| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
112.59 |
1.0528 |
0.1756 |
201 |
3 |
97.85 |
2008-12-20 |
| 2. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
109.01 |
1.0711 |
0.1175 |
213 |
2 |
96.27 |
2009-06-28 |
| 3. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
108.50 |
1.0829 |
0.1067 |
288 |
3 |
98.37 |
2009-06-30 |
| 4. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
108.44 |
1.0390 |
0.1446 |
205 |
2 |
103.00 |
2009-07-06 |
| 5. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
108.23 |
1.0337 |
0.1508 |
214 |
9 |
94.34 |
2009-07-16 |
| 6. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
107.46 |
1.0462 |
0.1243 |
184 |
6 |
90.63 |
2009-03-19 |
| 7. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
107.36 |
0.9965 |
0.1793 |
310 |
6 |
88.87 |
2008-11-26 |
| 8. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
104.45 |
1.0696 |
0.0702 |
226 |
4 |
94.31 |
2009-07-02 |
| 9. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
104.01 |
1.0796 |
0.0540 |
129 |
3 |
93.06 |
2008-11-12 |
| 10. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
103.97 |
1.0201 |
0.1218 |
375 |
9 |
89.65 |
2009-09-11 |
| 11. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
102.98 |
1.0183 |
0.1031 |
191 |
2 |
96.25 |
2009-06-30 |
| 12. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
102.80 |
1.0004 |
0.1185 |
212 |
5 |
90.02 |
2009-03-19 |
| 13. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
102.75 |
1.0666 |
0.0579 |
297 |
8 |
88.12 |
2009-07-11 |
| 14. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
102.54 |
1.0168 |
0.1067 |
271 |
4 |
91.77 |
2008-12-22 |
| 15. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
102.54 |
1.0799 |
0.0385 |
243 |
5 |
82.15 |
2009-07-11 |
| 16. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
102.53 |
0.9843 |
0.1327 |
234 |
7 |
87.68 |
2009-06-28 |
| 17. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
102.49 |
1.0445 |
0.0780 |
373 |
5 |
97.26 |
2009-07-04 |
| 18. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
102.05 |
1.0297 |
0.0858 |
249 |
3 |
97.32 |
2009-08-12 |
| 19. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
101.72 |
1.0788 |
0.0286 |
171 |
4 |
96.30 |
2009-07-04 |
| 20. |
I don't want to go in there. He's a dangerous bastard. Taken... |
101.71 |
0.9368 |
0.1913 |
174 |
1 |
101.71 |
2008-09-23 |
| 21. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
101.60 |
1.0013 |
0.1095 |
273 |
7 |
85.68 |
2009-07-04 |
| 22. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
101.40 |
1.0426 |
0.0662 |
323 |
3 |
95.26 |
2009-07-16 |
| 23. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
101.39 |
1.1016 |
0.0079 |
233 |
5 |
90.38 |
2009-01-27 |
| 24. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
100.93 |
0.9769 |
0.1253 |
263 |
6 |
88.34 |
2009-07-04 |
| 25. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
100.69 |
1.1018 |
-0.0066 |
220 |
5 |
91.55 |
2009-02-02 |
| 26. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
100.65 |
1.0529 |
0.0482 |
351 |
8 |
93.82 |
2009-07-04 |
| 27. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
100.49 |
1.0483 |
0.0481 |
227 |
2 |
99.90 |
2009-06-28 |
| 28. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
100.04 |
1.0391 |
0.0614 |
358 |
8 |
89.67 |
2009-06-28 |
| 29. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
99.91 |
0.9905 |
0.1103 |
377 |
5 |
88.72 |
2009-06-28 |
| 30. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
99.47 |
1.0993 |
-0.0133 |
265 |
5 |
91.82 |
2009-07-01 |
| 31. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
99.32 |
1.0352 |
0.0539 |
341 |
9 |
87.63 |
2008-12-20 |
| 32. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
99.16 |
1.0197 |
0.0621 |
226 |
13 |
83.57 |
2009-07-15 |
| 33. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
99.01 |
0.9833 |
0.1013 |
355 |
9 |
88.43 |
2009-02-02 |
| 34. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
98.87 |
0.9612 |
0.1203 |
256 |
6 |
85.25 |
2009-09-12 |
| 35. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
98.69 |
1.0619 |
0.0212 |
354 |
3 |
90.05 |
2008-11-27 |
| 36. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
98.53 |
1.0555 |
0.0236 |
363 |
7 |
93.34 |
2009-07-03 |
| 37. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
98.46 |
1.0521 |
0.0200 |
171 |
2 |
93.89 |
2009-06-28 |
| 38. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
98.46 |
1.0444 |
0.0259 |
197 |
4 |
91.22 |
2008-12-21 |
| 39. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
98.45 |
1.0167 |
0.0669 |
378 |
4 |
89.52 |
2009-09-12 |
| 40. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
98.43 |
1.0062 |
0.0704 |
288 |
5 |
87.29 |
2009-07-02 |
| 41. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
98.30 |
0.9846 |
0.0895 |
281 |
3 |
94.03 |
2009-06-28 |
| 42. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
98.20 |
1.0331 |
0.0388 |
234 |
5 |
83.14 |
2009-06-28 |
| 43. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
98.20 |
1.0165 |
0.0615 |
392 |
6 |
89.90 |
2009-06-28 |
| 44. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
98.11 |
1.0023 |
0.0689 |
211 |
1 |
98.11 |
2008-12-19 |
| 45. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
97.96 |
0.9619 |
0.1147 |
393 |
8 |
87.55 |
2009-01-27 |
| 46. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
97.70 |
1.0131 |
0.0515 |
225 |
4 |
87.09 |
2009-07-14 |
| 47. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
97.66 |
0.9772 |
0.0874 |
217 |
11 |
88.11 |
2009-07-11 |
| 48. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
97.59 |
1.0417 |
0.0231 |
253 |
2 |
91.31 |
2008-12-20 |
| 49. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
97.35 |
1.0515 |
0.0113 |
250 |
7 |
93.01 |
2008-12-11 |
| 50. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
97.33 |
1.0214 |
0.0376 |
166 |
5 |
85.90 |
2009-07-17 |
| 51. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
97.25 |
1.0068 |
0.0601 |
358 |
3 |
91.83 |
2008-12-20 |
| 52. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
97.20 |
1.0463 |
0.0121 |
182 |
1 |
97.20 |
2009-06-28 |
| 53. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
97.17 |
0.9965 |
0.0614 |
168 |
4 |
81.34 |
2009-03-19 |
| 54. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
96.90 |
0.9966 |
0.0625 |
259 |
7 |
90.27 |
2009-07-04 |
| 55. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
96.87 |
0.9907 |
0.0670 |
211 |
9 |
85.24 |
2009-07-07 |
| 56. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
96.85 |
0.9820 |
0.0799 |
267 |
8 |
88.42 |
2009-07-02 |
| 57. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
96.80 |
1.0340 |
0.0298 |
406 |
10 |
87.07 |
2008-12-20 |
| 58. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
96.56 |
0.9754 |
0.0866 |
362 |
6 |
86.48 |
2009-06-28 |
| 59. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
96.54 |
1.0025 |
0.0531 |
256 |
12 |
84.55 |
2009-06-28 |
| 60. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
96.50 |
0.9649 |
0.0893 |
193 |
6 |
85.84 |
2009-01-29 |
| 61. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
96.07 |
1.0099 |
0.0377 |
207 |
4 |
89.39 |
2009-05-27 |
| 62. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
96.02 |
1.0486 |
0.0021 |
289 |
9 |
84.75 |
2009-06-29 |
| 63. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
96.00 |
1.0251 |
0.0224 |
261 |
3 |
88.61 |
2009-07-14 |
| 64. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
95.61 |
1.0487 |
-0.0083 |
231 |
6 |
84.72 |
2009-07-04 |
| 65. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
95.55 |
1.0358 |
0.0505 |
349 |
2 |
92.38 |
2009-09-11 |
| 66. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
95.53 |
0.9734 |
0.0708 |
289 |
8 |
89.32 |
2009-07-04 |
| 67. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
95.33 |
0.9863 |
0.0604 |
339 |
6 |
85.91 |
2009-07-02 |
| 68. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
95.27 |
0.9275 |
0.1108 |
211 |
6 |
84.03 |
2009-07-02 |
| 69. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
95.26 |
1.0419 |
-0.0004 |
261 |
7 |
86.88 |
2009-07-11 |
| 70. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
95.19 |
0.9941 |
0.0443 |
217 |
7 |
85.97 |
2009-08-23 |
| 71. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
94.96 |
1.0263 |
0.0111 |
267 |
5 |
83.24 |
2009-07-14 |
| 72. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
94.92 |
0.9532 |
0.0833 |
258 |
5 |
81.75 |
2009-08-12 |
| 73. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
94.76 |
1.0218 |
0.0113 |
268 |
1 |
94.76 |
2009-06-28 |
| 74. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
94.66 |
1.0613 |
-0.0255 |
266 |
12 |
83.51 |
2009-06-29 |
| 75. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
94.57 |
1.0385 |
-0.0064 |
230 |
4 |
86.11 |
2009-07-11 |
| 76. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
94.55 |
1.0714 |
-0.0466 |
129 |
2 |
80.06 |
2008-10-05 |
| 77. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
94.49 |
1.0201 |
0.0133 |
303 |
8 |
89.07 |
2009-07-08 |
| 78. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
94.46 |
0.9464 |
0.0914 |
323 |
8 |
86.66 |
2008-11-29 |
| 79. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
94.22 |
0.9844 |
0.0504 |
293 |
6 |
82.83 |
2009-07-01 |
| 80. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
94.19 |
1.0073 |
0.0304 |
369 |
5 |
89.69 |
2009-07-14 |
| 81. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
94.12 |
1.0398 |
-0.0214 |
110 |
4 |
79.42 |
2009-07-16 |
| 82. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
94.01 |
1.0399 |
-0.0070 |
294 |
4 |
90.18 |
2009-07-04 |
| 83. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
93.92 |
0.9997 |
0.0306 |
382 |
5 |
83.49 |
2009-08-23 |
| 84. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
93.81 |
0.9786 |
0.0417 |
193 |
4 |
86.21 |
2009-07-14 |
| 85. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
93.77 |
1.0396 |
-0.0218 |
149 |
3 |
85.53 |
2009-06-28 |
| 86. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
93.69 |
1.0441 |
-0.0185 |
252 |
1 |
93.69 |
2009-07-16 |
| 87. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
93.28 |
1.0668 |
-0.0447 |
350 |
3 |
88.67 |
2008-11-12 |
| 88. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
93.26 |
1.0885 |
-0.0658 |
315 |
8 |
89.15 |
2009-07-17 |
| 89. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
93.26 |
1.0252 |
-0.0123 |
176 |
2 |
92.72 |
2008-12-16 |
| 90. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
93.21 |
0.9768 |
0.0446 |
387 |
4 |
83.00 |
2008-12-20 |
| 91. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
93.06 |
1.0124 |
0.0024 |
204 |
9 |
85.18 |
2009-06-28 |
| 92. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
92.98 |
0.9857 |
0.0296 |
293 |
6 |
84.87 |
2009-07-02 |
| 93. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
92.95 |
0.9893 |
0.0268 |
323 |
5 |
86.74 |
2009-07-15 |
| 94. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
92.88 |
1.0289 |
-0.0093 |
276 |
3 |
88.89 |
2009-07-07 |
| 95. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
92.76 |
0.9342 |
0.0832 |
434 |
9 |
87.91 |
2009-07-08 |
| 96. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
92.70 |
0.9879 |
0.0340 |
450 |
6 |
84.81 |
2009-06-28 |
| 97. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
92.62 |
1.0213 |
-0.0122 |
240 |
7 |
83.88 |
2009-09-12 |
| 98. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
92.62 |
1.0389 |
-0.0242 |
340 |
3 |
90.28 |
2008-12-15 |
| 99. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
92.55 |
0.9468 |
0.0642 |
276 |
6 |
84.35 |
2009-06-29 |
| 100. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
92.54 |
1.0516 |
-0.0406 |
281 |
3 |
83.65 |
2009-07-04 |
| 101. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
92.51 |
0.9084 |
0.1068 |
404 |
2 |
88.90 |
2009-07-16 |
| 102. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
92.43 |
0.9429 |
0.0686 |
287 |
3 |
86.28 |
2009-07-04 |
| 103. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
92.41 |
0.9710 |
0.0325 |
173 |
5 |
79.80 |
2009-06-30 |
| 104. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
92.41 |
1.0523 |
-0.0466 |
256 |
10 |
86.65 |
2009-06-30 |
| 105. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
92.36 |
0.9614 |
0.0510 |
292 |
6 |
90.11 |
2009-07-07 |
| 106. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
92.29 |
0.9894 |
0.0237 |
323 |
3 |
89.20 |
2009-07-04 |
| 107. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
92.21 |
1.0034 |
0.0029 |
302 |
7 |
84.76 |
2009-09-12 |
| 108. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
92.21 |
1.0261 |
-0.0202 |
273 |
2 |
89.68 |
2008-09-23 |
| 109. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
92.16 |
1.0613 |
-0.0491 |
456 |
3 |
87.98 |
2009-07-15 |
| 110. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
92.11 |
1.0496 |
-0.0436 |
314 |
6 |
86.38 |
2009-06-28 |
| 111. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
92.10 |
1.0296 |
-0.0166 |
437 |
5 |
86.19 |
2009-08-12 |
| 112. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
92.06 |
1.0565 |
-0.0530 |
247 |
5 |
81.66 |
2009-03-21 |
| 113. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
92.06 |
1.0567 |
-0.0500 |
303 |
2 |
91.21 |
2009-02-01 |
| 114. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
92.04 |
0.9578 |
0.0476 |
281 |
9 |
81.18 |
2009-07-01 |
| 115. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
91.93 |
1.0033 |
-0.0053 |
189 |
3 |
86.54 |
2009-07-02 |
| 116. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
91.84 |
0.9622 |
0.0479 |
392 |
5 |
82.57 |
2008-12-16 |
| 117. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
91.82 |
0.8770 |
0.1297 |
300 |
7 |
83.46 |
2009-07-17 |
| 118. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
91.76 |
0.9593 |
0.0482 |
398 |
9 |
87.38 |
2009-07-20 |
| 119. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
91.65 |
0.9852 |
0.0167 |
264 |
4 |
82.67 |
2008-10-22 |
| 120. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
91.43 |
1.0109 |
-0.0110 |
276 |
5 |
84.17 |
2009-06-28 |
| 121. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
91.37 |
0.9164 |
0.0869 |
305 |
10 |
77.22 |
2009-07-01 |
| 122. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
91.26 |
0.9841 |
0.0170 |
334 |
8 |
84.49 |
2009-02-02 |
| 123. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
91.05 |
0.9365 |
0.0598 |
248 |
6 |
81.92 |
2009-06-29 |
| 124. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
91.03 |
0.9672 |
0.0340 |
396 |
4 |
81.30 |
2009-06-30 |
| 125. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
91.01 |
0.9865 |
0.0091 |
276 |
6 |
82.32 |
2009-07-11 |
| 126. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
90.98 |
0.9168 |
0.0787 |
240 |
6 |
81.86 |
2008-12-20 |
| 127. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
90.93 |
1.0389 |
-0.0436 |
318 |
1 |
90.93 |
2009-07-15 |
| 128. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
90.76 |
0.9795 |
0.0122 |
308 |
5 |
86.81 |
2009-07-06 |
| 129. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
90.71 |
0.9699 |
0.0207 |
269 |
2 |
88.60 |
2009-07-27 |
| 130. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
90.62 |
1.0203 |
-0.0267 |
261 |
7 |
82.63 |
2009-07-04 |
| 131. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
90.61 |
1.0477 |
-0.0552 |
360 |
3 |
90.26 |
2009-07-06 |
| 132. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
90.49 |
0.9293 |
0.0602 |
355 |
5 |
81.57 |
2008-12-17 |
| 133. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
90.41 |
1.0534 |
-0.0634 |
357 |
9 |
84.88 |
2009-07-04 |
| 134. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
90.34 |
1.0368 |
-0.0488 |
276 |
3 |
82.13 |
2009-07-11 |
| 135. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
90.33 |
1.0352 |
-0.0451 |
341 |
3 |
86.79 |
2009-05-27 |
| 136. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
90.30 |
1.0454 |
-0.0625 |
255 |
2 |
90.14 |
2009-07-01 |
| 137. |
Do you know why they call him Franky "Four Fingers" Doug? Be... |
90.26 |
0.8786 |
0.1247 |
214 |
4 |
77.72 |
2008-09-16 |
| 138. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
90.19 |
0.9758 |
0.0103 |
314 |
6 |
85.41 |
2009-06-28 |
| 139. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
90.06 |
0.9780 |
0.0070 |
337 |
1 |
90.06 |
2008-11-26 |
| 140. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
89.80 |
1.0095 |
-0.0295 |
316 |
5 |
83.41 |
2009-03-17 |
| 141. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
89.63 |
0.9411 |
0.0389 |
318 |
7 |
80.49 |
2009-07-04 |
| 142. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
89.56 |
0.9005 |
0.0764 |
212 |
3 |
84.26 |
2009-06-28 |
| 143. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
89.55 |
0.8753 |
0.1122 |
427 |
7 |
74.54 |
2009-07-02 |
| 144. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
89.48 |
1.1114 |
-0.1366 |
247 |
3 |
87.13 |
2009-01-25 |
| 145. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
89.34 |
1.0063 |
-0.0299 |
371 |
6 |
84.69 |
2009-07-16 |
| 146. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
89.30 |
1.0498 |
-0.0790 |
180 |
5 |
83.18 |
2009-06-28 |
| 147. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
89.25 |
0.8890 |
0.0824 |
199 |
3 |
79.94 |
2008-10-09 |
| 148. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
89.14 |
0.9636 |
0.0101 |
254 |
6 |
83.06 |
2009-07-14 |
| 149. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
89.05 |
0.9278 |
0.0477 |
295 |
5 |
79.68 |
2009-07-02 |
| 150. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
89.05 |
0.9785 |
-0.0025 |
335 |
7 |
82.67 |
2009-06-29 |
| 151. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
88.96 |
0.9831 |
-0.0033 |
469 |
5 |
82.59 |
2009-06-28 |
| 152. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
88.80 |
1.0767 |
-0.1089 |
212 |
2 |
87.48 |
2009-07-01 |
| 153. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
88.73 |
0.9798 |
-0.0163 |
199 |
3 |
83.28 |
2008-11-12 |
| 154. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
88.71 |
1.0577 |
-0.0922 |
247 |
2 |
86.45 |
2008-11-12 |
| 155. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
88.71 |
0.9087 |
0.0710 |
393 |
6 |
80.01 |
2009-08-23 |
| 156. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
88.59 |
1.0787 |
-0.1123 |
237 |
5 |
85.97 |
2009-06-28 |
| 157. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
88.41 |
0.9964 |
-0.0306 |
203 |
2 |
85.03 |
2009-06-28 |
| 158. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
88.41 |
0.9567 |
0.0088 |
273 |
4 |
82.20 |
2008-10-05 |
| 159. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
88.40 |
1.0016 |
-0.0406 |
218 |
3 |
84.84 |
2009-07-16 |
| 160. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
88.39 |
0.9899 |
-0.0291 |
163 |
4 |
83.81 |
2008-12-18 |
| 161. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
88.39 |
0.9289 |
0.0343 |
204 |
3 |
81.53 |
2009-07-14 |
| 162. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
88.38 |
0.9851 |
-0.0175 |
317 |
5 |
84.57 |
2009-06-28 |
| 163. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
88.31 |
1.0316 |
-0.0632 |
333 |
2 |
83.11 |
2009-07-04 |
| 164. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
88.28 |
0.9646 |
-0.0012 |
264 |
2 |
86.62 |
2008-12-16 |
| 165. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
88.22 |
0.9351 |
0.0230 |
190 |
10 |
81.37 |
2009-06-28 |
| 166. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
88.21 |
0.8933 |
0.0766 |
363 |
5 |
85.12 |
2009-01-31 |
| 167. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
88.15 |
0.9485 |
0.0160 |
236 |
5 |
82.21 |
2009-09-11 |
| 168. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
87.91 |
1.0257 |
-0.0591 |
401 |
2 |
85.16 |
2009-06-28 |
| 169. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
87.69 |
0.9675 |
-0.0003 |
383 |
3 |
85.80 |
2008-12-20 |
| 170. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
87.64 |
0.9776 |
-0.0202 |
308 |
5 |
80.10 |
2008-12-22 |
| 171. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
87.55 |
0.9886 |
-0.0299 |
220 |
4 |
80.18 |
2008-12-20 |
| 172. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
87.50 |
0.9635 |
-0.0025 |
389 |
5 |
81.66 |
2009-07-16 |
| 173. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
87.42 |
0.9540 |
-0.0011 |
285 |
3 |
86.28 |
2008-12-19 |
| 174. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
87.35 |
0.8919 |
0.0604 |
205 |
4 |
83.36 |
2009-01-29 |
| 175. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
87.33 |
0.9763 |
-0.0230 |
289 |
4 |
80.61 |
2009-06-28 |
| 176. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
87.32 |
0.9597 |
-0.0020 |
347 |
6 |
82.56 |
2009-08-12 |
| 177. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
87.32 |
0.8961 |
0.0541 |
189 |
5 |
79.51 |
2009-06-29 |
| 178. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
87.23 |
1.0053 |
-0.0547 |
232 |
3 |
83.77 |
2009-07-02 |
| 179. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
87.19 |
0.8595 |
0.0945 |
242 |
3 |
74.54 |
2009-01-25 |
| 180. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
87.18 |
0.9687 |
-0.0119 |
371 |
5 |
81.40 |
2008-11-26 |
| 181. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
87.02 |
0.9601 |
-0.0051 |
308 |
3 |
80.65 |
2009-07-02 |
| 182. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
86.99 |
0.9376 |
0.0178 |
367 |
9 |
77.14 |
2008-12-20 |
| 183. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
86.97 |
0.9514 |
-0.0013 |
237 |
6 |
75.26 |
2009-01-27 |
| 184. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
86.78 |
0.9684 |
-0.0180 |
388 |
5 |
82.45 |
2009-06-30 |
| 185. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
86.78 |
0.9500 |
-0.0001 |
362 |
7 |
82.19 |
2008-12-08 |
| 186. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
86.71 |
0.9398 |
0.0164 |
419 |
4 |
81.86 |
2008-10-26 |
| 187. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
86.70 |
1.0429 |
-0.0975 |
259 |
2 |
84.10 |
2008-11-30 |
| 188. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
86.59 |
1.0595 |
-0.1114 |
379 |
1 |
86.59 |
2008-10-11 |
| 189. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
86.42 |
0.9681 |
-0.0161 |
378 |
2 |
85.15 |
2008-12-11 |
| 190. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
86.09 |
1.0361 |
-0.0951 |
269 |
1 |
86.09 |
2009-08-12 |
| 191. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
86.05 |
0.9731 |
-0.0460 |
129 |
3 |
78.96 |
2009-06-29 |
| 192. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
85.91 |
0.9632 |
-0.0188 |
392 |
3 |
77.49 |
2009-07-27 |
| 193. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
85.73 |
0.9279 |
0.0146 |
317 |
6 |
79.96 |
2009-06-28 |
| 194. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
85.61 |
0.8947 |
0.0449 |
366 |
6 |
79.24 |
2009-01-25 |
| 195. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
85.30 |
0.9426 |
-0.0082 |
317 |
2 |
84.89 |
2009-06-28 |
| 196. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
85.28 |
0.9088 |
0.0275 |
348 |
6 |
80.38 |
2009-07-07 |
| 197. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
85.26 |
0.9723 |
-0.0378 |
364 |
4 |
81.05 |
2009-01-27 |
| 198. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
85.23 |
0.8722 |
0.0612 |
285 |
4 |
75.10 |
2009-06-28 |
| 199. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
85.20 |
0.9553 |
-0.0179 |
430 |
5 |
78.40 |
2009-08-12 |
| 200. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
85.10 |
1.0797 |
-0.1562 |
210 |
1 |
85.10 |
2008-09-06 |
| 201. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
85.05 |
0.9897 |
-0.0635 |
274 |
3 |
81.76 |
2009-07-01 |
| 202. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
84.99 |
0.9513 |
-0.0197 |
354 |
5 |
78.51 |
2008-11-12 |
| 203. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
84.91 |
0.9682 |
-0.0431 |
143 |
3 |
76.74 |
2009-07-17 |
| 204. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
84.81 |
0.9430 |
-0.0244 |
211 |
5 |
77.47 |
2009-03-21 |
| 205. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
84.77 |
0.9286 |
-0.0042 |
194 |
4 |
79.42 |
2009-06-28 |
| 206. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
84.76 |
0.8852 |
0.0422 |
201 |
2 |
80.35 |
2008-12-17 |
| 207. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
84.60 |
0.8956 |
0.0325 |
322 |
2 |
79.06 |
2009-07-27 |
| 208. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
84.50 |
0.9697 |
-0.0471 |
249 |
4 |
80.90 |
2008-12-23 |
| 209. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
84.41 |
0.9740 |
-0.0567 |
209 |
5 |
79.34 |
2009-08-12 |
| 210. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
84.38 |
0.9339 |
-0.0143 |
310 |
3 |
78.72 |
2009-07-04 |
| 211. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
84.34 |
1.0025 |
-0.0809 |
336 |
1 |
84.34 |
2008-12-16 |
| 212. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
84.21 |
0.9212 |
0.0013 |
323 |
3 |
80.44 |
2008-12-18 |
| 213. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
84.21 |
0.9986 |
-0.0788 |
283 |
2 |
77.06 |
2009-01-26 |
| 214. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
84.14 |
0.9805 |
-0.0575 |
292 |
4 |
82.01 |
2008-10-20 |
| 215. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
84.02 |
1.0349 |
-0.1185 |
234 |
3 |
80.76 |
2009-06-28 |
| 216. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
83.97 |
1.0120 |
-0.0962 |
290 |
3 |
80.23 |
2009-07-11 |
| 217. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
83.77 |
1.0201 |
-0.1126 |
172 |
3 |
76.25 |
2009-06-28 |
| 218. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
83.70 |
0.8916 |
0.0223 |
216 |
5 |
75.51 |
2009-07-01 |
| 219. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
83.64 |
0.9202 |
-0.0080 |
254 |
7 |
77.43 |
2009-09-11 |
| 220. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
83.58 |
0.9045 |
0.0080 |
235 |
3 |
79.50 |
2008-11-25 |
| 221. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
83.56 |
0.9072 |
0.0031 |
237 |
4 |
79.37 |
2009-06-28 |
| 222. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
83.51 |
0.9786 |
-0.0676 |
235 |
2 |
76.11 |
2009-06-28 |
| 223. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
83.41 |
0.9049 |
0.0109 |
351 |
9 |
77.11 |
2008-12-19 |
| 224. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
83.39 |
1.0214 |
-0.1130 |
269 |
1 |
83.39 |
2008-12-11 |
| 225. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
83.36 |
0.9691 |
-0.0598 |
223 |
3 |
78.34 |
2008-09-23 |
| 226. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
83.30 |
0.9527 |
-0.0437 |
251 |
3 |
76.28 |
2009-06-28 |
| 227. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
83.08 |
0.9125 |
-0.0040 |
308 |
7 |
78.39 |
2009-06-28 |
| 228. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
83.08 |
0.9266 |
-0.0198 |
267 |
3 |
76.23 |
2009-07-01 |
| 229. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
83.06 |
0.9097 |
0.0384 |
464 |
4 |
74.19 |
2008-12-22 |
| 230. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
83.04 |
0.9309 |
-0.0265 |
284 |
5 |
80.04 |
2009-07-04 |
| 231. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
82.73 |
0.9756 |
-0.0741 |
229 |
2 |
75.77 |
2009-01-29 |
| 232. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
82.72 |
0.9330 |
-0.0237 |
360 |
3 |
74.94 |
2008-11-12 |
| 233. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
82.71 |
0.8105 |
0.0878 |
204 |
4 |
74.38 |
2008-09-16 |
| 234. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
82.50 |
0.9936 |
-0.0936 |
311 |
1 |
82.50 |
2008-09-19 |
| 235. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
82.46 |
0.8996 |
-0.0053 |
192 |
5 |
76.22 |
2008-11-27 |
| 236. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
82.15 |
0.9233 |
-0.0352 |
168 |
4 |
75.62 |
2009-01-27 |
| 237. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
81.86 |
0.9074 |
-0.0077 |
396 |
2 |
79.95 |
2009-01-31 |
| 238. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
81.81 |
0.9991 |
-0.1059 |
225 |
7 |
77.61 |
2008-12-20 |
| 239. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
81.67 |
0.9148 |
-0.0223 |
317 |
8 |
73.04 |
2009-06-28 |
| 240. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
81.62 |
0.9557 |
-0.0589 |
331 |
1 |
81.62 |
2008-11-26 |
| 241. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
81.52 |
0.9570 |
-0.0659 |
287 |
3 |
75.90 |
2009-07-17 |
| 242. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
81.19 |
0.8553 |
0.0254 |
174 |
6 |
74.19 |
2009-06-28 |
| 243. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
80.73 |
0.8602 |
0.0183 |
206 |
6 |
75.60 |
2009-02-02 |
| 244. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
80.65 |
0.9064 |
-0.0174 |
399 |
4 |
78.98 |
2009-06-28 |
| 245. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
80.26 |
0.8826 |
-0.0057 |
296 |
6 |
75.13 |
2008-12-08 |
| 246. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
79.91 |
0.9372 |
-0.0616 |
320 |
2 |
77.20 |
2008-10-27 |
| 247. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
79.85 |
0.9946 |
-0.1238 |
246 |
2 |
78.76 |
2009-07-11 |
| 248. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
79.68 |
1.0125 |
-0.1457 |
224 |
1 |
79.68 |
2009-06-28 |
| 249. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
79.67 |
0.9234 |
-0.0490 |
346 |
3 |
77.43 |
2008-11-12 |
| 250. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
79.47 |
0.9811 |
-0.1117 |
272 |
1 |
79.47 |
2009-07-04 |
| 251. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
79.33 |
0.9910 |
-0.1239 |
295 |
5 |
74.17 |
2008-11-17 |
| 252. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
79.25 |
0.8958 |
-0.0269 |
322 |
4 |
78.59 |
2009-07-02 |
| 253. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
79.10 |
0.9653 |
-0.0943 |
394 |
3 |
78.76 |
2009-06-28 |
| 254. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
79.00 |
0.9213 |
-0.0593 |
295 |
2 |
78.49 |
2009-06-28 |
| 255. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
78.60 |
0.8382 |
0.0194 |
268 |
3 |
67.83 |
2008-10-05 |
| 256. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
78.22 |
0.9866 |
-0.1374 |
218 |
2 |
73.25 |
2008-09-22 |
| 257. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
78.00 |
0.9084 |
-0.0561 |
300 |
3 |
76.92 |
2009-03-21 |
| 258. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
77.40 |
0.9965 |
-0.1521 |
277 |
1 |
77.40 |
2009-08-12 |
| 259. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
77.36 |
0.8981 |
-0.0501 |
393 |
3 |
73.10 |
2009-01-27 |
| 260. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
77.02 |
0.9884 |
-0.1496 |
233 |
1 |
77.02 |
2008-11-29 |
| 261. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
76.94 |
0.8878 |
-0.0493 |
346 |
5 |
72.93 |
2009-07-16 |
| 262. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
76.83 |
0.9109 |
-0.0708 |
401 |
2 |
73.89 |
2008-11-30 |
| 263. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
76.76 |
0.8153 |
0.0263 |
200 |
1 |
76.76 |
2008-09-02 |
| 264. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
75.87 |
1.0060 |
-0.1838 |
171 |
4 |
66.95 |
2009-02-02 |
| 265. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
74.61 |
0.7876 |
0.0280 |
316 |
1 |
74.61 |
2008-12-19 |
| 266. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
74.27 |
0.9942 |
-0.1762 |
483 |
1 |
74.27 |
2008-09-16 |
| 267. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
71.93 |
1.0334 |
-0.2566 |
131 |
1 |
71.93 |
2008-11-26 |
| 268. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
70.96 |
0.9676 |
-0.1867 |
442 |
1 |
70.96 |
2009-06-28 |
| 269. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
61.29 |
0.9546 |
-0.2578 |
198 |
1 |
61.29 |
2009-09-12 |