| 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... |
178.55 |
1.0714 |
0.1173 |
129 |
5 |
162.04 |
2009-05-29 |
| 2. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
173.22 |
1.0696 |
0.0883 |
226 |
10 |
154.56 |
2009-04-29 |
| 3. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
172.41 |
1.0528 |
0.0981 |
201 |
7 |
163.42 |
2009-05-20 |
| 4. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
172.36 |
1.0419 |
0.1137 |
261 |
5 |
142.86 |
2009-05-28 |
| 5. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
171.78 |
1.0787 |
0.0717 |
237 |
3 |
157.36 |
2009-02-22 |
| 6. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
171.70 |
1.0390 |
0.1083 |
205 |
8 |
152.67 |
2009-06-13 |
| 7. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
171.16 |
1.0454 |
0.0984 |
255 |
5 |
151.11 |
2009-05-29 |
| 8. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
168.63 |
1.0799 |
0.0467 |
243 |
3 |
163.89 |
2009-05-20 |
| 9. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
168.59 |
1.1018 |
0.0219 |
220 |
6 |
148.71 |
2009-06-13 |
| 10. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
167.91 |
1.0523 |
0.0688 |
256 |
7 |
153.86 |
2009-06-13 |
| 11. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
167.80 |
1.0797 |
0.0394 |
210 |
11 |
155.00 |
2009-04-29 |
| 12. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
167.77 |
1.0993 |
0.0231 |
265 |
7 |
147.28 |
2009-05-20 |
| 13. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
167.43 |
1.0596 |
0.0605 |
239 |
8 |
147.03 |
2009-04-04 |
| 14. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
166.77 |
1.1114 |
0.0036 |
247 |
8 |
156.54 |
2009-05-29 |
| 15. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
165.58 |
1.0125 |
0.0948 |
224 |
3 |
156.34 |
2009-02-24 |
| 16. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
165.07 |
1.0498 |
0.0516 |
180 |
6 |
151.49 |
2009-05-03 |
| 17. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
165.00 |
0.9731 |
0.1201 |
129 |
7 |
131.71 |
2009-06-13 |
| 18. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
164.98 |
1.0218 |
0.0809 |
268 |
2 |
160.08 |
2009-05-29 |
| 19. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
164.81 |
0.9843 |
0.1151 |
234 |
7 |
146.05 |
2009-01-19 |
| 20. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
164.55 |
1.0337 |
0.0684 |
214 |
6 |
140.12 |
2009-02-02 |
| 21. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
164.09 |
1.0183 |
0.0756 |
191 |
4 |
155.20 |
2009-05-20 |
| 22. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
163.98 |
1.0666 |
0.0323 |
297 |
10 |
148.22 |
2009-04-30 |
| 23. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
163.61 |
1.0389 |
0.0598 |
340 |
6 |
143.78 |
2009-04-29 |
| 24. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
163.53 |
1.0214 |
0.0726 |
269 |
5 |
154.42 |
2009-06-13 |
| 25. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
163.18 |
1.0426 |
0.0501 |
323 |
5 |
144.32 |
2008-12-07 |
| 26. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
162.87 |
1.0033 |
0.0813 |
189 |
6 |
151.52 |
2009-05-29 |
| 27. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
162.86 |
1.0124 |
0.0764 |
204 |
9 |
152.78 |
2009-06-13 |
| 28. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
162.84 |
1.0796 |
0.0067 |
129 |
5 |
152.46 |
2009-05-28 |
| 29. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
162.04 |
1.0396 |
0.0388 |
149 |
7 |
150.00 |
2009-02-27 |
| 30. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
162.01 |
1.1016 |
-0.0161 |
233 |
5 |
144.40 |
2009-03-13 |
| 31. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
161.55 |
1.0138 |
0.0681 |
231 |
8 |
147.29 |
2009-06-13 |
| 32. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
161.34 |
1.0016 |
0.0747 |
218 |
4 |
153.13 |
2009-02-03 |
| 33. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
161.14 |
0.9527 |
0.1267 |
251 |
5 |
141.97 |
2009-02-07 |
| 34. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
160.79 |
1.0444 |
0.0262 |
197 |
4 |
149.57 |
2009-02-27 |
| 35. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
160.38 |
1.0567 |
0.0183 |
303 |
4 |
152.11 |
2009-04-04 |
| 36. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
160.32 |
1.0496 |
0.0237 |
314 |
9 |
140.71 |
2009-06-13 |
| 37. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
160.14 |
1.0099 |
0.0600 |
207 |
5 |
142.49 |
2009-02-22 |
| 38. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
159.85 |
1.0334 |
0.0309 |
131 |
4 |
145.03 |
2009-04-30 |
| 39. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
159.75 |
0.9964 |
0.0738 |
203 |
7 |
139.27 |
2009-04-04 |
| 40. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
159.54 |
1.0577 |
0.0075 |
247 |
8 |
153.11 |
2009-04-30 |
| 41. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
159.25 |
1.0463 |
0.0158 |
182 |
4 |
156.39 |
2009-06-13 |
| 42. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
158.94 |
0.9049 |
0.1651 |
351 |
2 |
144.67 |
2009-05-29 |
| 43. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
158.91 |
0.9865 |
0.0790 |
276 |
5 |
147.19 |
2009-05-29 |
| 44. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
158.82 |
1.0711 |
-0.0124 |
213 |
9 |
140.70 |
2009-06-03 |
| 45. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
158.55 |
0.9786 |
0.0782 |
193 |
3 |
151.20 |
2009-04-29 |
| 46. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
158.43 |
1.0565 |
0.0021 |
247 |
5 |
151.26 |
2009-01-14 |
| 47. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
158.39 |
1.0398 |
0.0106 |
110 |
3 |
146.12 |
2009-02-03 |
| 48. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
157.59 |
1.0368 |
0.0196 |
276 |
7 |
144.40 |
2009-05-20 |
| 49. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
157.46 |
1.0668 |
-0.0097 |
350 |
7 |
145.78 |
2009-04-29 |
| 50. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
157.41 |
0.9740 |
0.0762 |
209 |
5 |
148.50 |
2009-05-19 |
| 51. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
157.39 |
0.9966 |
0.0569 |
259 |
4 |
142.18 |
2009-06-13 |
| 52. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
156.65 |
1.0516 |
-0.0029 |
281 |
3 |
151.97 |
2009-03-28 |
| 53. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
156.53 |
1.0391 |
0.0153 |
358 |
7 |
143.14 |
2009-05-29 |
| 54. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
156.47 |
1.0445 |
0.0043 |
373 |
8 |
137.59 |
2009-01-14 |
| 55. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
156.41 |
0.9682 |
0.0774 |
143 |
5 |
145.05 |
2009-04-29 |
| 56. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
156.39 |
1.0034 |
0.0424 |
302 |
7 |
142.67 |
2009-05-28 |
| 57. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
156.35 |
0.9965 |
0.0458 |
168 |
8 |
141.66 |
2009-02-27 |
| 58. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
156.34 |
1.0025 |
0.0444 |
256 |
8 |
144.80 |
2009-06-13 |
| 59. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
156.01 |
0.9884 |
0.0556 |
233 |
4 |
148.28 |
2009-04-30 |
| 60. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
155.99 |
1.0131 |
0.0276 |
225 |
10 |
140.13 |
2009-06-13 |
| 61. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
155.67 |
0.9691 |
0.0729 |
223 |
6 |
141.96 |
2009-02-24 |
| 62. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
155.63 |
0.9991 |
0.0436 |
225 |
9 |
127.78 |
2009-06-03 |
| 63. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
155.59 |
0.9275 |
0.1111 |
211 |
3 |
144.08 |
2009-05-29 |
| 64. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
155.47 |
0.9699 |
0.0706 |
269 |
5 |
143.07 |
2009-06-13 |
| 65. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
155.25 |
1.0063 |
0.0337 |
371 |
10 |
146.83 |
2009-06-13 |
| 66. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
155.19 |
1.0555 |
-0.0149 |
363 |
10 |
145.30 |
2009-04-29 |
| 67. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
155.02 |
1.0521 |
-0.0188 |
171 |
3 |
153.80 |
2009-04-29 |
| 68. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
154.99 |
1.0053 |
0.0305 |
232 |
12 |
139.79 |
2009-05-28 |
| 69. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
154.69 |
1.0292 |
0.0053 |
262 |
3 |
149.49 |
2009-06-13 |
| 70. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
154.66 |
1.0487 |
-0.0181 |
231 |
6 |
149.49 |
2009-02-24 |
| 71. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
154.64 |
1.0534 |
-0.0157 |
357 |
6 |
149.61 |
2009-02-24 |
| 72. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
154.62 |
1.0296 |
0.0121 |
437 |
8 |
142.98 |
2009-04-29 |
| 73. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
154.58 |
1.0060 |
0.0244 |
171 |
10 |
131.40 |
2009-02-27 |
| 74. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
154.33 |
1.0515 |
-0.0200 |
250 |
6 |
150.86 |
2009-06-13 |
| 75. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
154.06 |
0.9567 |
0.0746 |
273 |
9 |
140.41 |
2009-04-16 |
| 76. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
153.94 |
1.0483 |
-0.0206 |
227 |
4 |
148.45 |
2009-06-13 |
| 77. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
153.92 |
1.0385 |
-0.0097 |
230 |
9 |
134.07 |
2009-05-20 |
| 78. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
153.87 |
1.0829 |
-0.0511 |
288 |
6 |
140.57 |
2008-11-29 |
| 79. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
153.71 |
1.0767 |
-0.0497 |
212 |
3 |
147.95 |
2009-04-04 |
| 80. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
153.60 |
0.9005 |
0.1264 |
212 |
7 |
137.01 |
2009-06-13 |
| 81. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
153.53 |
1.0417 |
-0.0162 |
253 |
3 |
139.32 |
2008-12-06 |
| 82. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
153.50 |
1.0252 |
-0.0040 |
176 |
6 |
149.13 |
2009-06-13 |
| 83. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
153.39 |
0.9653 |
0.0700 |
394 |
11 |
131.99 |
2009-02-26 |
| 84. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
153.17 |
0.9866 |
0.0352 |
218 |
5 |
141.31 |
2009-02-27 |
| 85. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
153.05 |
1.0441 |
-0.0179 |
252 |
3 |
136.89 |
2009-05-28 |
| 86. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
152.88 |
1.0486 |
-0.0243 |
289 |
5 |
144.01 |
2009-02-24 |
| 87. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
152.83 |
1.0788 |
-0.0612 |
171 |
4 |
130.65 |
2009-04-04 |
| 88. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
152.74 |
1.0613 |
-0.0337 |
456 |
2 |
149.27 |
2009-02-24 |
| 89. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
152.69 |
0.9769 |
0.0433 |
263 |
10 |
139.54 |
2009-05-28 |
| 90. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
152.64 |
0.9772 |
0.0412 |
217 |
8 |
134.81 |
2009-05-20 |
| 91. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
152.21 |
0.9756 |
0.0421 |
229 |
6 |
145.19 |
2009-05-03 |
| 92. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
152.12 |
1.0213 |
-0.0061 |
240 |
4 |
146.44 |
2009-03-01 |
| 93. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
152.07 |
0.9863 |
0.0362 |
339 |
8 |
135.92 |
2009-06-13 |
| 94. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
152.03 |
0.9649 |
0.0518 |
193 |
6 |
136.11 |
2009-04-29 |
| 95. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
152.00 |
1.0429 |
-0.0267 |
259 |
9 |
145.65 |
2009-05-03 |
| 96. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
151.93 |
0.9899 |
0.0225 |
163 |
3 |
135.20 |
2009-01-16 |
| 97. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
151.88 |
1.0316 |
-0.0110 |
333 |
4 |
145.96 |
2009-05-28 |
| 98. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
151.75 |
1.0109 |
0.0058 |
276 |
6 |
143.48 |
2009-02-24 |
| 99. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
151.60 |
1.0214 |
-0.0119 |
166 |
3 |
131.34 |
2009-05-20 |
| 100. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
151.42 |
1.0023 |
0.0094 |
211 |
5 |
134.70 |
2009-04-04 |
| 101. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
151.28 |
1.0529 |
-0.0403 |
351 |
6 |
144.02 |
2009-04-04 |
| 102. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
151.27 |
1.0349 |
-0.0230 |
234 |
3 |
148.48 |
2009-04-29 |
| 103. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
151.20 |
0.9763 |
0.0354 |
289 |
6 |
141.57 |
2009-05-29 |
| 104. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
150.87 |
0.9710 |
0.0324 |
173 |
5 |
136.07 |
2009-04-29 |
| 105. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
150.19 |
1.0331 |
-0.0300 |
234 |
7 |
136.68 |
2009-04-04 |
| 106. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
149.80 |
1.0189 |
-0.0129 |
337 |
3 |
139.26 |
2009-02-24 |
| 107. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
149.76 |
1.0029 |
-0.0069 |
209 |
6 |
140.21 |
2009-05-20 |
| 108. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
149.71 |
1.0613 |
-0.0583 |
266 |
4 |
148.02 |
2009-02-07 |
| 109. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
149.48 |
1.0168 |
-0.0149 |
271 |
4 |
144.93 |
2009-01-19 |
| 110. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
148.70 |
1.0462 |
-0.0571 |
184 |
3 |
141.26 |
2009-04-29 |
| 111. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
148.63 |
1.0120 |
-0.0181 |
290 |
5 |
145.70 |
2009-06-13 |
| 112. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
148.53 |
1.0165 |
-0.0185 |
392 |
8 |
141.29 |
2009-06-13 |
| 113. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
148.33 |
0.9852 |
0.0078 |
264 |
7 |
137.05 |
2009-05-29 |
| 114. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
148.26 |
0.8919 |
0.0986 |
205 |
8 |
133.10 |
2009-06-13 |
| 115. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
148.00 |
0.9540 |
0.0347 |
285 |
7 |
131.63 |
2009-05-03 |
| 116. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
147.99 |
1.0201 |
-0.0365 |
172 |
4 |
143.38 |
2009-02-07 |
| 117. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
147.98 |
0.9513 |
0.0428 |
354 |
4 |
136.44 |
2008-12-06 |
| 118. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
147.68 |
0.9293 |
0.0598 |
355 |
4 |
134.62 |
2009-02-26 |
| 119. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
147.67 |
1.0297 |
-0.0427 |
249 |
6 |
138.15 |
2009-05-03 |
| 120. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
147.49 |
1.0203 |
-0.0299 |
261 |
6 |
137.94 |
2009-01-14 |
| 121. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
147.42 |
0.9846 |
0.0008 |
281 |
4 |
134.86 |
2009-02-24 |
| 122. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
147.40 |
0.9844 |
0.0068 |
293 |
6 |
140.31 |
2009-04-22 |
| 123. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
147.33 |
0.9072 |
0.0770 |
237 |
2 |
135.19 |
2009-02-03 |
| 124. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
147.32 |
0.8553 |
0.1255 |
174 |
10 |
123.48 |
2009-04-04 |
| 125. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
147.18 |
1.0885 |
-0.1003 |
315 |
5 |
138.01 |
2009-04-16 |
| 126. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
147.05 |
0.9676 |
0.0247 |
442 |
4 |
133.38 |
2009-06-13 |
| 127. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
146.73 |
0.9841 |
0.0016 |
334 |
5 |
130.94 |
2009-06-13 |
| 128. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
146.58 |
0.9811 |
0.0024 |
272 |
5 |
141.83 |
2009-05-28 |
| 129. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
146.53 |
1.0289 |
-0.0440 |
276 |
5 |
143.99 |
2009-05-20 |
| 130. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
146.42 |
0.9965 |
-0.0165 |
310 |
5 |
139.78 |
2009-04-04 |
| 131. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
146.37 |
0.9910 |
-0.0097 |
295 |
5 |
137.90 |
2009-06-13 |
| 132. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
146.17 |
1.0595 |
-0.0789 |
379 |
10 |
139.27 |
2009-05-28 |
| 133. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
146.14 |
0.9202 |
0.0570 |
254 |
6 |
133.48 |
2009-02-27 |
| 134. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
145.87 |
0.9776 |
-0.0014 |
308 |
5 |
139.36 |
2009-04-29 |
| 135. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
145.85 |
1.0263 |
-0.0512 |
267 |
7 |
138.99 |
2009-02-24 |
| 136. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
145.77 |
1.0257 |
-0.0440 |
401 |
3 |
143.85 |
2009-03-28 |
| 137. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
145.75 |
0.9351 |
0.0346 |
190 |
5 |
132.03 |
2009-05-20 |
| 138. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
145.52 |
1.0062 |
-0.0326 |
288 |
4 |
137.00 |
2009-06-03 |
| 139. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
145.51 |
0.8826 |
0.0924 |
296 |
6 |
130.28 |
2009-02-01 |
| 140. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
145.50 |
1.0352 |
-0.0591 |
341 |
4 |
136.71 |
2009-03-01 |
| 141. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
145.47 |
0.9684 |
0.0076 |
388 |
5 |
130.60 |
2009-04-30 |
| 142. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
145.20 |
0.9946 |
-0.0233 |
246 |
6 |
137.06 |
2009-04-04 |
| 143. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
145.17 |
1.0361 |
-0.0638 |
269 |
5 |
140.83 |
2009-06-13 |
| 144. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
145.10 |
1.0619 |
-0.0875 |
354 |
9 |
138.14 |
2009-05-03 |
| 145. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
145.04 |
0.9785 |
-0.0049 |
335 |
5 |
138.17 |
2009-05-20 |
| 146. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
144.62 |
0.9857 |
-0.0192 |
293 |
5 |
137.95 |
2009-06-13 |
| 147. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
144.57 |
0.9942 |
-0.0182 |
483 |
4 |
136.12 |
2009-04-16 |
| 148. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
144.56 |
0.9997 |
-0.0290 |
382 |
5 |
138.23 |
2009-03-01 |
| 149. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
144.53 |
1.0477 |
-0.0784 |
360 |
3 |
137.08 |
2009-05-29 |
| 150. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
144.51 |
1.0025 |
-0.0348 |
336 |
4 |
139.03 |
2009-06-03 |
| 151. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
144.36 |
0.9557 |
0.0164 |
331 |
5 |
125.26 |
2009-04-29 |
| 152. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
144.22 |
0.9500 |
0.0170 |
362 |
5 |
133.78 |
2009-05-29 |
| 153. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
144.19 |
1.0068 |
-0.0389 |
358 |
6 |
130.19 |
2009-05-03 |
| 154. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
144.18 |
1.0261 |
-0.0634 |
273 |
3 |
137.44 |
2009-04-29 |
| 155. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
144.13 |
0.9636 |
0.0005 |
254 |
8 |
136.07 |
2009-06-13 |
| 156. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
144.08 |
1.0095 |
-0.0467 |
316 |
6 |
139.40 |
2009-05-28 |
| 157. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
144.01 |
1.0201 |
-0.0563 |
303 |
3 |
135.31 |
2009-01-16 |
| 158. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
144.01 |
0.9597 |
0.0078 |
347 |
3 |
139.52 |
2009-06-03 |
| 159. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
143.93 |
0.9168 |
0.0474 |
240 |
4 |
131.96 |
2009-05-29 |
| 160. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
143.63 |
0.9907 |
-0.0315 |
211 |
10 |
133.00 |
2009-04-30 |
| 161. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
143.46 |
0.9833 |
-0.0220 |
355 |
9 |
132.34 |
2009-05-29 |
| 162. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
143.42 |
0.9430 |
0.0091 |
211 |
8 |
133.25 |
2009-05-20 |
| 163. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
143.38 |
0.9485 |
0.0123 |
236 |
8 |
133.90 |
2009-05-29 |
| 164. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
143.28 |
1.0013 |
-0.0437 |
273 |
7 |
133.31 |
2009-06-13 |
| 165. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
143.27 |
1.0340 |
-0.0704 |
406 |
3 |
129.34 |
2009-02-24 |
| 166. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
143.15 |
0.9429 |
0.0160 |
287 |
7 |
127.96 |
2009-05-29 |
| 167. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
143.05 |
0.9754 |
-0.0124 |
362 |
8 |
135.84 |
2009-06-13 |
| 168. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
142.92 |
0.9342 |
0.0253 |
434 |
7 |
136.69 |
2009-04-30 |
| 169. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
142.88 |
0.9897 |
-0.0362 |
274 |
6 |
129.03 |
2009-05-28 |
| 170. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
142.81 |
0.9941 |
-0.0412 |
217 |
6 |
133.34 |
2009-05-20 |
| 171. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
142.68 |
0.9893 |
-0.0348 |
323 |
3 |
138.75 |
2009-06-03 |
| 172. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
142.68 |
0.8961 |
0.0549 |
189 |
5 |
133.43 |
2009-04-04 |
| 173. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
142.43 |
0.9619 |
-0.0040 |
393 |
6 |
133.43 |
2009-02-24 |
| 174. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
142.43 |
0.9786 |
-0.0264 |
235 |
4 |
137.83 |
2009-05-28 |
| 175. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
142.24 |
0.9795 |
-0.0281 |
308 |
8 |
135.68 |
2009-06-13 |
| 176. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
142.07 |
0.9635 |
-0.0078 |
389 |
2 |
137.45 |
2009-02-07 |
| 177. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
142.02 |
0.9758 |
-0.0252 |
314 |
7 |
130.07 |
2009-06-03 |
| 178. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
141.96 |
0.9986 |
-0.0485 |
283 |
10 |
131.85 |
2009-03-28 |
| 179. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
141.93 |
0.9339 |
0.0139 |
310 |
9 |
130.76 |
2009-04-29 |
| 180. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
141.70 |
0.8958 |
0.0566 |
322 |
10 |
126.71 |
2009-06-03 |
| 181. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
141.53 |
0.9278 |
0.0215 |
295 |
5 |
131.34 |
2009-05-03 |
| 182. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
141.32 |
0.9798 |
-0.0403 |
199 |
1 |
141.32 |
2008-12-04 |
| 183. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
141.30 |
0.9398 |
0.0145 |
419 |
6 |
132.96 |
2009-06-03 |
| 184. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
141.27 |
0.9164 |
0.0332 |
305 |
2 |
131.42 |
2009-06-13 |
| 185. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
141.25 |
0.9879 |
-0.0345 |
450 |
4 |
137.15 |
2009-01-15 |
| 186. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
141.24 |
0.9266 |
0.0181 |
267 |
3 |
126.95 |
2009-04-29 |
| 187. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
141.22 |
0.9820 |
-0.0347 |
267 |
2 |
139.65 |
2009-02-24 |
| 188. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
141.13 |
0.8996 |
0.0388 |
192 |
3 |
124.07 |
2009-02-24 |
| 189. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
141.07 |
0.9468 |
-0.0038 |
276 |
5 |
133.54 |
2009-04-29 |
| 190. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
141.03 |
0.9936 |
-0.0507 |
311 |
8 |
134.25 |
2009-05-20 |
| 191. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
140.94 |
0.9886 |
-0.0435 |
220 |
6 |
132.68 |
2009-02-24 |
| 192. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
140.90 |
0.9622 |
-0.0135 |
392 |
7 |
130.45 |
2009-04-30 |
| 193. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
140.87 |
0.9084 |
0.0355 |
300 |
9 |
134.62 |
2009-04-29 |
| 194. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
140.78 |
0.9464 |
0.0002 |
323 |
4 |
136.43 |
2009-02-22 |
| 195. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
140.57 |
1.0389 |
-0.0971 |
318 |
4 |
135.91 |
2009-06-13 |
| 196. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
140.50 |
0.9687 |
-0.0244 |
371 |
7 |
134.53 |
2009-05-29 |
| 197. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
140.39 |
0.9780 |
-0.0381 |
337 |
4 |
135.91 |
2009-02-07 |
| 198. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
140.18 |
0.9697 |
-0.0321 |
249 |
6 |
134.91 |
2009-05-20 |
| 199. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
140.10 |
0.9289 |
0.0057 |
204 |
7 |
136.52 |
2009-01-16 |
| 200. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
140.07 |
0.8595 |
0.0790 |
242 |
5 |
129.26 |
2009-04-29 |
| 201. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
140.03 |
0.9286 |
0.0068 |
194 |
6 |
119.41 |
2009-02-03 |
| 202. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
139.98 |
0.9212 |
0.0182 |
323 |
8 |
131.40 |
2009-05-28 |
| 203. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
139.89 |
1.0201 |
-0.0806 |
375 |
5 |
135.24 |
2009-04-29 |
| 204. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
139.85 |
0.9372 |
0.0020 |
320 |
5 |
133.83 |
2009-06-13 |
| 205. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
139.81 |
0.9672 |
-0.0258 |
396 |
6 |
133.90 |
2009-02-02 |
| 206. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
139.80 |
1.0197 |
-0.0877 |
226 |
4 |
127.06 |
2009-02-27 |
| 207. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
139.74 |
0.9148 |
0.0211 |
317 |
9 |
132.76 |
2009-05-29 |
| 208. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
139.71 |
0.8852 |
0.0512 |
201 |
9 |
135.38 |
2009-06-03 |
| 209. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
139.70 |
0.9593 |
-0.0204 |
398 |
5 |
131.81 |
2009-04-30 |
| 210. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
139.49 |
0.9365 |
-0.0023 |
248 |
4 |
129.88 |
2009-06-13 |
| 211. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
139.45 |
0.9426 |
-0.0070 |
317 |
3 |
136.32 |
2009-01-19 |
| 212. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
139.14 |
0.9734 |
-0.0433 |
289 |
7 |
130.09 |
2009-01-12 |
| 213. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
138.86 |
1.0073 |
-0.0708 |
369 |
5 |
132.03 |
2009-01-19 |
| 214. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
138.72 |
0.9612 |
-0.0337 |
256 |
3 |
136.60 |
2009-04-04 |
| 215. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
138.59 |
1.0167 |
-0.0832 |
378 |
2 |
127.27 |
2009-05-20 |
| 216. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
138.44 |
0.9894 |
-0.0594 |
323 |
7 |
131.10 |
2009-02-25 |
| 217. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
138.37 |
0.9851 |
-0.0577 |
317 |
4 |
135.69 |
2009-04-04 |
| 218. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
138.34 |
0.9213 |
0.0042 |
295 |
4 |
130.49 |
2009-01-16 |
| 219. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
138.19 |
0.9768 |
-0.0502 |
387 |
4 |
129.66 |
2009-04-30 |
| 220. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
138.18 |
1.0352 |
-0.1082 |
341 |
4 |
134.31 |
2009-05-03 |
| 221. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
137.55 |
0.9074 |
0.0187 |
396 |
7 |
131.78 |
2009-02-24 |
| 222. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
137.19 |
0.9614 |
-0.0412 |
292 |
6 |
132.71 |
2009-05-29 |
| 223. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
137.01 |
0.9805 |
-0.0599 |
292 |
7 |
130.58 |
2009-05-28 |
| 224. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
136.96 |
0.9965 |
-0.0803 |
277 |
2 |
136.05 |
2009-01-16 |
| 225. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
136.96 |
0.9088 |
0.0120 |
348 |
6 |
126.41 |
2009-05-28 |
| 226. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
136.88 |
0.8105 |
0.1003 |
204 |
3 |
130.99 |
2009-02-22 |
| 227. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
136.45 |
0.9723 |
-0.0564 |
364 |
3 |
131.41 |
2009-04-04 |
| 228. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
136.34 |
0.8722 |
0.0421 |
285 |
10 |
126.79 |
2009-06-13 |
| 229. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
136.24 |
0.9309 |
-0.0221 |
284 |
3 |
131.80 |
2009-05-28 |
| 230. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
136.10 |
0.9045 |
0.0056 |
235 |
3 |
125.30 |
2009-05-19 |
| 231. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
135.91 |
0.9905 |
-0.0742 |
377 |
7 |
132.15 |
2009-05-03 |
| 232. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
135.88 |
0.9553 |
-0.0398 |
430 |
10 |
126.88 |
2009-06-13 |
| 233. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
135.85 |
0.9681 |
-0.0517 |
378 |
4 |
134.48 |
2009-06-13 |
| 234. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
135.84 |
0.9233 |
-0.0236 |
168 |
6 |
129.96 |
2009-03-13 |
| 235. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
135.70 |
0.9087 |
0.0091 |
393 |
5 |
129.41 |
2009-04-29 |
| 236. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
135.70 |
0.8981 |
0.0136 |
393 |
5 |
121.17 |
2009-02-24 |
| 237. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
135.46 |
0.9125 |
-0.0053 |
308 |
5 |
132.05 |
2009-04-30 |
| 238. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
135.36 |
0.9514 |
-0.0463 |
237 |
5 |
130.95 |
2009-01-16 |
| 239. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
135.04 |
0.8890 |
0.0100 |
199 |
3 |
133.02 |
2009-01-11 |
| 240. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
135.01 |
0.9632 |
-0.0544 |
392 |
4 |
131.31 |
2009-05-20 |
| 241. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
135.00 |
0.9330 |
-0.0241 |
360 |
6 |
128.42 |
2009-05-20 |
| 242. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
134.99 |
0.8933 |
0.0154 |
363 |
5 |
125.72 |
2009-02-03 |
| 243. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
133.94 |
0.8753 |
0.0290 |
427 |
7 |
125.15 |
2009-04-29 |
| 244. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
133.70 |
0.9234 |
-0.0245 |
346 |
4 |
121.02 |
2008-11-17 |
| 245. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
133.68 |
0.8916 |
0.0021 |
216 |
7 |
124.99 |
2009-03-13 |
| 246. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
133.20 |
0.9376 |
-0.0421 |
367 |
3 |
124.57 |
2009-02-24 |
| 247. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
133.17 |
0.8602 |
0.0275 |
206 |
2 |
131.12 |
2009-01-16 |
| 248. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
133.12 |
0.9675 |
-0.0684 |
383 |
6 |
127.21 |
2009-04-04 |
| 249. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
133.02 |
0.9570 |
-0.0664 |
287 |
3 |
126.47 |
2009-02-04 |
| 250. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
132.19 |
0.9646 |
-0.0822 |
264 |
4 |
126.73 |
2009-02-24 |
| 251. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
131.91 |
0.8770 |
0.0076 |
300 |
6 |
127.98 |
2009-04-29 |
| 252. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
131.17 |
0.9578 |
-0.0819 |
281 |
1 |
131.17 |
2009-01-16 |
| 253. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
130.97 |
0.8947 |
-0.0148 |
366 |
6 |
123.29 |
2009-02-27 |
| 254. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
130.88 |
0.9532 |
-0.0801 |
258 |
6 |
122.28 |
2009-02-22 |
| 255. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
130.62 |
1.0399 |
-0.1621 |
294 |
1 |
130.62 |
2009-04-30 |
| 256. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
129.67 |
0.9064 |
-0.0310 |
399 |
3 |
117.65 |
2009-05-20 |
| 257. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
129.36 |
0.9831 |
-0.1110 |
469 |
2 |
119.89 |
2008-11-26 |
| 258. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
129.30 |
0.9411 |
-0.0766 |
318 |
1 |
129.30 |
2009-01-15 |
| 259. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
128.08 |
1.0004 |
-0.1511 |
212 |
4 |
126.19 |
2008-11-05 |
| 260. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
127.93 |
0.8382 |
0.0167 |
268 |
6 |
120.78 |
2009-05-28 |
| 261. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
127.90 |
0.9279 |
-0.0672 |
317 |
2 |
127.34 |
2008-12-06 |
| 262. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
125.80 |
0.7876 |
0.0550 |
316 |
4 |
118.39 |
2009-06-13 |
| 263. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
122.52 |
0.9109 |
-0.0906 |
401 |
3 |
112.30 |
2008-11-16 |
| 264. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
116.98 |
1.0251 |
-0.2471 |
261 |
2 |
115.19 |
2008-11-05 |
| 265. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
113.20 |
0.8899 |
-0.1243 |
293 |
1 |
113.20 |
2008-11-04 |
| 266. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
110.93 |
0.9097 |
-0.1290 |
464 |
1 |
110.93 |
2008-11-04 |