322 |
2 |
124.73 |
2008-12-10 |
| 106. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
128.23 |
1.0263 |
-0.0034 |
267 |
3 |
123.39 |
2008-12-10 |
| 107. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
127.97 |
0.9430 |
0.0713 |
211 |
2 |
117.91 |
2008-11-18 |
| 108. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
127.91 |
1.0679 |
-0.0265 |
177 |
1 |
127.91 |
2011-04-24 |
| 109. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
127.86 |
0.8602 |
0.1583 |
206 |
1 |
127.86 |
2008-11-26 |
| 110. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
127.82 |
1.0534 |
-0.0308 |
357 |
4 |
121.83 |
2009-05-21 |
| 111. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
127.67 |
1.0261 |
-0.0088 |
273 |
2 |
124.70 |
2008-11-19 |
| 112. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
127.49 |
1.0398 |
-0.0326 |
110 |
1 |
127.49 |
2009-03-23 |
| 113. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
127.12 |
1.0203 |
-0.0022 |
261 |
3 |
123.86 |
2009-05-19 |
| 114. |
But no matter how effective the lesson was, I never really u... |
126.76 |
1.0943 |
-0.0499 |
206 |
1 |
126.76 |
2011-04-24 |
| 115. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
126.68 |
0.9758 |
0.0361 |
314 |
2 |
124.32 |
2008-11-14 |
| 116. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
126.67 |
1.0419 |
-0.0308 |
261 |
1 |
126.67 |
2008-11-07 |
| 117. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
126.08 |
1.0189 |
-0.0093 |
337 |
2 |
117.73 |
2011-11-04 |
| 118. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
126.04 |
1.0168 |
-0.0094 |
271 |
3 |
122.86 |
2011-11-03 |
| 119. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
125.40 |
1.0389 |
-0.0364 |
318 |
2 |
123.68 |
2009-04-08 |
| 120. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
125.36 |
1.0577 |
-0.0607 |
247 |
1 |
125.36 |
2008-11-14 |
| 121. |
Groups of illegal miners smuggle themselves down in freight ... |
125.33 |
1.0403 |
-0.0001 |
275 |
1 |
125.33 |
2011-04-24 |
| 122. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
125.21 |
1.0068 |
-0.0042 |
358 |
6 |
121.24 |
2011-04-24 |
| 123. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
125.21 |
0.9734 |
0.0256 |
289 |
4 |
115.15 |
2009-05-21 |
| 124. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
124.89 |
0.9164 |
0.0851 |
305 |
4 |
119.14 |
2008-12-11 |
| 125. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
124.80 |
1.0574 |
-0.0335 |
205 |
1 |
124.80 |
2011-11-03 |
| 126. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
124.71 |
1.0596 |
-0.0664 |
239 |
2 |
124.35 |
2008-12-02 |
| 127. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
124.61 |
0.9578 |
0.0361 |
281 |
6 |
119.50 |
2009-05-21 |
| 128. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
124.39 |
0.9831 |
0.0176 |
469 |
2 |
121.12 |
2011-04-24 |
| 129. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
124.39 |
0.9279 |
0.0713 |
317 |
3 |
119.41 |
2009-05-21 |
| 130. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
124.37 |
0.9776 |
0.0151 |
308 |
2 |
112.13 |
2009-05-19 |
| 131. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
124.12 |
0.9899 |
-0.0041 |
163 |
2 |
117.70 |
2008-11-19 |
| 132. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
124.06 |
0.9125 |
0.0793 |
308 |
8 |
108.91 |
2009-01-12 |
| 133. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
124.01 |
0.9942 |
0.0042 |
483 |
3 |
120.92 |
2008-12-10 |
| 134. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
124.00 |
0.9843 |
0.0002 |
234 |
3 |
116.64 |
2009-01-28 |
| 135. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
123.85 |
1.0444 |
-0.0627 |
197 |
1 |
123.85 |
2008-12-10 |
| 136. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
123.77 |
0.9500 |
0.0399 |
362 |
3 |
115.30 |
2009-04-08 |
| 137. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
123.72 |
0.9785 |
0.0119 |
335 |
3 |
118.89 |
2008-11-11 |
| 138. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
123.11 |
1.0214 |
-0.0445 |
166 |
2 |
111.93 |
2009-03-23 |
| 139. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
122.22 |
0.9365 |
0.0400 |
248 |
2 |
119.60 |
2008-11-19 |
| 140. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
122.09 |
0.9941 |
-0.0224 |
217 |
2 |
114.66 |
2008-12-09 |
| 141. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
122.04 |
1.0441 |
-0.0689 |
252 |
3 |
118.59 |
2011-04-24 |
| 142. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
121.89 |
0.9084 |
0.0682 |
404 |
4 |
113.18 |
2008-11-19 |
| 143. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
121.78 |
0.9795 |
-0.0079 |
308 |
1 |
121.78 |
2008-11-06 |
| 144. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
121.49 |
0.9649 |
0.0032 |
193 |
2 |
108.28 |
2009-05-15 |
| 145. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
121.17 |
0.9635 |
0.0085 |
389 |
4 |
110.59 |
2009-05-19 |
| 146. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
121.06 |
0.9672 |
0.0050 |
396 |
4 |
115.17 |
2008-12-09 |
| 147. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
121.04 |
0.9557 |
0.0162 |
331 |
3 |
110.90 |
2011-11-03 |
| 148. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
120.81 |
0.8996 |
0.0586 |
192 |
3 |
115.71 |
2008-12-10 |
| 149. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
120.79 |
1.0445 |
-0.0800 |
373 |
2 |
118.85 |
2008-12-05 |
| 150. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
120.60 |
0.9820 |
-0.0172 |
267 |
2 |
115.64 |
2009-01-12 |
| 151. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
120.59 |
1.0013 |
-0.0403 |
273 |
3 |
114.51 |
2008-12-10 |
| 152. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
120.56 |
1.0177 |
-0.0178 |
392 |
1 |
120.56 |
2011-04-24 |
| 153. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
120.40 |
0.9266 |
0.0339 |
267 |
1 |
120.40 |
2008-11-18 |
| 154. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
120.38 |
0.9148 |
0.0468 |
317 |
3 |
107.88 |
2008-11-26 |
| 155. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
120.26 |
0.9212 |
0.0414 |
323 |
6 |
108.86 |
2009-03-23 |
| 156. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
120.13 |
0.9376 |
0.0260 |
367 |
1 |
120.13 |
2008-11-10 |
| 157. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
120.04 |
0.8916 |
0.0662 |
216 |
2 |
109.41 |
2008-11-19 |
| 158. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
119.94 |
0.9049 |
0.0572 |
351 |
4 |
109.45 |
2009-01-12 |
| 159. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
119.60 |
0.9309 |
0.0211 |
284 |
3 |
113.04 |
2011-04-25 |
| 160. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
119.57 |
1.0787 |
-0.1263 |
237 |
2 |
108.38 |
2008-11-06 |
| 161. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
119.57 |
0.9513 |
0.0062 |
354 |
2 |
114.04 |
2008-11-12 |
| 162. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
119.49 |
0.9064 |
0.0559 |
399 |
7 |
112.43 |
2009-04-08 |
| 163. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
119.48 |
1.0004 |
-0.0535 |
212 |
1 |
119.48 |
2008-11-12 |
| 164. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
119.13 |
0.9879 |
-0.0291 |
450 |
3 |
115.35 |
2009-05-15 |
| 165. |
It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produc... |
119.02 |
0.9698 |
0.0124 |
397 |
1 |
119.02 |
2011-04-24 |
| 166. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
119.01 |
0.9991 |
-0.0494 |
225 |
3 |
111.17 |
2008-12-09 |
| 167. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
118.77 |
1.0385 |
-0.0931 |
230 |
2 |
117.23 |
2008-11-20 |
| 168. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
118.68 |
0.9553 |
-0.0016 |
430 |
3 |
110.10 |
2009-05-20 |
| 169. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
118.40 |
0.9912 |
-0.0201 |
237 |
1 |
118.40 |
2011-04-24 |
| 170. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
118.36 |
0.9786 |
-0.0352 |
235 |
1 |
118.36 |
2011-04-24 |
| 171. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
118.29 |
1.1016 |
-0.1581 |
233 |
1 |
118.29 |
2009-05-20 |
| 172. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
118.25 |
0.9614 |
-0.0154 |
292 |
2 |
115.38 |
2008-11-19 |
| 173. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
118.10 |
1.0352 |
-0.0903 |
341 |
1 |
118.10 |
2008-11-05 |
| 174. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
118.07 |
0.9289 |
0.0104 |
204 |
1 |
118.07 |
2011-11-04 |
| 175. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
117.93 |
0.9833 |
-0.0413 |
355 |
2 |
112.37 |
2009-01-12 |
| 176. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
117.93 |
0.9772 |
-0.0403 |
217 |
1 |
117.93 |
2008-08-24 |
| 177. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
117.87 |
0.9372 |
0.0068 |
320 |
2 |
113.46 |
2009-04-08 |
| 178. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
117.66 |
0.8878 |
0.0503 |
346 |
3 |
107.42 |
2009-05-20 |
| 179. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
117.64 |
1.0025 |
-0.0635 |
336 |
1 |
117.64 |
2009-04-08 |
| 180. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
117.53 |
0.9740 |
-0.0409 |
209 |
3 |
115.03 |
2009-05-20 |
| 181. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
117.38 |
0.8919 |
0.0424 |
205 |
2 |
114.74 |
2008-11-06 |
| 182. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
117.12 |
0.9293 |
0.0054 |
355 |
3 |
113.10 |
2009-01-12 |
| 183. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
116.94 |
0.9213 |
0.0116 |
295 |
2 |
114.21 |
2008-11-20 |
| 184. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
116.79 |
0.8958 |
0.0400 |
322 |
3 |
110.79 |
2008-12-11 |
| 185. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
116.59 |
0.9786 |
-0.0542 |
193 |
3 |
96.30 |
2009-05-20 |
| 186. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
116.33 |
0.9622 |
-0.0283 |
392 |
3 |
109.05 |
2008-11-18 |
| 187. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
116.31 |
0.9907 |
-0.0650 |
211 |
2 |
114.79 |
2008-12-09 |
| 188. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
116.05 |
0.9905 |
-0.0575 |
377 |
1 |
116.05 |
2008-11-06 |
| 189. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
115.92 |
0.9986 |
-0.0738 |
283 |
2 |
107.46 |
2008-12-01 |
| 190. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
115.91 |
0.8826 |
0.0429 |
296 |
2 |
108.29 |
2008-12-05 |
| 191. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
115.69 |
0.9675 |
-0.0357 |
383 |
2 |
115.29 |
2008-12-10 |
| 192. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
115.53 |
0.9398 |
-0.0095 |
419 |
1 |
115.53 |
2009-01-12 |
| 193. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
115.50 |
0.9068 |
0.0170 |
269 |
1 |
115.50 |
2009-05-19 |
| 194. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
115.37 |
1.0197 |
-0.1029 |
226 |
1 |
115.37 |
2008-11-06 |
| 195. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
115.35 |
0.9540 |
-0.0362 |
285 |
3 |
103.82 |
2008-12-11 |
| 196. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
115.05 |
0.9798 |
-0.0683 |
199 |
4 |
108.82 |
2009-01-27 |
| 197. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
114.80 |
1.0141 |
-0.0627 |
304 |
1 |
114.80 |
2011-04-25 |
| 198. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
114.77 |
1.0529 |
-0.1381 |
351 |
1 |
114.77 |
2008-11-07 |
| 199. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
114.66 |
0.8933 |
0.0271 |
363 |
1 |
114.66 |
2008-12-10 |
| 200. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
114.43 |
0.9426 |
-0.0274 |
317 |
3 |
105.65 |
2009-05-20 |
| 201. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
114.34 |
0.9485 |
-0.0354 |
236 |
2 |
110.84 |
2008-12-09 |
| 202. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
113.47 |
1.0711 |
-0.1718 |
213 |
1 |
113.47 |
2009-05-20 |
| 203. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
113.25 |
0.9946 |
-0.0922 |
246 |
4 |
109.55 |
2009-05-15 |
| 204. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
113.01 |
0.9088 |
-0.0029 |
348 |
1 |
113.01 |
2008-12-09 |
| 205. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
112.78 |
0.9275 |
-0.0320 |
211 |
1 |
112.78 |
2008-11-06 |
| 206. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
112.41 |
0.9966 |
-0.1014 |
259 |
2 |
109.48 |
2008-11-11 |
| 207. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
112.33 |
0.9286 |
-0.0344 |
194 |
1 |
112.33 |
2008-11-30 |
| 208. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
111.98 |
0.8753 |
0.0262 |
427 |
5 |
103.80 |
2009-05-20 |
| 209. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
111.74 |
0.9351 |
-0.0502 |
190 |
2 |
106.19 |
2008-12-09 |
| 210. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
110.95 |
1.0417 |
-0.1602 |
253 |
3 |
99.27 |
2008-12-11 |
| 211. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
110.81 |
0.9593 |
-0.0717 |
398 |
2 |
109.04 |
2008-12-11 |
| 212. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
110.35 |
0.9894 |
-0.1058 |
323 |
2 |
109.94 |
2008-11-12 |
| 213. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
110.24 |
0.9567 |
-0.0786 |
273 |
2 |
106.82 |
2009-01-20 |
| 214. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
109.85 |
0.9097 |
0.0070 |
464 |
3 |
101.88 |
2008-11-12 |
| 215. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
109.59 |
0.9084 |
-0.0336 |
300 |
2 |
102.71 |
2008-11-20 |
| 216. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
109.45 |
1.0252 |
-0.1598 |
176 |
2 |
102.33 |
2009-05-15 |
| 217. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
108.70 |
0.9632 |
-0.0910 |
392 |
1 |
108.70 |
2008-11-14 |
| 218. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
107.97 |
0.9682 |
-0.1102 |
143 |
1 |
107.97 |
2008-11-06 |
| 219. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
107.83 |
1.0297 |
-0.1721 |
249 |
2 |
103.85 |
2009-05-20 |
| 220. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
107.65 |
0.9278 |
-0.0678 |
295 |
1 |
107.65 |
2008-11-05 |
| 221. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
107.15 |
0.9005 |
-0.0487 |
212 |
1 |
107.15 |
2008-11-06 |
| 222. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
107.06 |
0.8595 |
-0.0051 |
242 |
2 |
102.00 |
2008-12-09 |
| 223. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
106.60 |
0.9087 |
-0.0491 |
393 |
3 |
101.74 |
2008-12-10 |
| 224. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
106.29 |
0.8947 |
-0.0435 |
366 |
1 |
106.29 |
2008-12-10 |
| 225. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
106.16 |
0.9464 |
-0.0960 |
323 |
3 |
101.80 |
2008-11-19 |
| 226. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
106.14 |
0.7876 |
0.0601 |
316 |
2 |
96.52 |
2009-04-08 |
| 227. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
105.85 |
0.8553 |
-0.0176 |
174 |
3 |
91.17 |
2009-05-20 |
| 228. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
105.63 |
0.8981 |
-0.0525 |
393 |
1 |
105.63 |
2008-12-10 |
| 229. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
105.55 |
0.9601 |
-0.1150 |
308 |
1 |
105.55 |
2008-12-05 |
| 230. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
105.24 |
0.9910 |
-0.1512 |
295 |
1 |
105.24 |
2009-04-08 |
| 231. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
105.21 |
0.9805 |
-0.1383 |
292 |
2 |
104.60 |
2009-05-20 |
| 232. |
Glancing through the 1977 Atlanta Yellow Pages reveals a cit... |
104.14 |
0.9023 |
-0.0305 |
231 |
1 |
104.14 |
2011-04-25 |
| 233. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
104.11 |
1.0521 |
-0.2282 |
171 |
1 |
104.11 |
2011-04-24 |
| 234. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
103.75 |
0.8722 |
-0.0435 |
285 |
1 |
103.75 |
2008-11-20 |
| 235. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
103.36 |
0.9710 |
-0.1548 |
173 |
1 |
103.36 |
2008-11-05 |
| 236. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
103.29 |
0.9202 |
-0.0988 |
254 |
3 |
100.04 |
2009-05-20 |
| 237. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
102.99 |
0.9234 |
-0.0983 |
346 |
1 |
102.99 |
2008-11-19 |
| 238. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
102.37 |
0.9866 |
-0.1756 |
218 |
1 |
102.37 |
2008-11-06 |
| 239. |
She looked terrific. I said to myself, "Maybe she's going to... |
102.17 |
0.9120 |
-0.0658 |
436 |
1 |
102.17 |
2011-04-24 |
| 240. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
101.51 |
0.9684 |
-0.1580 |
388 |
2 |
98.50 |
2008-11-06 |
| 241. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
100.85 |
1.0396 |
-0.2444 |
149 |
1 |
100.85 |
2008-11-06 |
| 242. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
100.47 |
1.0060 |
-0.2114 |
171 |
1 |
100.47 |
2008-11-11 |
| 243. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
100.43 |
0.8105 |
-0.0158 |
204 |
1 |
100.43 |
2008-12-10 |
| 244. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
100.12 |
0.9756 |
-0.1804 |
229 |
1 |
100.12 |
2008-11-06 |
| 245. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
99.79 |
0.8890 |
-0.0988 |
199 |
2 |
97.27 |
2009-01-12 |
| 246. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
98.77 |
0.9532 |
-0.1689 |
258 |
1 |
98.77 |
2009-05-20 |
| 247. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
97.54 |
0.9886 |
-0.2105 |
220 |
1 |
97.54 |
2008-12-10 |
| 248. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
96.44 |
0.8852 |
-0.1164 |
201 |
1 |
96.44 |
2008-11-18 |
| 249. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
96.24 |
0.9619 |
-0.1916 |
393 |
1 |
96.24 |
2008-11-05 |
| 250. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
96.15 |
0.8442 |
-0.0758 |
265 |
1 |
96.15 |
2009-05-20 |
| 251. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
95.07 |
0.9893 |
-0.2336 |
323 |
1 |
95.07 |
2008-11-12 |
| 252. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
94.11 |
1.0352 |
-0.2847 |
341 |
1 |
94.11 |
2008-12-09 |
| 253. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
88.78 |
0.9072 |
-0.2041 |
237 |
2 |
85.22 |
2008-11-19 |
| 254. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
88.66 |
0.9731 |
-0.2818 |
129 |
1 |
88.66 |
2008-11-06 |
| 255. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
88.55 |
0.9468 |
-0.2444 |
276 |
1 |
88.55 |
2009-05-20 |