| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
48.63 |
1.0444 |
0.0994 |
197 |
8 |
42.42 |
2008-12-31 |
| 2. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
48.22 |
0.9540 |
0.1848 |
285 |
3 |
43.56 |
2008-12-30 |
| 3. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
47.96 |
1.0426 |
0.0911 |
323 |
9 |
41.41 |
2008-12-30 |
| 4. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
47.89 |
1.1016 |
0.0312 |
233 |
4 |
41.88 |
2008-12-29 |
| 5. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
47.29 |
0.9899 |
0.1238 |
163 |
4 |
41.47 |
2008-12-31 |
| 6. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
47.22 |
1.0498 |
0.0621 |
180 |
8 |
38.87 |
2008-12-26 |
| 7. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
47.11 |
0.9128 |
0.2068 |
133 |
10 |
40.17 |
2008-12-31 |
| 8. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
47.05 |
1.0796 |
0.0282 |
129 |
6 |
40.76 |
2008-12-27 |
| 9. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
46.72 |
1.0261 |
0.0767 |
273 |
6 |
38.04 |
2008-12-27 |
| 10. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
46.54 |
1.0788 |
0.0160 |
171 |
5 |
41.21 |
2008-12-30 |
| 11. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
46.37 |
1.0263 |
0.0693 |
267 |
6 |
40.23 |
2008-12-30 |
| 12. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
46.23 |
0.8533 |
0.2408 |
232 |
3 |
38.95 |
2008-12-30 |
| 13. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
46.17 |
0.9649 |
0.1256 |
193 |
6 |
39.66 |
2008-12-31 |
| 14. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
46.14 |
1.0399 |
0.0562 |
294 |
1 |
46.14 |
2008-12-31 |
| 15. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
46.04 |
0.9884 |
0.0993 |
233 |
10 |
38.27 |
2008-12-31 |
| 16. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
46.02 |
0.9266 |
0.1615 |
267 |
2 |
43.42 |
2008-12-31 |
| 17. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
45.79 |
1.0462 |
0.0302 |
184 |
3 |
42.72 |
2008-12-31 |
| 18. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
45.75 |
1.0349 |
0.0459 |
234 |
8 |
40.04 |
2008-12-30 |
| 19. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
45.69 |
0.8910 |
0.1908 |
150 |
7 |
38.66 |
2008-12-29 |
| 20. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
45.67 |
1.1018 |
-0.0286 |
220 |
5 |
43.27 |
2008-12-26 |
| 21. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
45.50 |
0.9260 |
0.1599 |
243 |
9 |
40.44 |
2008-12-29 |
| 22. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
45.20 |
1.0068 |
0.0649 |
358 |
1 |
45.20 |
2008-12-27 |
| 23. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
45.02 |
0.9221 |
0.1405 |
244 |
6 |
38.98 |
2008-12-26 |
| 24. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
45.01 |
1.0483 |
0.0125 |
227 |
7 |
39.68 |
2008-12-25 |
| 25. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
44.95 |
0.8809 |
0.1793 |
127 |
7 |
39.30 |
2008-12-26 |
| 26. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
44.83 |
1.0528 |
0.0017 |
201 |
4 |
39.65 |
2008-12-25 |
| 27. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
44.79 |
0.9196 |
0.1407 |
148 |
4 |
38.68 |
2008-12-29 |
| 28. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
44.78 |
1.0025 |
0.0567 |
336 |
9 |
38.46 |
2008-12-31 |
| 29. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
44.77 |
1.0714 |
-0.0222 |
129 |
8 |
40.14 |
2008-12-30 |
| 30. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
44.74 |
0.9578 |
0.0991 |
281 |
6 |
38.93 |
2008-12-31 |
| 31. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
44.73 |
1.0567 |
0.0010 |
303 |
5 |
41.48 |
2008-12-31 |
| 32. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
44.71 |
0.9614 |
0.0982 |
292 |
2 |
41.91 |
2008-12-26 |
| 33. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
44.67 |
1.0063 |
0.0498 |
371 |
10 |
39.75 |
2008-12-31 |
| 34. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
44.56 |
1.0799 |
-0.0305 |
243 |
9 |
40.85 |
2008-12-30 |
| 35. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
44.51 |
1.0417 |
0.0077 |
253 |
7 |
40.85 |
2008-12-30 |
| 36. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
44.42 |
0.9986 |
0.0517 |
283 |
5 |
36.21 |
2008-12-31 |
| 37. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
44.41 |
0.9710 |
0.0720 |
173 |
8 |
37.65 |
2008-12-29 |
| 38. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
44.40 |
0.9597 |
0.0936 |
347 |
8 |
39.23 |
2008-12-31 |
| 39. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
44.36 |
0.9936 |
0.0544 |
311 |
8 |
40.43 |
2008-12-31 |
| 40. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
44.31 |
0.8826 |
0.1659 |
296 |
7 |
39.96 |
2008-12-31 |
| 41. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
44.31 |
0.8792 |
0.1772 |
296 |
4 |
40.24 |
2008-12-26 |
| 42. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
44.31 |
1.0487 |
-0.0066 |
231 |
13 |
40.43 |
2008-12-31 |
| 43. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
44.27 |
1.0577 |
-0.0151 |
247 |
9 |
40.44 |
2008-12-30 |
| 44. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
44.21 |
0.9682 |
0.0746 |
143 |
6 |
36.50 |
2008-12-31 |
| 45. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
44.12 |
1.0429 |
-0.0018 |
259 |
5 |
37.80 |
2008-12-27 |
| 46. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
44.08 |
0.9841 |
0.0613 |
334 |
1 |
44.08 |
2008-12-30 |
| 47. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
43.99 |
0.9866 |
0.0491 |
218 |
4 |
41.27 |
2008-12-30 |
| 48. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
43.98 |
0.9763 |
0.0624 |
289 |
7 |
38.24 |
2008-12-31 |
| 49. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
43.96 |
0.9863 |
0.0568 |
339 |
6 |
40.30 |
2008-12-30 |
| 50. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
43.90 |
0.9844 |
0.0577 |
293 |
3 |
40.40 |
2008-12-31 |
| 51. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
43.84 |
0.9884 |
0.0517 |
262 |
5 |
38.72 |
2008-12-29 |
| 52. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
43.83 |
1.0297 |
0.0047 |
249 |
2 |
43.24 |
2008-12-26 |
| 53. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
43.83 |
0.9213 |
0.1148 |
295 |
10 |
40.73 |
2008-12-31 |
| 54. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
43.82 |
0.9263 |
0.1126 |
188 |
1 |
43.82 |
2008-12-31 |
| 55. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
43.81 |
0.9576 |
0.0821 |
212 |
4 |
41.62 |
2008-12-26 |
| 56. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
43.80 |
1.0125 |
0.0201 |
224 |
2 |
43.60 |
2008-12-31 |
| 57. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
43.78 |
1.0201 |
0.0147 |
303 |
8 |
39.24 |
2008-12-27 |
| 58. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
43.69 |
1.0201 |
0.0053 |
172 |
7 |
37.62 |
2008-12-26 |
| 59. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
43.67 |
1.0138 |
0.0176 |
231 |
2 |
40.82 |
2008-12-25 |
| 60. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
43.66 |
0.9633 |
0.0704 |
304 |
4 |
40.02 |
2008-12-31 |
| 61. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
43.66 |
0.9612 |
0.0703 |
256 |
8 |
38.57 |
2008-12-29 |
| 62. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
43.66 |
0.9820 |
0.0523 |
267 |
8 |
39.61 |
2008-12-30 |
| 63. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
43.57 |
0.9072 |
0.1205 |
237 |
7 |
38.83 |
2008-12-31 |
| 64. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
43.50 |
0.8615 |
0.1663 |
110 |
5 |
39.53 |
2008-12-31 |
| 65. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
43.49 |
1.0521 |
-0.0294 |
171 |
1 |
43.49 |
2008-12-30 |
| 66. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
43.45 |
0.8811 |
0.1500 |
239 |
3 |
37.18 |
2008-12-26 |
| 67. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
43.44 |
0.9691 |
0.0567 |
223 |
6 |
38.41 |
2008-12-30 |
| 68. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
43.32 |
1.0095 |
0.0128 |
316 |
4 |
38.47 |
2008-12-24 |
| 69. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
43.30 |
0.9307 |
0.1002 |
246 |
6 |
38.70 |
2008-12-29 |
| 70. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
43.29 |
1.0053 |
0.0154 |
232 |
5 |
39.98 |
2008-12-31 |
| 71. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
43.24 |
0.9886 |
0.0354 |
220 |
5 |
37.56 |
2008-12-24 |
| 72. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
43.21 |
0.8442 |
0.1806 |
265 |
7 |
38.07 |
2008-12-31 |
| 73. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
43.20 |
0.9226 |
0.1042 |
348 |
5 |
37.83 |
2008-12-31 |
| 74. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
43.09 |
0.9266 |
0.0931 |
278 |
4 |
39.35 |
2008-12-29 |
| 75. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
43.08 |
1.0666 |
-0.0488 |
297 |
6 |
39.56 |
2008-12-27 |
| 76. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
43.06 |
1.0445 |
-0.0264 |
373 |
3 |
37.84 |
2008-12-30 |
| 77. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
43.02 |
1.0334 |
-0.0237 |
131 |
2 |
40.24 |
2008-12-31 |
| 78. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
42.98 |
1.0251 |
-0.0120 |
261 |
9 |
39.95 |
2008-12-27 |
| 79. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
42.97 |
0.9567 |
0.0581 |
273 |
5 |
39.22 |
2008-12-29 |
| 80. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
42.93 |
1.0993 |
-0.0873 |
265 |
8 |
39.02 |
2008-12-27 |
| 81. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
42.86 |
0.9729 |
0.0397 |
255 |
5 |
40.82 |
2008-12-31 |
| 82. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
42.83 |
0.9257 |
0.0915 |
317 |
6 |
40.56 |
2008-12-30 |
| 83. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
42.81 |
0.9289 |
0.0800 |
204 |
4 |
39.23 |
2008-12-31 |
| 84. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
42.80 |
1.0385 |
-0.0293 |
230 |
3 |
42.23 |
2008-12-27 |
| 85. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
42.79 |
0.9941 |
0.0142 |
217 |
7 |
39.34 |
2008-12-31 |
| 86. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
42.77 |
0.9786 |
0.0264 |
193 |
5 |
38.16 |
2008-12-31 |
| 87. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
42.76 |
1.0441 |
-0.0326 |
252 |
7 |
39.98 |
2008-12-31 |
| 88. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
42.70 |
0.9500 |
0.0608 |
362 |
5 |
38.65 |
2008-12-29 |
| 89. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
42.64 |
0.9897 |
0.0151 |
274 |
3 |
40.66 |
2008-12-31 |
| 90. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
42.61 |
1.0596 |
-0.0553 |
239 |
4 |
39.05 |
2008-12-31 |
| 91. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
42.59 |
0.8887 |
0.1312 |
128 |
5 |
36.93 |
2008-12-26 |
| 92. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
42.54 |
1.0797 |
-0.0806 |
210 |
6 |
39.19 |
2008-12-26 |
| 93. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
42.47 |
1.1114 |
-0.1110 |
247 |
3 |
41.36 |
2008-12-24 |
| 94. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
42.47 |
1.0787 |
-0.0769 |
237 |
4 |
40.85 |
2008-12-27 |
| 95. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
42.45 |
0.9342 |
0.0719 |
434 |
3 |
38.51 |
2008-12-31 |
| 96. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
42.41 |
1.0120 |
-0.0112 |
290 |
3 |
39.28 |
2008-12-30 |
| 97. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
42.36 |
0.9769 |
0.0214 |
263 |
1 |
42.36 |
2008-12-31 |
| 98. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
42.31 |
0.9857 |
0.0125 |
293 |
3 |
35.52 |
2008-12-31 |
| 99. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
42.31 |
0.9316 |
0.0736 |
287 |
5 |
40.07 |
2008-12-31 |
| 100. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
42.29 |
0.8709 |
0.1358 |
202 |
7 |
38.02 |
2008-12-31 |
| 101. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
42.26 |
0.8722 |
0.1287 |
285 |
4 |
35.39 |
2008-12-29 |
| 102. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
42.25 |
0.9636 |
0.0341 |
254 |
5 |
39.46 |
2008-12-30 |
| 103. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
42.25 |
1.0516 |
-0.0542 |
281 |
4 |
36.58 |
2008-12-26 |
| 104. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
42.23 |
0.9740 |
0.0192 |
209 |
3 |
38.89 |
2008-12-27 |
| 105. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
42.13 |
0.9468 |
0.0476 |
276 |
3 |
37.50 |
2008-12-31 |
| 106. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
42.13 |
0.9212 |
0.0770 |
323 |
6 |
39.88 |
2008-12-31 |
| 107. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
42.09 |
0.9570 |
0.0387 |
287 |
1 |
42.09 |
2008-12-31 |
| 108. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
42.06 |
1.0213 |
-0.0312 |
240 |
6 |
38.81 |
2008-12-24 |
| 109. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
42.04 |
0.9527 |
0.0400 |
251 |
4 |
38.52 |
2008-12-29 |
| 110. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
42.03 |
1.0389 |
-0.0447 |
318 |
6 |
40.67 |
2008-12-31 |
| 111. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
42.00 |
1.0060 |
-0.0189 |
171 |
1 |
42.00 |
2008-12-31 |
| 112. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
41.98 |
0.9965 |
-0.0100 |
168 |
7 |
37.89 |
2008-12-31 |
| 113. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
41.96 |
0.9485 |
0.0441 |
236 |
4 |
38.05 |
2008-12-27 |
| 114. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
41.95 |
1.0025 |
-0.0120 |
256 |
4 |
38.59 |
2008-12-23 |
| 115. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
41.95 |
1.0168 |
-0.0248 |
271 |
4 |
35.51 |
2008-12-29 |
| 116. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
41.92 |
1.0619 |
-0.0684 |
354 |
1 |
41.92 |
2008-12-30 |
| 117. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
41.84 |
0.9734 |
0.0143 |
289 |
1 |
41.84 |
2008-12-31 |
| 118. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
41.81 |
0.9286 |
0.0577 |
194 |
6 |
39.29 |
2008-12-26 |
| 119. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
41.80 |
0.9865 |
0.0016 |
276 |
2 |
38.52 |
2008-12-24 |
| 120. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
41.79 |
1.0389 |
-0.0497 |
340 |
4 |
39.81 |
2008-12-29 |
| 121. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
41.77 |
1.0396 |
-0.0605 |
149 |
3 |
38.28 |
2008-12-30 |
| 122. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
41.72 |
0.9852 |
0.0002 |
264 |
8 |
37.23 |
2008-12-27 |
| 123. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
41.72 |
1.0197 |
-0.0375 |
226 |
3 |
41.03 |
2008-12-30 |
| 124. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
41.72 |
0.9724 |
0.0163 |
237 |
1 |
41.72 |
2008-12-26 |
| 125. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
41.71 |
0.9226 |
0.0661 |
177 |
4 |
36.76 |
2008-12-26 |
| 126. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
41.67 |
0.9251 |
0.0638 |
177 |
3 |
38.86 |
2008-12-26 |
| 127. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
41.67 |
0.9365 |
0.0488 |
248 |
9 |
37.28 |
2008-12-31 |
| 128. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
41.66 |
1.0131 |
-0.0333 |
225 |
5 |
36.75 |
2008-12-29 |
| 129. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
41.65 |
0.8788 |
0.1011 |
134 |
1 |
41.65 |
2008-12-31 |
| 130. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
41.61 |
0.8573 |
0.1288 |
270 |
6 |
37.10 |
2008-12-26 |
| 131. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
41.60 |
1.0034 |
-0.0226 |
302 |
3 |
38.78 |
2008-12-24 |
| 132. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
41.53 |
0.9798 |
-0.0049 |
199 |
9 |
37.69 |
2008-12-29 |
| 133. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
41.53 |
0.9907 |
-0.0117 |
211 |
3 |
38.65 |
2008-12-29 |
| 134. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
41.52 |
0.9772 |
-0.0004 |
217 |
7 |
38.52 |
2008-12-29 |
| 135. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
41.50 |
0.9843 |
-0.0094 |
234 |
7 |
36.97 |
2008-12-29 |
| 136. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
41.49 |
0.9048 |
0.0794 |
271 |
3 |
39.01 |
2008-12-31 |
| 137. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
41.48 |
1.0496 |
-0.0709 |
314 |
4 |
39.43 |
2008-12-30 |
| 138. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
41.45 |
0.9684 |
0.0130 |
388 |
4 |
38.50 |
2008-12-29 |
| 139. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
41.43 |
0.8892 |
0.0950 |
207 |
4 |
39.32 |
2008-12-26 |
| 140. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
41.42 |
0.9513 |
0.0304 |
354 |
5 |
37.76 |
2008-12-31 |
| 141. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
41.39 |
1.0023 |
-0.0270 |
211 |
3 |
41.15 |
2008-12-23 |
| 142. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
41.34 |
0.8810 |
0.0958 |
282 |
4 |
36.50 |
2008-12-31 |
| 143. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
41.29 |
0.9351 |
0.0342 |
190 |
4 |
34.74 |
2008-12-31 |
| 144. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
41.29 |
0.9005 |
0.0728 |
212 |
4 |
37.85 |
2008-12-31 |
| 145. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
41.26 |
0.9233 |
0.0425 |
168 |
4 |
38.10 |
2008-12-29 |
| 146. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
41.23 |
1.0016 |
-0.0328 |
218 |
2 |
38.07 |
2008-12-26 |
| 147. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
41.20 |
0.8602 |
0.1103 |
206 |
5 |
35.61 |
2008-12-31 |
| 148. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
41.18 |
1.0565 |
-0.0869 |
247 |
2 |
39.19 |
2008-12-29 |
| 149. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
41.17 |
0.9464 |
0.0307 |
323 |
1 |
41.17 |
2008-12-30 |
| 150. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
41.16 |
1.0352 |
-0.0604 |
341 |
2 |
39.80 |
2008-12-29 |
| 151. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
41.14 |
0.9309 |
0.0384 |
284 |
6 |
36.13 |
2008-12-31 |
| 152. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
41.09 |
1.0390 |
-0.0727 |
205 |
7 |
38.25 |
2008-12-29 |
| 153. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
41.09 |
0.9756 |
-0.0068 |
229 |
5 |
38.92 |
2008-12-29 |
| 154. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
41.09 |
0.9965 |
-0.0261 |
310 |
1 |
41.09 |
2008-12-30 |
| 155. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
41.09 |
0.9325 |
0.0309 |
156 |
7 |
36.80 |
2008-12-31 |
| 156. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
41.06 |
0.9068 |
0.0655 |
269 |
4 |
38.01 |
2008-12-29 |
| 157. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
41.05 |
0.9910 |
-0.0200 |
295 |
2 |
40.43 |
2008-12-24 |
| 158. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
41.05 |
0.9514 |
0.0180 |
237 |
5 |
40.24 |
2008-12-31 |
| 159. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
41.05 |
0.8951 |
0.0762 |
193 |
2 |
39.70 |
2008-12-31 |
| 160. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
41.03 |
1.0515 |
-0.0848 |
250 |
3 |
38.64 |
2008-12-27 |
| 161. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
41.02 |
0.9991 |
-0.0302 |
225 |
5 |
36.94 |
2008-12-30 |
| 162. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
41.00 |
1.0331 |
-0.0674 |
234 |
1 |
41.00 |
2008-12-24 |
| 163. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
40.94 |
0.9964 |
-0.0298 |
203 |
2 |
36.86 |
2008-12-27 |
| 164. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
40.94 |
0.8077 |
0.1569 |
167 |
5 |
36.08 |
2008-12-26 |
| 165. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
40.89 |
0.9811 |
-0.0131 |
272 |
4 |
37.95 |
2008-12-30 |
| 166. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
40.80 |
0.9084 |
0.0588 |
404 |
5 |
36.37 |
2008-12-26 |
| 167. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
40.79 |
0.8382 |
0.1252 |
268 |
5 |
34.53 |
2008-12-30 |
| 168. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
40.75 |
0.9785 |
-0.0134 |
335 |
1 |
40.75 |
2008-12-31 |
| 169. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
40.75 |
1.0183 |
-0.0620 |
191 |
4 |
37.97 |
2008-12-31 |
| 170. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
40.69 |
0.8852 |
0.0774 |
201 |
8 |
36.25 |
2008-12-29 |
| 171. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
40.63 |
0.8553 |
0.0986 |
174 |
6 |
33.59 |
2008-12-30 |
| 172. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
40.59 |
0.8971 |
0.0663 |
266 |
5 |
38.85 |
2008-12-31 |
| 173. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
40.56 |
1.0829 |
-0.1240 |
288 |
1 |
40.56 |
2008-12-26 |
| 174. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
40.55 |
0.9281 |
0.0341 |
273 |
5 |
37.41 |
2008-12-26 |
| 175. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
40.49 |
1.0337 |
-0.0786 |
214 |
1 |
40.49 |
2008-12-26 |
| 176. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
40.45 |
0.8653 |
0.1007 |
255 |
5 |
35.85 |
2008-12-26 |
| 177. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
40.45 |
0.9851 |
-0.0282 |
317 |
6 |
36.95 |
2008-12-26 |
| 178. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
40.31 |
0.9572 |
-0.0069 |
201 |
4 |
38.36 |
2008-12-31 |
| 179. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
40.28 |
0.9045 |
0.0465 |
235 |
5 |
34.56 |
2008-12-29 |
| 180. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
40.27 |
0.9697 |
-0.0191 |
249 |
2 |
37.38 |
2008-12-27 |
| 181. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
40.27 |
0.9805 |
-0.0255 |
292 |
5 |
36.37 |
2008-12-29 |
| 182. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
40.24 |
1.0214 |
-0.0771 |
166 |
1 |
40.24 |
2008-12-26 |
| 183. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
40.22 |
0.8941 |
0.0571 |
216 |
5 |
37.13 |
2008-12-29 |
| 184. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
40.14 |
1.0013 |
-0.0549 |
273 |
8 |
37.40 |
2008-12-29 |
| 185. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
40.13 |
1.0711 |
-0.1291 |
213 |
1 |
40.13 |
2008-12-24 |
| 186. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
40.11 |
0.8628 |
0.0804 |
196 |
4 |
35.00 |
2008-12-24 |
| 187. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
40.10 |
0.9946 |
-0.0484 |
246 |
1 |
40.10 |
2008-12-23 |
| 188. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
40.10 |
0.9795 |
-0.0331 |
308 |
4 |
38.56 |
2008-12-26 |
| 189. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
40.09 |
0.9202 |
0.0252 |
254 |
4 |
36.41 |
2008-12-26 |
| 190. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
40.04 |
1.0099 |
-0.0679 |
207 |
3 |
37.25 |
2008-12-24 |
| 191. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
39.84 |
0.9429 |
-0.0015 |
287 |
6 |
37.03 |
2008-12-31 |
| 192. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
39.84 |
0.9411 |
-0.0002 |
318 |
4 |
35.17 |
2008-12-26 |
| 193. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
39.77 |
0.9164 |
0.0269 |
305 |
4 |
36.24 |
2008-12-30 |
| 194. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
39.53 |
0.8961 |
0.0332 |
189 |
6 |
37.13 |
2008-12-25 |
| 195. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
39.52 |
0.9125 |
0.0218 |
308 |
4 |
37.04 |
2008-12-26 |
| 196. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
39.47 |
0.9776 |
-0.0461 |
308 |
2 |
35.35 |
2008-12-24 |
| 197. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
39.46 |
1.0696 |
-0.1420 |
226 |
4 |
37.90 |
2008-12-26 |
| 198. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
39.44 |
1.0419 |
-0.1113 |
261 |
6 |
36.99 |
2008-12-26 |
| 199. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
39.41 |
0.9532 |
-0.0246 |
258 |
3 |
36.67 |
2008-12-31 |
| 200. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
39.40 |
0.9893 |
-0.0596 |
323 |
4 |
38.05 |
2008-12-26 |
| 201. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
39.32 |
0.9758 |
-0.0474 |
314 |
4 |
36.03 |
2008-12-26 |
| 202. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
39.29 |
1.0109 |
-0.0831 |
276 |
3 |
38.53 |
2008-12-31 |
| 203. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
39.29 |
0.9731 |
-0.0586 |
129 |
3 |
36.97 |
2008-12-29 |
| 204. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
39.22 |
0.8791 |
0.0453 |
190 |
3 |
38.53 |
2008-12-25 |
| 205. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
39.22 |
0.8353 |
0.0975 |
283 |
5 |
35.48 |
2008-12-31 |
| 206. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
39.13 |
1.0124 |
-0.0916 |
204 |
2 |
37.89 |
2008-12-27 |
| 207. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
39.09 |
0.8878 |
0.0342 |
346 |
4 |
36.76 |
2008-12-26 |
| 208. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
39.05 |
0.8956 |
0.0283 |
217 |
3 |
36.96 |
2008-12-27 |
| 209. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
39.01 |
1.0203 |
-0.0966 |
261 |
2 |
38.65 |
2008-12-26 |
| 210. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
38.93 |
1.0004 |
-0.0881 |
212 |
1 |
38.93 |
2008-12-23 |
| 211. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
38.84 |
0.9966 |
-0.0810 |
259 |
1 |
38.84 |
2008-12-27 |
| 212. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
38.83 |
0.9846 |
-0.0697 |
281 |
2 |
37.57 |
2008-12-26 |
| 213. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
38.71 |
0.9339 |
-0.0223 |
310 |
4 |
34.23 |
2008-12-27 |
| 214. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
38.71 |
0.8096 |
0.1114 |
209 |
5 |
34.03 |
2008-12-26 |
| 215. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
38.54 |
0.8154 |
0.0955 |
193 |
3 |
36.95 |
2008-12-24 |
| 216. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
38.52 |
1.0486 |
-0.1392 |
289 |
5 |
36.60 |
2008-12-29 |
| 217. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
38.46 |
1.0252 |
-0.1246 |
176 |
4 |
36.49 |
2008-12-25 |
| 218. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
38.38 |
0.9084 |
-0.0014 |
300 |
2 |
36.55 |
2008-12-30 |
| 219. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
38.21 |
1.0214 |
-0.1219 |
269 |
1 |
38.21 |
2008-12-26 |
| 220. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
38.09 |
0.8295 |
0.0706 |
209 |
4 |
35.38 |
2008-12-29 |
| 221. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
38.01 |
0.8919 |
0.0028 |
205 |
2 |
33.88 |
2008-12-24 |
| 222. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
37.98 |
0.8770 |
0.0219 |
300 |
7 |
35.16 |
2008-12-29 |
| 223. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
37.87 |
0.9646 |
-0.0725 |
264 |
2 |
36.68 |
2008-12-23 |
| 224. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
37.49 |
1.0613 |
-0.1765 |
266 |
1 |
37.49 |
2008-12-31 |
| 225. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
37.49 |
0.8958 |
-0.0073 |
322 |
4 |
34.80 |
2008-12-24 |
| 226. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
37.48 |
0.9049 |
-0.0158 |
351 |
1 |
37.48 |
2008-12-31 |
| 227. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
37.28 |
1.0029 |
-0.1304 |
209 |
5 |
36.23 |
2008-12-26 |
| 228. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
37.24 |
0.9786 |
-0.1011 |
235 |
1 |
37.24 |
2008-12-30 |
| 229. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
37.21 |
0.9430 |
-0.0731 |
211 |
4 |
33.60 |
2008-12-24 |
| 230. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
37.06 |
0.8975 |
-0.0234 |
268 |
5 |
35.39 |
2008-12-26 |
| 231. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
36.87 |
0.9330 |
-0.0573 |
360 |
1 |
36.87 |
2008-12-31 |
| 232. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
36.85 |
0.7876 |
0.0836 |
316 |
4 |
34.69 |
2008-12-29 |
| 233. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
36.62 |
0.8890 |
-0.0295 |
199 |
3 |
33.57 |
2008-12-26 |
| 234. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
36.55 |
0.8595 |
0.0037 |
242 |
6 |
33.73 |
2008-12-24 |
| 235. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
36.41 |
0.8821 |
-0.0245 |
176 |
3 |
34.78 |
2008-12-24 |
| 236. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
35.52 |
0.8899 |
-0.0420 |
293 |
1 |
35.52 |
2008-12-22 |
| 237. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
35.37 |
0.8916 |
-0.0581 |
216 |
2 |
33.37 |
2008-12-31 |
| 238. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
33.61 |
0.8996 |
-0.1140 |
192 |
2 |
32.63 |
2008-12-23 |
| 239. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
33.37 |
0.9275 |
-0.1454 |
211 |
2 |
32.78 |
2008-12-24 |
| 240. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
28.42 |
0.9168 |
-0.2485 |
240 |
2 |
28.04 |
2008-12-22 |