| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
65.70 |
0.9572 |
0.4789 |
201 |
9 |
44.16 |
2009-01-01 |
| 2. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
60.43 |
1.0463 |
0.2700 |
182 |
2 |
47.84 |
2009-08-11 |
| 3. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
60.20 |
0.9691 |
0.3462 |
223 |
8 |
40.41 |
2009-04-18 |
| 4. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
59.89 |
0.9325 |
0.3697 |
156 |
5 |
42.11 |
2009-01-04 |
| 5. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
59.30 |
1.0523 |
0.2393 |
256 |
5 |
47.48 |
2009-01-08 |
| 6. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
59.17 |
0.9724 |
0.3242 |
237 |
7 |
44.65 |
2009-03-20 |
| 7. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
58.20 |
0.9576 |
0.3186 |
212 |
9 |
40.70 |
2009-01-27 |
| 8. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
58.14 |
1.0213 |
0.2458 |
240 |
6 |
38.54 |
2008-12-30 |
| 9. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
57.13 |
1.0577 |
0.1868 |
247 |
9 |
41.72 |
2009-03-20 |
| 10. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
57.09 |
1.0389 |
0.2106 |
340 |
2 |
47.53 |
2009-01-04 |
| 11. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
56.86 |
1.0025 |
0.2395 |
256 |
4 |
49.51 |
2009-08-07 |
| 12. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
55.41 |
1.0390 |
0.1673 |
205 |
6 |
46.60 |
2009-02-18 |
| 13. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
55.29 |
1.0993 |
0.1060 |
265 |
4 |
46.58 |
2009-01-04 |
| 14. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
55.15 |
0.9289 |
0.2731 |
204 |
3 |
42.61 |
2008-12-31 |
| 15. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
55.01 |
1.0596 |
0.1395 |
239 |
6 |
47.96 |
2009-08-07 |
| 16. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
54.92 |
0.9754 |
0.2299 |
362 |
2 |
51.16 |
2009-03-06 |
| 17. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
54.85 |
0.9578 |
0.2394 |
281 |
7 |
40.00 |
2008-12-29 |
| 18. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
54.61 |
0.9226 |
0.2761 |
348 |
7 |
43.02 |
2009-04-24 |
| 19. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
54.52 |
0.8852 |
0.3073 |
201 |
7 |
35.77 |
2009-02-18 |
| 20. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
54.25 |
1.0799 |
0.1009 |
243 |
8 |
42.95 |
2009-02-18 |
| 21. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
54.16 |
0.9776 |
0.2051 |
308 |
6 |
43.55 |
2008-12-29 |
| 22. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
53.91 |
1.0487 |
0.1232 |
231 |
9 |
36.70 |
2009-01-04 |
| 23. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
53.89 |
1.0120 |
0.1637 |
290 |
10 |
39.61 |
2008-12-31 |
| 24. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
53.89 |
0.9260 |
0.2609 |
243 |
8 |
41.34 |
2009-08-07 |
| 25. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
53.83 |
1.0168 |
0.1598 |
271 |
4 |
44.40 |
2009-01-04 |
| 26. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
53.72 |
1.0060 |
0.1621 |
171 |
2 |
49.20 |
2009-01-05 |
| 27. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
53.57 |
1.0349 |
0.1338 |
234 |
7 |
41.26 |
2008-12-29 |
| 28. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
53.29 |
0.9464 |
0.2220 |
323 |
2 |
52.02 |
2009-01-04 |
| 29. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
52.92 |
1.0201 |
0.1354 |
303 |
5 |
40.17 |
2009-03-02 |
| 30. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
52.82 |
0.9196 |
0.2350 |
148 |
6 |
45.30 |
2008-12-31 |
| 31. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
52.80 |
0.9635 |
0.1943 |
389 |
1 |
52.80 |
2009-01-04 |
| 32. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
52.75 |
0.9426 |
0.2118 |
317 |
4 |
45.86 |
2009-03-13 |
| 33. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
52.67 |
1.0389 |
0.1124 |
318 |
5 |
41.31 |
2009-02-18 |
| 34. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
52.42 |
0.9841 |
0.1638 |
334 |
2 |
43.50 |
2009-08-11 |
| 35. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
52.41 |
1.0263 |
0.1167 |
267 |
11 |
41.47 |
2009-02-26 |
| 36. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
52.27 |
0.8573 |
0.2871 |
270 |
6 |
39.41 |
2009-02-27 |
| 37. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
52.24 |
1.0131 |
0.1231 |
225 |
4 |
46.62 |
2009-03-13 |
| 38. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
52.22 |
1.0068 |
0.1361 |
358 |
2 |
49.55 |
2008-12-29 |
| 39. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
51.90 |
1.0063 |
0.1267 |
371 |
6 |
43.58 |
2009-02-05 |
| 40. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
51.85 |
1.0444 |
0.0805 |
197 |
4 |
43.22 |
2009-01-01 |
| 41. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
51.84 |
0.8595 |
0.2736 |
242 |
7 |
39.38 |
2009-02-18 |
| 42. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
51.68 |
0.8941 |
0.2356 |
216 |
5 |
44.34 |
2009-02-18 |
| 43. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
51.67 |
0.9697 |
0.1580 |
249 |
9 |
39.92 |
2009-08-07 |
| 44. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
51.62 |
1.0419 |
0.0845 |
261 |
8 |
43.12 |
2009-01-04 |
| 45. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
51.42 |
0.9884 |
0.1379 |
262 |
6 |
43.20 |
2009-01-05 |
| 46. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
51.37 |
0.9786 |
0.1371 |
193 |
9 |
38.98 |
2009-08-11 |
| 47. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
51.35 |
0.9212 |
0.2025 |
323 |
6 |
38.57 |
2009-08-07 |
| 48. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
51.23 |
0.9756 |
0.1409 |
229 |
5 |
42.03 |
2009-05-11 |
| 49. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
51.23 |
0.9148 |
0.2044 |
317 |
2 |
48.40 |
2008-12-29 |
| 50. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
51.22 |
0.9342 |
0.1869 |
434 |
11 |
39.36 |
2009-03-02 |
| 51. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
51.10 |
0.9941 |
0.1184 |
217 |
5 |
43.35 |
2009-02-18 |
| 52. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
51.07 |
1.0124 |
0.0995 |
204 |
6 |
41.32 |
2008-12-29 |
| 53. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
51.01 |
0.9351 |
0.1723 |
190 |
9 |
43.21 |
2009-08-07 |
| 54. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
50.94 |
0.8892 |
0.2282 |
207 |
3 |
45.78 |
2008-12-22 |
| 55. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
50.92 |
0.8935 |
0.2272 |
328 |
3 |
46.95 |
2009-01-04 |
| 56. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
50.81 |
1.1018 |
0.0003 |
220 |
8 |
45.21 |
2008-12-31 |
| 57. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
50.80 |
1.0352 |
0.0757 |
341 |
2 |
48.55 |
2008-12-26 |
| 58. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
50.76 |
1.0555 |
0.0533 |
363 |
2 |
46.95 |
2008-12-29 |
| 59. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
50.76 |
0.8105 |
0.2926 |
204 |
9 |
40.25 |
2009-01-01 |
| 60. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
50.70 |
0.8810 |
0.2259 |
282 |
7 |
39.43 |
2009-08-07 |
| 61. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
50.55 |
0.9772 |
0.1221 |
217 |
8 |
41.81 |
2009-02-26 |
| 62. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
50.49 |
1.0565 |
0.0424 |
247 |
4 |
45.02 |
2009-02-18 |
| 63. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
50.41 |
1.0034 |
0.0948 |
302 |
5 |
40.25 |
2009-08-07 |
| 64. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
50.41 |
1.0567 |
0.0436 |
303 |
12 |
41.60 |
2009-08-07 |
| 65. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
50.34 |
0.9846 |
0.1125 |
281 |
8 |
41.01 |
2009-08-07 |
| 66. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
50.28 |
1.0331 |
0.0615 |
234 |
3 |
41.13 |
2008-12-28 |
| 67. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
50.25 |
0.9411 |
0.1559 |
318 |
6 |
40.83 |
2009-02-27 |
| 68. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
49.99 |
0.9886 |
0.1043 |
220 |
3 |
43.52 |
2008-12-29 |
| 69. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
49.99 |
0.9213 |
0.1696 |
295 |
6 |
40.62 |
2009-08-11 |
| 70. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
49.97 |
0.9795 |
0.1105 |
308 |
4 |
40.47 |
2008-12-30 |
| 71. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
49.89 |
1.0252 |
0.0565 |
176 |
5 |
45.97 |
2009-02-11 |
| 72. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
49.76 |
0.9281 |
0.1624 |
273 |
6 |
42.54 |
2008-12-29 |
| 73. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
49.72 |
1.1114 |
-0.0296 |
247 |
6 |
43.99 |
2008-12-29 |
| 74. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
49.62 |
0.9633 |
0.1212 |
304 |
9 |
39.92 |
2009-08-07 |
| 75. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
49.49 |
1.0788 |
-0.0050 |
171 |
4 |
45.13 |
2009-03-26 |
| 76. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
49.35 |
1.0787 |
-0.0037 |
237 |
6 |
40.64 |
2009-08-07 |
| 77. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
49.30 |
1.0167 |
0.0653 |
378 |
3 |
43.91 |
2009-03-20 |
| 78. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
49.06 |
1.0462 |
0.0176 |
184 |
5 |
42.96 |
2009-03-16 |
| 79. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
49.03 |
1.0767 |
-0.0097 |
212 |
6 |
43.73 |
2009-08-07 |
| 80. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
48.94 |
1.0289 |
0.0428 |
276 |
2 |
43.84 |
2009-01-05 |
| 81. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
48.87 |
1.0829 |
-0.0157 |
288 |
5 |
39.35 |
2009-02-18 |
| 82. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
48.76 |
0.9865 |
0.0779 |
276 |
6 |
42.33 |
2009-08-07 |
| 83. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
48.64 |
0.9966 |
0.0634 |
259 |
10 |
40.91 |
2009-08-07 |
| 84. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
48.59 |
1.0445 |
0.0159 |
373 |
5 |
40.84 |
2009-08-11 |
| 85. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
48.52 |
0.9266 |
0.1315 |
267 |
4 |
41.89 |
2009-08-11 |
| 86. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
48.51 |
0.9168 |
0.1423 |
240 |
6 |
38.48 |
2008-12-31 |
| 87. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
48.44 |
0.8910 |
0.1669 |
150 |
6 |
39.56 |
2008-12-31 |
| 88. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
48.35 |
1.0796 |
-0.0302 |
129 |
8 |
40.66 |
2009-02-18 |
| 89. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
48.35 |
0.9893 |
0.0650 |
323 |
8 |
43.43 |
2009-08-07 |
| 90. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
48.34 |
0.9769 |
0.0750 |
263 |
5 |
37.83 |
2008-12-29 |
| 91. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
48.34 |
0.9899 |
0.0594 |
163 |
5 |
41.64 |
2008-12-29 |
| 92. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
48.23 |
0.8958 |
0.1604 |
322 |
6 |
40.22 |
2008-12-30 |
| 93. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
48.23 |
0.8442 |
0.2114 |
265 |
6 |
38.18 |
2008-12-31 |
| 94. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
48.10 |
0.9965 |
0.0525 |
310 |
1 |
48.10 |
2008-12-28 |
| 95. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
48.03 |
0.9785 |
0.0719 |
335 |
1 |
48.03 |
2008-12-29 |
| 96. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
48.03 |
0.9513 |
0.0997 |
354 |
6 |
39.92 |
2009-02-18 |
| 97. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
47.98 |
1.0426 |
0.0028 |
323 |
3 |
45.62 |
2009-01-08 |
| 98. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
47.74 |
1.0016 |
0.0346 |
218 |
12 |
41.39 |
2009-01-01 |
| 99. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
47.66 |
0.9991 |
0.0404 |
225 |
4 |
40.15 |
2009-02-18 |
| 100. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
47.56 |
0.9500 |
0.0890 |
362 |
4 |
40.87 |
2009-01-01 |
| 101. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
47.53 |
0.9485 |
0.0893 |
236 |
4 |
39.00 |
2009-04-24 |
| 102. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
47.33 |
0.9857 |
0.0450 |
293 |
6 |
41.03 |
2009-08-07 |
| 103. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
47.17 |
1.0714 |
-0.0521 |
129 |
4 |
39.09 |
2009-01-01 |
| 104. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
47.00 |
0.8887 |
0.1497 |
128 |
7 |
37.62 |
2009-01-27 |
| 105. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
46.97 |
1.0696 |
-0.0493 |
226 |
5 |
40.58 |
2008-12-29 |
| 106. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
46.93 |
1.0361 |
-0.0122 |
269 |
1 |
46.93 |
2009-03-06 |
| 107. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
46.89 |
0.8996 |
0.1169 |
192 |
8 |
37.63 |
2009-01-04 |
| 108. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
46.89 |
0.9567 |
0.0651 |
273 |
5 |
41.64 |
2009-02-18 |
| 109. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
46.83 |
0.9729 |
0.0480 |
255 |
7 |
42.74 |
2009-01-27 |
| 110. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
46.82 |
1.0004 |
0.0140 |
212 |
11 |
38.46 |
2009-01-01 |
| 111. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
46.72 |
0.8809 |
0.1352 |
127 |
4 |
36.36 |
2009-05-11 |
| 112. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
46.68 |
1.0203 |
0.0005 |
261 |
4 |
39.78 |
2009-02-18 |
| 113. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
46.56 |
1.0417 |
-0.0295 |
253 |
5 |
40.74 |
2009-08-07 |
| 114. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
46.46 |
1.0483 |
-0.0388 |
227 |
5 |
38.33 |
2008-12-18 |
| 115. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
46.43 |
0.9851 |
0.0290 |
317 |
4 |
37.22 |
2008-12-28 |
| 116. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
46.42 |
1.0429 |
-0.0327 |
259 |
6 |
41.31 |
2009-03-26 |
| 117. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
46.38 |
0.9527 |
0.0580 |
251 |
4 |
39.27 |
2008-12-30 |
| 118. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
46.31 |
0.9910 |
0.0201 |
295 |
6 |
40.94 |
2009-02-27 |
| 119. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
46.29 |
0.9884 |
0.0196 |
233 |
5 |
42.94 |
2009-08-07 |
| 120. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
46.29 |
0.9266 |
0.0840 |
278 |
5 |
40.65 |
2009-03-26 |
| 121. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
46.25 |
1.0385 |
-0.0324 |
230 |
6 |
42.82 |
2009-08-07 |
| 122. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
46.15 |
0.9964 |
0.0094 |
203 |
5 |
43.48 |
2009-02-11 |
| 123. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
46.10 |
1.0029 |
-0.0047 |
209 |
5 |
42.27 |
2008-12-29 |
| 124. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
46.02 |
1.0486 |
-0.0450 |
289 |
6 |
37.14 |
2009-02-18 |
| 125. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
46.02 |
0.9316 |
0.0772 |
287 |
6 |
40.49 |
2009-03-02 |
| 126. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
45.99 |
0.8975 |
0.1051 |
268 |
6 |
38.06 |
2009-02-18 |
| 127. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
45.97 |
0.9532 |
0.0472 |
258 |
4 |
39.80 |
2009-08-07 |
| 128. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
45.95 |
1.0165 |
-0.0113 |
392 |
2 |
44.17 |
2008-12-30 |
| 129. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
45.86 |
1.0396 |
-0.0475 |
149 |
3 |
39.98 |
2008-12-29 |
| 130. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
45.81 |
0.9570 |
0.0429 |
287 |
3 |
43.19 |
2008-12-26 |
| 131. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
45.71 |
0.9758 |
0.0209 |
314 |
6 |
39.53 |
2009-01-04 |
| 132. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
45.67 |
1.0251 |
-0.0322 |
261 |
6 |
39.36 |
2009-03-06 |
| 133. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
45.63 |
0.9763 |
0.0174 |
289 |
6 |
38.63 |
2009-03-13 |
| 134. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
45.60 |
1.0711 |
-0.0827 |
213 |
8 |
39.31 |
2009-02-18 |
| 135. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
45.57 |
0.9339 |
0.0575 |
310 |
5 |
39.84 |
2009-03-13 |
| 136. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
45.52 |
1.0498 |
-0.0628 |
180 |
6 |
36.46 |
2009-08-07 |
| 137. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
45.44 |
0.8382 |
0.1523 |
268 |
5 |
34.34 |
2009-04-01 |
| 138. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
45.43 |
0.9257 |
0.0696 |
317 |
3 |
39.73 |
2008-12-31 |
| 139. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
45.34 |
0.9852 |
0.0029 |
264 |
4 |
40.54 |
2009-08-07 |
| 140. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
45.33 |
0.9863 |
0.0057 |
339 |
9 |
38.47 |
2009-03-06 |
| 141. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
45.30 |
0.9202 |
0.0660 |
254 |
6 |
39.03 |
2009-02-18 |
| 142. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
45.28 |
0.9710 |
0.0090 |
173 |
5 |
39.79 |
2009-03-20 |
| 143. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
45.27 |
1.0885 |
-0.0989 |
315 |
1 |
45.27 |
2008-12-26 |
| 144. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
45.20 |
0.9986 |
-0.0133 |
283 |
4 |
42.13 |
2008-12-29 |
| 145. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
45.14 |
0.9221 |
0.0598 |
244 |
4 |
38.74 |
2009-02-18 |
| 146. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
45.12 |
1.0214 |
-0.0402 |
269 |
5 |
42.03 |
2008-12-31 |
| 147. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
45.09 |
0.8709 |
0.1193 |
202 |
1 |
45.09 |
2008-12-22 |
| 148. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
45.03 |
1.0797 |
-0.1043 |
210 |
8 |
40.06 |
2009-04-24 |
| 149. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
44.97 |
1.0095 |
-0.0310 |
316 |
5 |
38.82 |
2008-12-30 |
| 150. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
44.95 |
0.9293 |
0.0507 |
355 |
1 |
44.95 |
2008-12-29 |
| 151. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
44.72 |
1.0666 |
-0.0924 |
297 |
9 |
40.68 |
2009-08-07 |
| 152. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
44.64 |
0.9731 |
-0.0132 |
129 |
9 |
38.02 |
2009-04-24 |
| 153. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
44.53 |
1.0183 |
-0.0540 |
191 |
4 |
38.65 |
2008-12-26 |
| 154. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
44.50 |
1.0398 |
-0.0810 |
110 |
1 |
44.50 |
2008-12-29 |
| 155. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
44.44 |
0.8792 |
0.0980 |
296 |
3 |
42.60 |
2008-12-26 |
| 156. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
44.43 |
1.0516 |
-0.0843 |
281 |
4 |
42.02 |
2009-02-27 |
| 157. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
44.43 |
0.9251 |
0.0476 |
177 |
7 |
36.95 |
2009-05-11 |
| 158. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
44.42 |
1.0023 |
-0.0367 |
211 |
5 |
40.87 |
2009-02-18 |
| 159. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
44.40 |
0.9128 |
0.0598 |
133 |
6 |
36.49 |
2009-02-18 |
| 160. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
44.38 |
0.9593 |
0.0120 |
398 |
1 |
44.38 |
2008-12-22 |
| 161. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
44.27 |
1.0197 |
-0.0584 |
226 |
6 |
39.53 |
2009-03-06 |
| 162. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
44.21 |
0.9597 |
0.0073 |
347 |
3 |
42.67 |
2008-12-28 |
| 163. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
44.19 |
1.0138 |
-0.0518 |
231 |
4 |
41.40 |
2009-01-05 |
| 164. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
44.17 |
0.9894 |
-0.0230 |
323 |
2 |
42.33 |
2008-12-26 |
| 165. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
44.16 |
0.9811 |
-0.0166 |
272 |
9 |
37.70 |
2009-02-18 |
| 166. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
44.11 |
0.9946 |
-0.0341 |
246 |
4 |
40.08 |
2009-02-05 |
| 167. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
43.97 |
0.9068 |
0.0538 |
269 |
3 |
38.95 |
2008-12-29 |
| 168. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
43.69 |
1.0529 |
-0.1016 |
351 |
4 |
37.08 |
2008-12-16 |
| 169. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
43.62 |
1.0013 |
-0.0524 |
273 |
4 |
41.33 |
2009-02-26 |
| 170. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
43.55 |
0.9307 |
0.0256 |
246 |
4 |
41.13 |
2008-12-17 |
| 171. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
43.54 |
0.9866 |
-0.0422 |
218 |
9 |
37.97 |
2009-02-11 |
| 172. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
43.51 |
1.1016 |
-0.1541 |
233 |
3 |
42.76 |
2009-03-26 |
| 173. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
43.49 |
0.9965 |
-0.0543 |
168 |
5 |
36.45 |
2008-12-26 |
| 174. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
43.48 |
1.0340 |
-0.0821 |
406 |
2 |
39.40 |
2008-12-30 |
| 175. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
43.48 |
0.9286 |
0.0171 |
194 |
8 |
37.42 |
2009-03-30 |
| 176. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
43.36 |
0.8615 |
0.0827 |
110 |
4 |
35.27 |
2009-08-07 |
| 177. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
43.31 |
0.8154 |
0.1294 |
193 |
9 |
36.61 |
2009-08-07 |
| 178. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
43.29 |
1.0515 |
-0.1108 |
250 |
5 |
40.71 |
2009-01-04 |
| 179. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
43.26 |
0.8533 |
0.0897 |
232 |
6 |
37.96 |
2009-01-05 |
| 180. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
43.25 |
0.9649 |
-0.0243 |
193 |
6 |
36.06 |
2009-04-18 |
| 181. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
43.16 |
0.9646 |
-0.0258 |
264 |
4 |
41.73 |
2009-01-05 |
| 182. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
43.09 |
0.9936 |
-0.0558 |
311 |
4 |
41.33 |
2009-02-11 |
| 183. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
43.08 |
0.8628 |
0.0717 |
196 |
4 |
39.03 |
2009-08-11 |
| 184. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
43.00 |
0.9084 |
0.0319 |
404 |
6 |
37.19 |
2009-01-01 |
| 185. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
42.90 |
0.9468 |
-0.0134 |
276 |
6 |
36.73 |
2008-12-31 |
| 186. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
42.90 |
0.8956 |
0.0409 |
217 |
2 |
35.22 |
2008-11-27 |
| 187. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
42.88 |
1.0297 |
-0.0974 |
249 |
3 |
40.70 |
2009-01-01 |
| 188. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
42.88 |
0.9072 |
0.0246 |
237 |
6 |
38.71 |
2009-02-18 |
| 189. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
42.82 |
1.0053 |
-0.0751 |
232 |
6 |
36.68 |
2009-02-05 |
| 190. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
42.81 |
0.9171 |
0.0152 |
165 |
2 |
40.10 |
2009-02-27 |
| 191. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
42.78 |
1.0337 |
-0.1030 |
214 |
4 |
39.88 |
2009-08-11 |
| 192. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
42.76 |
1.0668 |
-0.1334 |
350 |
1 |
42.76 |
2008-12-29 |
| 193. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
42.67 |
0.9820 |
-0.0503 |
267 |
6 |
39.11 |
2009-01-01 |
| 194. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
42.66 |
0.8153 |
0.1181 |
200 |
4 |
35.06 |
2009-01-05 |
| 195. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
42.64 |
1.0099 |
-0.0846 |
207 |
10 |
38.74 |
2009-08-07 |
| 196. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
42.61 |
0.9805 |
-0.0484 |
292 |
2 |
39.04 |
2008-12-29 |
| 197. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
42.37 |
0.9540 |
-0.0336 |
285 |
7 |
40.20 |
2009-03-16 |
| 198. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
42.36 |
1.0528 |
-0.1358 |
201 |
1 |
42.36 |
2008-12-30 |
| 199. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
42.26 |
1.0109 |
-0.0903 |
276 |
2 |
39.76 |
2008-12-23 |
| 200. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
42.17 |
0.8821 |
0.0352 |
176 |
5 |
37.65 |
2009-02-27 |
| 201. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
42.13 |
1.0296 |
-0.1062 |
437 |
1 |
42.13 |
2008-12-26 |
| 202. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
41.97 |
0.8722 |
0.0441 |
285 |
2 |
34.73 |
2008-12-29 |
| 203. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
41.82 |
1.0261 |
-0.1179 |
273 |
5 |
38.61 |
2009-03-20 |
| 204. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
41.76 |
0.9798 |
-0.0767 |
199 |
7 |
38.03 |
2009-08-07 |
| 205. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
41.67 |
0.9636 |
-0.0569 |
254 |
2 |
40.20 |
2009-03-06 |
| 206. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
41.65 |
0.9844 |
-0.0732 |
293 |
3 |
34.96 |
2009-04-01 |
| 207. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
41.53 |
1.0201 |
-0.1232 |
172 |
2 |
40.21 |
2009-03-16 |
| 208. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
41.50 |
0.9612 |
-0.0582 |
256 |
2 |
41.16 |
2008-12-31 |
| 209. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
41.42 |
0.9005 |
-0.0007 |
212 |
5 |
37.55 |
2009-01-01 |
| 210. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
41.39 |
0.9740 |
-0.0775 |
209 |
6 |
38.21 |
2009-02-26 |
| 211. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
41.36 |
0.9365 |
-0.0351 |
248 |
2 |
36.46 |
2009-03-30 |
| 212. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
41.26 |
1.0496 |
-0.1525 |
314 |
6 |
37.13 |
2009-01-01 |
| 213. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
40.95 |
0.9786 |
-0.0882 |
235 |
1 |
40.95 |
2009-01-27 |
| 214. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
40.74 |
0.9084 |
-0.0203 |
300 |
4 |
35.75 |
2009-01-27 |
| 215. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
40.73 |
0.9684 |
-0.0796 |
388 |
5 |
39.35 |
2009-02-05 |
| 216. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
40.61 |
0.8890 |
-0.0092 |
199 |
6 |
34.16 |
2009-02-26 |
| 217. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
40.57 |
0.9226 |
-0.0363 |
177 |
3 |
35.34 |
2009-01-01 |
| 218. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
40.56 |
0.9614 |
-0.0761 |
292 |
5 |
36.60 |
2008-12-26 |
| 219. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
40.55 |
0.8900 |
-0.0067 |
164 |
1 |
40.55 |
2009-01-05 |
| 220. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
40.42 |
0.8811 |
0.0027 |
239 |
4 |
37.85 |
2009-02-26 |
| 221. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
40.29 |
1.0441 |
-0.1663 |
252 |
3 |
38.97 |
2008-12-26 |
| 222. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
40.09 |
1.0613 |
-0.1885 |
266 |
1 |
40.09 |
2009-01-08 |
| 223. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
40.05 |
0.9672 |
-0.0897 |
396 |
1 |
40.05 |
2009-01-08 |
| 224. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
39.96 |
0.8919 |
-0.0245 |
205 |
7 |
35.32 |
2009-02-27 |
| 225. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
39.95 |
0.8951 |
-0.0241 |
193 |
3 |
34.25 |
2008-12-30 |
| 226. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
39.90 |
0.8791 |
-0.0123 |
190 |
3 |
35.96 |
2008-12-15 |
| 227. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
39.89 |
0.9429 |
-0.0741 |
287 |
3 |
34.88 |
2009-01-05 |
| 228. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
39.67 |
0.8096 |
0.0610 |
209 |
3 |
38.67 |
2008-12-31 |
| 229. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
39.64 |
0.8353 |
0.0342 |
283 |
8 |
35.90 |
2009-02-18 |
| 230. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
39.63 |
0.8878 |
-0.0262 |
346 |
8 |
36.48 |
2009-01-27 |
| 231. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
39.58 |
0.8323 |
0.0288 |
203 |
1 |
39.58 |
2008-11-20 |
| 232. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
39.51 |
0.8653 |
0.0051 |
255 |
5 |
36.26 |
2008-12-26 |
| 233. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
39.39 |
0.8553 |
-0.0039 |
174 |
5 |
30.24 |
2008-12-23 |
| 234. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
39.25 |
1.0125 |
-0.1614 |
224 |
3 |
38.21 |
2009-08-07 |
| 235. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
39.22 |
0.9699 |
-0.1178 |
269 |
1 |
39.22 |
2009-01-05 |
| 236. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
39.00 |
0.9682 |
-0.1222 |
143 |
4 |
37.67 |
2009-01-04 |
| 237. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
38.91 |
0.9907 |
-0.1464 |
211 |
3 |
34.25 |
2009-01-01 |
| 238. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
38.56 |
0.9275 |
-0.0926 |
211 |
6 |
33.96 |
2009-02-11 |
| 239. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
38.50 |
0.9048 |
-0.0634 |
271 |
6 |
36.86 |
2009-03-26 |
| 240. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
38.48 |
0.9514 |
-0.1147 |
237 |
3 |
36.80 |
2009-01-27 |
| 241. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
38.47 |
0.8961 |
-0.0633 |
189 |
4 |
34.11 |
2009-02-18 |
| 242. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
38.44 |
0.9164 |
-0.0774 |
121 |
1 |
38.44 |
2008-11-13 |
| 243. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
38.32 |
0.8899 |
-0.0459 |
293 |
2 |
36.43 |
2008-12-31 |
| 244. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
38.30 |
0.9897 |
-0.1596 |
274 |
5 |
36.05 |
2008-12-30 |
| 245. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
38.20 |
1.0025 |
-0.1714 |
336 |
3 |
36.78 |
2008-12-31 |
| 246. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
38.03 |
1.0218 |
-0.1982 |
268 |
1 |
38.03 |
2009-01-08 |
| 247. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
37.68 |
0.9619 |
-0.1380 |
393 |
1 |
37.68 |
2009-01-01 |
| 248. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
37.55 |
0.9233 |
-0.1157 |
168 |
4 |
35.71 |
2009-08-07 |
| 249. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
37.48 |
0.8971 |
-0.0775 |
266 |
5 |
34.21 |
2009-01-27 |
| 250. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
37.48 |
0.8602 |
-0.0481 |
206 |
7 |
33.19 |
2009-08-07 |
| 251. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
37.17 |
0.9164 |
-0.1041 |
305 |
5 |
33.86 |
2009-01-01 |
| 252. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
36.80 |
0.8544 |
-0.0547 |
170 |
1 |
36.80 |
2008-11-13 |
| 253. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
36.51 |
0.8077 |
-0.0167 |
167 |
3 |
33.89 |
2009-08-11 |
| 254. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
36.33 |
0.9049 |
-0.1106 |
351 |
1 |
36.33 |
2008-12-26 |
| 255. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
36.21 |
0.8070 |
-0.0238 |
167 |
1 |
36.21 |
2008-11-18 |
| 256. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
35.92 |
0.9843 |
-0.2094 |
234 |
2 |
33.17 |
2008-12-16 |
| 257. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
35.74 |
0.9430 |
-0.1744 |
211 |
1 |
35.74 |
2008-11-25 |
| 258. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
35.57 |
0.8295 |
-0.0555 |
209 |
4 |
32.32 |
2008-12-26 |
| 259. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
35.08 |
1.0477 |
-0.2839 |
360 |
1 |
35.08 |
2009-01-05 |
| 260. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
34.98 |
0.7876 |
-0.0259 |
316 |
2 |
32.73 |
2009-03-30 |
| 261. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
32.89 |
0.7850 |
-0.0756 |
154 |
1 |
32.89 |
2009-08-07 |
| 262. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
32.85 |
0.8190 |
-0.0999 |
135 |
1 |
32.85 |
2008-11-18 |
| 263. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
32.51 |
0.7259 |
-0.0154 |
186 |
1 |
32.51 |
2009-08-07 |
| 264. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
32.24 |
0.9309 |
-0.2341 |
284 |
1 |
32.24 |
2008-12-15 |
| 265. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
31.50 |
0.8770 |
-0.1915 |
300 |
1 |
31.50 |
2008-11-21 |
| 266. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
31.44 |
0.8826 |
-0.2002 |
296 |
1 |
31.44 |
2008-11-28 |
| 267. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
31.32 |
0.8916 |
-0.2129 |
216 |
2 |
31.24 |
2008-12-15 |
| 268. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
30.58 |
0.9045 |
-0.2422 |
235 |
2 |
30.26 |
2008-12-15 |
| 269. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
30.39 |
1.0334 |
-0.3821 |
131 |
1 |
30.39 |
2008-12-15 |
| 270. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
28.93 |
0.8152 |
-0.1894 |
163 |
1 |
28.93 |
2008-11-13 |
| 271. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
27.94 |
0.8422 |
-0.2367 |
164 |
2 |
27.42 |
2008-11-18 |
| 272. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
26.01 |
1.0214 |
-0.4656 |
166 |
2 |
24.67 |
2008-11-13 |
| 273. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
25.91 |
0.7852 |
-0.2203 |
149 |
1 |
25.91 |
2008-11-11 |
| 274. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
22.93 |
0.8037 |
-0.3078 |
148 |
1 |
22.93 |
2008-11-13 |
| 275. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
21.55 |
0.8118 |
-0.3442 |
109 |
1 |
21.55 |
2008-11-13 |