| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
40.08 |
1.0483 |
0.1974 |
227 |
9 |
33.53 |
2009-04-15 |
| 2. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
39.28 |
0.9164 |
0.3106 |
121 |
5 |
31.04 |
2009-04-07 |
| 3. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
39.22 |
1.0714 |
0.1413 |
129 |
4 |
34.95 |
2009-04-14 |
| 4. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
38.93 |
1.0711 |
0.1363 |
213 |
3 |
33.63 |
2009-04-14 |
| 5. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
38.70 |
1.0596 |
0.1436 |
239 |
9 |
33.71 |
2009-04-17 |
| 6. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
38.53 |
0.8190 |
0.3879 |
135 |
2 |
34.34 |
2009-04-17 |
| 7. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
38.52 |
1.1016 |
0.0981 |
233 |
4 |
34.57 |
2009-04-09 |
| 8. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
38.47 |
0.8852 |
0.3132 |
158 |
3 |
36.02 |
2009-04-17 |
| 9. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
37.28 |
0.8661 |
0.2856 |
94 |
1 |
37.28 |
2009-04-01 |
| 10. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
37.28 |
1.0441 |
0.1180 |
252 |
3 |
32.75 |
2009-04-17 |
| 11. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
37.22 |
0.8821 |
0.2761 |
176 |
5 |
32.56 |
2009-04-14 |
| 12. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
37.13 |
1.0796 |
0.0714 |
129 |
6 |
32.47 |
2009-04-17 |
| 13. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
37.12 |
1.1114 |
0.0414 |
247 |
1 |
37.12 |
2009-04-15 |
| 14. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
37.04 |
0.8739 |
0.2751 |
136 |
2 |
35.97 |
2009-04-13 |
| 15. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
36.99 |
0.8941 |
0.2593 |
216 |
4 |
32.26 |
2009-04-14 |
| 16. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
36.77 |
0.9731 |
0.1589 |
129 |
4 |
29.25 |
2009-04-15 |
| 17. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
36.62 |
0.9226 |
0.2210 |
177 |
5 |
32.28 |
2009-04-14 |
| 18. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
36.52 |
1.0788 |
0.0522 |
171 |
4 |
30.05 |
2009-04-15 |
| 19. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
36.48 |
0.9769 |
0.1564 |
263 |
4 |
28.65 |
2009-04-15 |
| 20. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
36.35 |
1.0797 |
0.0460 |
210 |
3 |
32.61 |
2009-04-13 |
| 21. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
36.09 |
1.0004 |
0.1166 |
212 |
7 |
30.33 |
2009-04-13 |
| 22. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
35.82 |
0.9576 |
0.1616 |
212 |
2 |
35.64 |
2009-04-15 |
| 23. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
35.76 |
0.9795 |
0.1332 |
308 |
2 |
33.89 |
2009-04-15 |
| 24. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
35.53 |
1.0131 |
0.0885 |
225 |
7 |
29.69 |
2009-04-15 |
| 25. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
35.53 |
1.0120 |
0.0927 |
290 |
2 |
34.04 |
2009-04-15 |
| 26. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
35.46 |
0.9196 |
0.1854 |
148 |
7 |
30.03 |
2009-04-17 |
| 27. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
35.24 |
0.8975 |
0.1993 |
268 |
5 |
29.53 |
2009-04-15 |
| 28. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
35.23 |
0.8745 |
0.2193 |
169 |
2 |
32.64 |
2009-04-15 |
| 29. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
35.07 |
0.7375 |
0.3567 |
148 |
2 |
31.00 |
2009-04-13 |
| 30. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
35.07 |
1.0263 |
0.0639 |
267 |
5 |
33.41 |
2009-04-17 |
| 31. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
35.05 |
0.8628 |
0.2242 |
196 |
6 |
31.48 |
2009-04-17 |
| 32. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
34.98 |
0.9072 |
0.1793 |
237 |
7 |
30.18 |
2009-04-17 |
| 33. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
34.96 |
1.0214 |
0.0644 |
269 |
4 |
32.63 |
2009-04-15 |
| 34. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
34.86 |
0.9614 |
0.1260 |
292 |
3 |
34.16 |
2009-04-14 |
| 35. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
34.84 |
0.9325 |
0.1446 |
156 |
5 |
32.56 |
2009-04-15 |
| 36. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
34.82 |
1.1018 |
-0.0251 |
220 |
3 |
31.24 |
2009-04-15 |
| 37. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
34.81 |
0.9646 |
0.1173 |
264 |
1 |
34.81 |
2009-04-14 |
| 38. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
34.79 |
0.8666 |
0.2186 |
150 |
2 |
33.08 |
2009-04-06 |
| 39. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
34.77 |
1.0201 |
0.0546 |
172 |
8 |
30.99 |
2009-04-15 |
| 40. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
34.76 |
1.0029 |
0.0719 |
209 |
3 |
32.24 |
2009-04-14 |
| 41. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
34.74 |
0.9884 |
0.0965 |
262 |
4 |
33.52 |
2009-04-15 |
| 42. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
34.64 |
0.8887 |
0.2028 |
128 |
1 |
34.64 |
2009-04-03 |
| 43. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
34.61 |
1.0767 |
-0.0024 |
212 |
7 |
32.40 |
2009-04-17 |
| 44. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
34.61 |
1.0197 |
0.0539 |
226 |
5 |
32.31 |
2009-04-14 |
| 45. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
34.51 |
0.8700 |
0.2027 |
127 |
1 |
34.51 |
2009-04-14 |
| 46. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
34.50 |
1.0331 |
0.0377 |
234 |
2 |
32.36 |
2009-04-15 |
| 47. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
34.49 |
0.8653 |
0.2187 |
255 |
3 |
31.30 |
2009-04-15 |
| 48. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
34.49 |
1.0799 |
-0.0109 |
243 |
3 |
32.58 |
2009-04-09 |
| 49. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
34.48 |
0.8951 |
0.1795 |
193 |
4 |
30.12 |
2009-04-14 |
| 50. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
34.43 |
0.8323 |
0.2389 |
203 |
7 |
31.77 |
2009-04-13 |
| 51. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
34.41 |
0.9260 |
0.1546 |
243 |
7 |
32.21 |
2009-04-15 |
| 52. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
34.34 |
0.9776 |
0.0906 |
308 |
3 |
32.90 |
2009-04-14 |
| 53. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
34.22 |
0.9286 |
0.1346 |
194 |
5 |
30.69 |
2009-04-14 |
| 54. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
34.21 |
0.9772 |
0.0832 |
217 |
6 |
32.22 |
2009-04-14 |
| 55. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
34.06 |
1.0337 |
0.0249 |
214 |
3 |
30.25 |
2009-04-09 |
| 56. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
34.05 |
0.9786 |
0.0751 |
193 |
7 |
27.01 |
2009-04-15 |
| 57. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
33.94 |
1.0577 |
-0.0058 |
247 |
2 |
32.13 |
2009-04-13 |
| 58. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
33.88 |
0.9171 |
0.1367 |
165 |
3 |
33.33 |
2009-04-17 |
| 59. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
33.87 |
0.7916 |
0.2693 |
184 |
6 |
29.02 |
2009-04-14 |
| 60. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
33.83 |
0.9351 |
0.1114 |
190 |
7 |
30.41 |
2009-04-17 |
| 61. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
33.81 |
1.0025 |
0.0487 |
256 |
2 |
31.63 |
2009-04-14 |
| 62. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
33.79 |
1.0463 |
-0.0002 |
182 |
4 |
29.48 |
2009-04-09 |
| 63. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
33.74 |
0.9691 |
0.0795 |
223 |
6 |
29.57 |
2009-04-15 |
| 64. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
33.74 |
1.0297 |
0.0182 |
249 |
1 |
33.74 |
2009-04-14 |
| 65. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
33.70 |
0.9798 |
0.0624 |
199 |
5 |
31.17 |
2009-04-15 |
| 66. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
33.60 |
0.9251 |
0.1246 |
177 |
3 |
31.13 |
2009-04-13 |
| 67. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
33.50 |
0.8809 |
0.1585 |
127 |
4 |
32.18 |
2009-04-14 |
| 68. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
33.47 |
1.0251 |
0.0133 |
261 |
3 |
29.67 |
2009-04-14 |
| 69. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
33.47 |
0.8867 |
0.1598 |
163 |
3 |
32.24 |
2009-04-07 |
| 70. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
33.37 |
1.0419 |
-0.0044 |
261 |
5 |
31.85 |
2009-04-15 |
| 71. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
33.36 |
0.9965 |
0.0359 |
168 |
3 |
29.67 |
2009-04-13 |
| 72. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
33.35 |
1.0498 |
-0.0178 |
180 |
4 |
28.87 |
2009-04-13 |
| 73. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
33.35 |
0.8900 |
0.1480 |
164 |
5 |
30.00 |
2009-04-13 |
| 74. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
33.33 |
1.0334 |
-0.0037 |
131 |
5 |
30.61 |
2009-04-17 |
| 75. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
33.29 |
1.0099 |
0.0222 |
207 |
6 |
31.23 |
2009-04-17 |
| 76. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
33.26 |
0.9019 |
0.1373 |
204 |
3 |
31.99 |
2009-04-15 |
| 77. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
33.25 |
1.0523 |
-0.0229 |
256 |
4 |
31.95 |
2009-04-09 |
| 78. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
33.13 |
0.9897 |
0.0379 |
274 |
1 |
33.13 |
2009-04-15 |
| 79. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
33.09 |
0.9682 |
0.0586 |
143 |
4 |
27.20 |
2009-04-15 |
| 80. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
33.06 |
0.9866 |
0.0374 |
218 |
2 |
29.32 |
2009-04-15 |
| 81. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
33.05 |
0.8037 |
0.2264 |
148 |
2 |
30.02 |
2009-04-03 |
| 82. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
33.04 |
0.9846 |
0.0414 |
281 |
3 |
30.95 |
2009-04-10 |
| 83. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
33.04 |
1.0023 |
0.0229 |
211 |
2 |
31.27 |
2009-04-13 |
| 84. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
33.02 |
1.0252 |
-0.0052 |
176 |
3 |
30.90 |
2009-04-09 |
| 85. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
33.02 |
0.8422 |
0.1860 |
164 |
5 |
30.42 |
2009-04-13 |
| 86. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
33.01 |
0.9221 |
0.1025 |
244 |
4 |
27.76 |
2009-04-14 |
| 87. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
32.97 |
0.9339 |
0.0895 |
310 |
4 |
31.10 |
2009-04-14 |
| 88. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
32.97 |
1.0528 |
-0.0329 |
201 |
2 |
32.53 |
2009-04-13 |
| 89. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
32.92 |
0.9263 |
0.1005 |
188 |
1 |
32.92 |
2009-04-15 |
| 90. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
32.80 |
0.8152 |
0.2045 |
163 |
3 |
28.60 |
2009-04-13 |
| 91. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
32.79 |
0.9946 |
0.0244 |
246 |
2 |
31.99 |
2009-04-13 |
| 92. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
32.78 |
0.8935 |
0.1351 |
328 |
1 |
32.78 |
2009-04-14 |
| 93. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
32.74 |
0.9740 |
0.0395 |
209 |
5 |
30.28 |
2009-04-14 |
| 94. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
32.68 |
0.8544 |
0.1618 |
170 |
2 |
32.02 |
2009-04-07 |
| 95. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
32.66 |
0.9202 |
0.0942 |
254 |
5 |
28.91 |
2009-04-14 |
| 96. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
32.64 |
0.9128 |
0.1072 |
133 |
3 |
27.98 |
2009-04-07 |
| 97. |
Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he actually was... |
32.55 |
0.8506 |
0.1569 |
132 |
2 |
32.39 |
2009-04-13 |
| 98. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
32.51 |
0.9293 |
0.0819 |
355 |
1 |
32.51 |
2009-04-14 |
| 99. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
32.45 |
0.9697 |
0.0390 |
249 |
3 |
30.92 |
2009-04-13 |
| 100. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
32.44 |
0.8615 |
0.1468 |
110 |
3 |
30.26 |
2009-04-13 |
| 101. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
32.37 |
1.0168 |
-0.0094 |
271 |
4 |
29.29 |
2009-04-14 |
| 102. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
32.34 |
1.0515 |
-0.0483 |
250 |
1 |
32.34 |
2009-04-15 |
| 103. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
32.33 |
1.0203 |
-0.0122 |
261 |
1 |
32.33 |
2009-04-15 |
| 104. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
32.26 |
0.9307 |
0.0798 |
246 |
5 |
28.86 |
2009-04-13 |
| 105. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
32.22 |
0.9257 |
0.0811 |
317 |
1 |
32.22 |
2009-04-17 |
| 106. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
32.20 |
1.0053 |
-0.0066 |
232 |
7 |
30.68 |
2009-04-06 |
| 107. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
32.19 |
0.9964 |
0.0040 |
203 |
1 |
32.19 |
2009-04-13 |
| 108. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
32.13 |
0.9289 |
0.0672 |
204 |
3 |
29.49 |
2009-04-17 |
| 109. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
32.12 |
1.0444 |
-0.0529 |
197 |
3 |
31.00 |
2009-04-13 |
| 110. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
32.10 |
0.9429 |
0.0559 |
287 |
1 |
32.10 |
2009-04-17 |
| 111. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
32.09 |
0.9316 |
0.0716 |
287 |
2 |
30.88 |
2009-04-14 |
| 112. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
32.07 |
1.0429 |
-0.0477 |
259 |
2 |
31.29 |
2009-04-17 |
| 113. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
32.06 |
1.0183 |
-0.0277 |
191 |
1 |
32.06 |
2009-04-13 |
| 114. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
32.04 |
0.9991 |
-0.0030 |
225 |
1 |
32.04 |
2009-04-14 |
| 115. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
31.93 |
0.9068 |
0.0884 |
269 |
1 |
31.93 |
2009-04-09 |
| 116. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
31.92 |
0.7389 |
0.2543 |
145 |
4 |
30.20 |
2009-04-13 |
| 117. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
31.88 |
1.0521 |
-0.0663 |
171 |
4 |
28.11 |
2009-04-15 |
| 118. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
31.87 |
0.9965 |
-0.0056 |
277 |
1 |
31.87 |
2009-04-09 |
| 119. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
31.86 |
1.0109 |
-0.0202 |
276 |
2 |
30.03 |
2009-04-15 |
| 120. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
31.86 |
0.7852 |
0.2106 |
149 |
3 |
30.53 |
2009-04-15 |
| 121. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
31.85 |
0.8070 |
0.1795 |
167 |
4 |
29.69 |
2009-04-07 |
| 122. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
31.76 |
0.8573 |
0.1331 |
270 |
1 |
31.76 |
2009-04-13 |
| 123. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
31.75 |
0.8811 |
0.1100 |
239 |
1 |
31.75 |
2009-04-03 |
| 124. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
31.75 |
0.8996 |
0.0814 |
192 |
5 |
26.20 |
2009-04-15 |
| 125. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
31.75 |
1.0829 |
-0.0949 |
288 |
1 |
31.75 |
2009-04-13 |
| 126. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
31.72 |
0.9851 |
0.0026 |
317 |
2 |
31.15 |
2009-04-09 |
| 127. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
31.71 |
0.9852 |
0.0003 |
264 |
2 |
31.25 |
2009-04-14 |
| 128. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
31.70 |
0.8660 |
0.1193 |
193 |
1 |
31.70 |
2009-04-07 |
| 129. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
31.68 |
1.0787 |
-0.0957 |
237 |
4 |
30.23 |
2009-04-13 |
| 130. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
31.64 |
1.0389 |
-0.0535 |
340 |
1 |
31.64 |
2009-04-15 |
| 131. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
31.62 |
0.9168 |
0.0669 |
240 |
1 |
31.62 |
2009-04-15 |
| 132. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
31.59 |
1.0138 |
-0.0327 |
231 |
1 |
31.59 |
2009-04-09 |
| 133. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
31.55 |
0.8792 |
0.1103 |
296 |
1 |
31.55 |
2009-04-09 |
| 134. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
31.52 |
0.8077 |
0.1696 |
167 |
2 |
28.92 |
2009-04-15 |
| 135. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
31.51 |
0.8971 |
0.0871 |
266 |
4 |
29.44 |
2009-04-15 |
| 136. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
31.51 |
0.8791 |
0.0989 |
190 |
3 |
28.35 |
2009-04-13 |
| 137. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
31.50 |
1.0666 |
-0.0879 |
297 |
1 |
31.50 |
2009-04-14 |
| 138. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
31.50 |
0.8263 |
0.1502 |
162 |
2 |
29.81 |
2009-04-01 |
| 139. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
31.41 |
1.0565 |
-0.0833 |
247 |
1 |
31.41 |
2009-04-06 |
| 140. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
31.33 |
0.9275 |
0.0425 |
211 |
5 |
28.19 |
2009-04-13 |
| 141. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
31.31 |
0.9805 |
-0.0033 |
292 |
1 |
31.31 |
2009-04-09 |
| 142. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
31.29 |
1.0124 |
-0.0428 |
204 |
3 |
26.39 |
2009-04-13 |
| 143. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
31.22 |
0.9514 |
0.0187 |
237 |
4 |
30.08 |
2009-04-17 |
| 144. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
31.17 |
0.9729 |
-0.0045 |
255 |
1 |
31.17 |
2009-04-07 |
| 145. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
31.16 |
1.0218 |
-0.0568 |
268 |
1 |
31.16 |
2009-04-14 |
| 146. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
31.13 |
0.9233 |
0.0354 |
168 |
9 |
27.14 |
2009-04-15 |
| 147. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
31.11 |
1.0033 |
-0.0437 |
189 |
1 |
31.11 |
2009-04-14 |
| 148. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
31.09 |
0.8145 |
0.1535 |
115 |
4 |
28.18 |
2009-04-13 |
| 149. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
31.05 |
1.0261 |
-0.0635 |
273 |
6 |
29.83 |
2009-04-13 |
| 150. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
31.02 |
1.0063 |
-0.0424 |
371 |
2 |
28.91 |
2009-04-13 |
| 151. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
30.99 |
0.7934 |
0.1684 |
134 |
3 |
28.40 |
2009-04-14 |
| 152. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
30.98 |
0.8188 |
0.1445 |
183 |
3 |
29.09 |
2009-04-13 |
| 153. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
30.92 |
0.8747 |
0.0812 |
201 |
2 |
30.16 |
2009-04-10 |
| 154. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
30.90 |
1.0385 |
-0.0806 |
230 |
2 |
29.63 |
2009-04-15 |
| 155. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
30.86 |
0.9857 |
-0.0282 |
293 |
1 |
30.86 |
2009-04-09 |
| 156. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
30.83 |
0.8715 |
0.0821 |
130 |
2 |
28.47 |
2009-04-03 |
| 157. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
30.79 |
0.8118 |
0.1494 |
109 |
3 |
28.75 |
2009-04-07 |
| 158. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
30.74 |
0.9907 |
-0.0376 |
211 |
5 |
27.85 |
2009-04-15 |
| 159. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
30.73 |
0.8916 |
0.0631 |
216 |
3 |
28.76 |
2009-04-13 |
| 160. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
30.72 |
1.0016 |
-0.0521 |
218 |
1 |
30.72 |
2009-04-14 |
| 161. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
30.72 |
0.9636 |
-0.0096 |
254 |
4 |
28.41 |
2009-04-14 |
| 162. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
30.71 |
1.0487 |
-0.0999 |
231 |
2 |
29.76 |
2009-04-13 |
| 163. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
30.65 |
0.9843 |
-0.0374 |
234 |
1 |
30.65 |
2009-04-14 |
| 164. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
30.63 |
1.0214 |
-0.0756 |
166 |
4 |
27.42 |
2009-04-15 |
| 165. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
30.60 |
0.9865 |
-0.0351 |
276 |
3 |
30.23 |
2009-04-17 |
| 166. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
30.49 |
1.0417 |
-0.0974 |
253 |
1 |
30.49 |
2009-04-15 |
| 167. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
30.44 |
0.9213 |
0.0245 |
295 |
5 |
28.68 |
2009-04-17 |
| 168. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
30.39 |
0.9893 |
-0.0455 |
323 |
1 |
30.39 |
2009-04-14 |
| 169. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
30.34 |
0.9844 |
-0.0375 |
293 |
1 |
30.34 |
2009-04-09 |
| 170. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
30.24 |
0.9780 |
-0.0380 |
337 |
2 |
29.43 |
2009-04-14 |
| 171. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
30.19 |
0.9941 |
-0.0591 |
217 |
4 |
27.08 |
2009-04-13 |
| 172. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
30.11 |
1.0426 |
-0.1084 |
323 |
1 |
30.11 |
2009-04-14 |
| 173. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
30.10 |
0.8910 |
0.0453 |
150 |
2 |
27.87 |
2009-04-13 |
| 174. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
30.05 |
1.0486 |
-0.1148 |
289 |
1 |
30.05 |
2009-04-17 |
| 175. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
30.05 |
0.9884 |
-0.0562 |
233 |
3 |
28.97 |
2009-04-13 |
| 176. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
29.99 |
0.9758 |
-0.0440 |
314 |
2 |
29.97 |
2009-04-09 |
| 177. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
29.96 |
1.0095 |
-0.0805 |
316 |
1 |
29.96 |
2009-04-09 |
| 178. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
29.92 |
0.8852 |
0.0458 |
201 |
2 |
28.58 |
2009-04-14 |
| 179. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
29.88 |
1.0696 |
-0.1455 |
226 |
1 |
29.88 |
2009-04-15 |
| 180. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
29.84 |
0.8956 |
0.0334 |
217 |
1 |
29.84 |
2009-04-10 |
| 181. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
29.82 |
0.8919 |
0.0321 |
205 |
3 |
27.50 |
2009-04-15 |
| 182. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
29.73 |
0.9513 |
-0.0246 |
354 |
1 |
29.73 |
2009-04-13 |
| 183. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
29.66 |
0.9966 |
-0.0765 |
259 |
3 |
29.29 |
2009-04-14 |
| 184. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
29.64 |
0.9281 |
-0.0029 |
273 |
1 |
29.64 |
2009-04-13 |
| 185. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
29.56 |
0.9756 |
-0.0593 |
229 |
1 |
29.56 |
2009-04-14 |
| 186. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
29.52 |
0.7259 |
0.1963 |
186 |
1 |
29.52 |
2009-04-13 |
| 187. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
29.45 |
0.9084 |
0.0075 |
300 |
1 |
29.45 |
2009-04-15 |
| 188. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
29.45 |
0.9485 |
-0.0327 |
236 |
1 |
29.45 |
2009-04-07 |
| 189. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
29.33 |
0.7352 |
0.1750 |
106 |
4 |
25.96 |
2009-04-13 |
| 190. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
29.33 |
0.9649 |
-0.0557 |
193 |
2 |
27.89 |
2009-04-14 |
| 191. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
29.30 |
1.0390 |
-0.1334 |
205 |
3 |
28.22 |
2009-04-13 |
| 192. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
29.30 |
0.9567 |
-0.0475 |
273 |
1 |
29.30 |
2009-04-09 |
| 193. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
29.29 |
0.9811 |
-0.0693 |
272 |
1 |
29.29 |
2009-04-14 |
| 194. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
29.26 |
0.8533 |
0.0559 |
232 |
3 |
25.93 |
2009-04-14 |
| 195. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
29.23 |
0.9572 |
-0.0511 |
201 |
2 |
28.56 |
2009-04-13 |
| 196. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
29.20 |
0.8899 |
0.0274 |
293 |
2 |
28.58 |
2009-04-13 |
| 197. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
29.18 |
0.9597 |
-0.0500 |
347 |
2 |
28.32 |
2009-04-09 |
| 198. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
29.17 |
1.0213 |
-0.1192 |
240 |
2 |
28.78 |
2009-04-07 |
| 199. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
29.09 |
0.8323 |
0.0691 |
145 |
3 |
28.35 |
2009-04-02 |
| 200. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
29.07 |
1.0396 |
-0.1447 |
149 |
3 |
27.00 |
2009-04-14 |
| 201. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
29.04 |
0.9786 |
-0.0779 |
235 |
2 |
28.01 |
2009-04-17 |
| 202. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
29.04 |
0.9005 |
-0.0008 |
212 |
1 |
29.04 |
2009-04-15 |
| 203. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
28.96 |
0.8142 |
0.0789 |
187 |
2 |
27.22 |
2009-04-03 |
| 204. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
28.95 |
0.8442 |
0.0582 |
265 |
3 |
27.84 |
2009-04-13 |
| 205. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
28.94 |
0.7690 |
0.1306 |
142 |
2 |
27.85 |
2009-04-13 |
| 206. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
28.92 |
0.9578 |
-0.0609 |
281 |
2 |
28.62 |
2009-04-14 |
| 207. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
28.83 |
0.9986 |
-0.1034 |
283 |
2 |
28.72 |
2009-04-09 |
| 208. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
28.80 |
0.9684 |
-0.0721 |
388 |
1 |
28.80 |
2009-04-15 |
| 209. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
28.70 |
0.8154 |
0.0769 |
193 |
3 |
26.18 |
2009-04-14 |
| 210. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
28.69 |
0.9710 |
-0.0873 |
173 |
5 |
25.07 |
2009-04-13 |
| 211. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
28.66 |
0.9532 |
-0.0653 |
258 |
1 |
28.66 |
2009-04-13 |
| 212. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
28.66 |
0.9886 |
-0.0969 |
220 |
1 |
28.66 |
2009-04-13 |
| 213. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
28.61 |
0.9266 |
-0.0371 |
278 |
2 |
28.53 |
2009-04-09 |
| 214. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
28.45 |
0.7850 |
0.0940 |
154 |
1 |
28.45 |
2009-04-07 |
| 215. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
28.32 |
0.9724 |
-0.0903 |
237 |
2 |
27.64 |
2009-04-09 |
| 216. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
28.31 |
0.9500 |
-0.0696 |
362 |
1 |
28.31 |
2009-04-13 |
| 217. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
28.31 |
0.8709 |
0.0152 |
202 |
2 |
28.30 |
2009-04-09 |
| 218. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
28.26 |
0.8810 |
-0.0036 |
282 |
3 |
25.78 |
2009-04-14 |
| 219. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
28.21 |
0.8125 |
0.0651 |
197 |
2 |
25.36 |
2009-04-03 |
| 220. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
28.21 |
0.8878 |
-0.0129 |
346 |
1 |
28.21 |
2009-04-09 |
| 221. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
28.08 |
0.9125 |
-0.0397 |
308 |
1 |
28.08 |
2009-04-14 |
| 222. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
27.93 |
0.8722 |
-0.0031 |
285 |
2 |
27.43 |
2009-04-14 |
| 223. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
27.85 |
0.9430 |
-0.0866 |
211 |
2 |
27.14 |
2009-04-13 |
| 224. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
27.72 |
0.8096 |
0.0579 |
209 |
2 |
26.87 |
2009-04-10 |
| 225. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
27.68 |
0.8360 |
0.0216 |
170 |
1 |
27.68 |
2009-04-10 |
| 226. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
27.48 |
0.9164 |
-0.0595 |
305 |
2 |
27.25 |
2009-04-17 |
| 227. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
27.43 |
0.8770 |
-0.0233 |
300 |
1 |
27.43 |
2009-04-14 |
| 228. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
27.43 |
0.9045 |
-0.0537 |
235 |
2 |
26.21 |
2009-04-06 |
| 229. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
27.38 |
0.9763 |
-0.1279 |
289 |
1 |
27.38 |
2009-04-13 |
| 230. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
27.30 |
0.8070 |
0.0419 |
137 |
1 |
27.30 |
2009-04-03 |
| 231. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
27.14 |
0.8553 |
-0.0190 |
174 |
2 |
26.46 |
2009-04-14 |
| 232. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
27.06 |
0.8961 |
-0.0606 |
189 |
3 |
25.81 |
2009-04-10 |
| 233. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
27.05 |
0.8153 |
0.0280 |
200 |
2 |
25.61 |
2009-04-13 |
| 234. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
26.94 |
0.9633 |
-0.1260 |
304 |
1 |
26.94 |
2009-04-01 |
| 235. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
26.88 |
0.9365 |
-0.1019 |
248 |
1 |
26.88 |
2009-03-31 |
| 236. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
26.70 |
0.9936 |
-0.1664 |
311 |
1 |
26.70 |
2009-04-06 |
| 237. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
26.62 |
0.8105 |
0.0102 |
204 |
2 |
25.15 |
2009-04-03 |
| 238. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
26.49 |
1.0462 |
-0.2314 |
184 |
1 |
26.49 |
2009-04-13 |
| 239. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
26.28 |
0.8602 |
-0.0481 |
206 |
3 |
25.25 |
2009-04-14 |
| 240. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
25.81 |
0.8826 |
-0.0817 |
296 |
1 |
25.81 |
2009-04-02 |
| 241. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
25.74 |
0.9048 |
-0.1029 |
271 |
1 |
25.74 |
2009-03-31 |
| 242. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
25.73 |
0.9330 |
-0.1294 |
360 |
1 |
25.73 |
2009-04-14 |
| 243. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
24.69 |
0.8595 |
-0.0934 |
242 |
2 |
24.11 |
2009-04-13 |
| 244. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
24.55 |
0.8788 |
-0.1224 |
134 |
1 |
24.55 |
2009-04-03 |
| 245. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
23.61 |
0.7938 |
-0.0625 |
176 |
1 |
23.61 |
2009-03-31 |
| 246. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
18.75 |
0.8295 |
-0.2504 |
209 |
1 |
18.75 |
2009-03-31 |