| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
94.61 |
1.1016 |
0.0458 |
233 |
10 |
77.64 |
2009-01-31 |
| 2. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
94.29 |
1.0252 |
0.1117 |
176 |
15 |
79.68 |
2009-02-05 |
| 3. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
93.35 |
1.0596 |
0.0702 |
239 |
13 |
82.76 |
2009-01-31 |
| 4. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
93.22 |
1.0696 |
0.0572 |
226 |
15 |
77.55 |
2009-02-04 |
| 5. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
92.01 |
1.0528 |
0.0576 |
201 |
17 |
73.41 |
2009-02-01 |
| 6. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
91.72 |
1.0389 |
0.0747 |
318 |
10 |
75.54 |
2009-02-03 |
| 7. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
91.71 |
1.0477 |
0.0665 |
360 |
14 |
80.27 |
2009-02-01 |
| 8. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
91.22 |
1.0515 |
0.0523 |
250 |
18 |
79.62 |
2009-02-01 |
| 9. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
91.21 |
1.0197 |
0.0830 |
226 |
19 |
72.09 |
2009-02-06 |
| 10. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
91.05 |
1.0767 |
0.0248 |
212 |
16 |
78.41 |
2009-02-06 |
| 11. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
90.98 |
1.0523 |
0.0462 |
256 |
13 |
74.40 |
2009-02-01 |
| 12. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
90.88 |
1.0829 |
0.0202 |
288 |
16 |
80.08 |
2009-02-01 |
| 13. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
90.75 |
1.0016 |
0.0938 |
218 |
13 |
78.08 |
2009-02-01 |
| 14. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
90.70 |
1.0796 |
0.0150 |
129 |
15 |
74.35 |
2009-01-30 |
| 15. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
90.60 |
1.1114 |
-0.0160 |
247 |
13 |
83.00 |
2009-02-05 |
| 16. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
90.24 |
1.0261 |
0.0657 |
273 |
17 |
77.21 |
2009-02-12 |
| 17. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
90.17 |
1.0577 |
0.0317 |
247 |
20 |
76.50 |
2009-02-05 |
| 18. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
90.01 |
1.0555 |
0.0368 |
363 |
14 |
79.40 |
2009-02-03 |
| 19. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
89.81 |
1.0714 |
0.0082 |
129 |
6 |
76.85 |
2009-01-24 |
| 20. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
89.29 |
1.0483 |
0.0308 |
227 |
11 |
80.69 |
2009-02-01 |
| 21. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
89.22 |
1.0567 |
0.0251 |
303 |
14 |
79.14 |
2009-02-05 |
| 22. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
89.14 |
1.0534 |
0.0290 |
357 |
18 |
78.12 |
2009-02-05 |
| 23. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
88.92 |
1.0516 |
0.0255 |
281 |
13 |
77.85 |
2009-02-01 |
| 24. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
88.82 |
0.9045 |
0.1721 |
235 |
7 |
78.83 |
2009-02-03 |
| 25. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
88.62 |
0.9540 |
0.1181 |
285 |
10 |
77.96 |
2009-02-01 |
| 26. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
88.43 |
1.0487 |
0.0178 |
231 |
7 |
80.40 |
2009-02-06 |
| 27. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
88.42 |
1.0799 |
-0.0122 |
243 |
9 |
83.10 |
2009-02-01 |
| 28. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
88.39 |
1.0390 |
0.0282 |
205 |
10 |
73.13 |
2009-02-01 |
| 29. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
88.21 |
1.0368 |
0.0329 |
276 |
8 |
75.81 |
2009-02-06 |
| 30. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
88.21 |
1.0138 |
0.0546 |
231 |
12 |
76.41 |
2009-02-05 |
| 31. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
88.17 |
0.9710 |
0.0908 |
173 |
11 |
75.72 |
2009-02-01 |
| 32. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
88.12 |
1.0711 |
-0.0085 |
213 |
5 |
82.93 |
2009-02-01 |
| 33. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
88.11 |
0.9723 |
0.0990 |
364 |
13 |
75.95 |
2009-02-05 |
| 34. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
87.96 |
1.0214 |
0.0390 |
166 |
19 |
79.58 |
2009-02-05 |
| 35. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
87.83 |
1.0033 |
0.0542 |
189 |
9 |
69.05 |
2009-02-03 |
| 36. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
87.49 |
1.0993 |
-0.0414 |
265 |
6 |
78.61 |
2009-02-06 |
| 37. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
87.39 |
1.0417 |
0.0146 |
253 |
14 |
78.50 |
2009-02-01 |
| 38. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
87.31 |
1.1018 |
-0.0504 |
220 |
13 |
74.89 |
2009-02-04 |
| 39. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
87.17 |
1.0201 |
0.0292 |
172 |
11 |
74.51 |
2009-02-05 |
| 40. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
87.14 |
1.0396 |
0.0089 |
149 |
12 |
77.60 |
2009-02-01 |
| 41. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
87.03 |
1.0013 |
0.0522 |
273 |
12 |
76.47 |
2009-01-23 |
| 42. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
86.92 |
0.9769 |
0.0740 |
263 |
14 |
76.02 |
2009-02-05 |
| 43. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
86.82 |
1.0099 |
0.0390 |
207 |
9 |
77.81 |
2009-01-28 |
| 44. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
86.62 |
0.9851 |
0.0664 |
317 |
6 |
71.02 |
2009-01-21 |
| 45. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
86.62 |
1.0004 |
0.0428 |
212 |
12 |
75.02 |
2009-01-24 |
| 46. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
86.55 |
0.9148 |
0.1351 |
317 |
11 |
69.20 |
2009-02-01 |
| 47. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
86.49 |
1.0060 |
0.0370 |
171 |
11 |
75.08 |
2009-02-05 |
| 48. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
86.40 |
1.0498 |
-0.0080 |
180 |
8 |
77.63 |
2009-02-01 |
| 49. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
86.29 |
1.0391 |
0.0123 |
358 |
14 |
75.91 |
2009-02-04 |
| 50. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
86.23 |
1.0444 |
-0.0064 |
197 |
9 |
73.01 |
2009-02-01 |
| 51. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
86.21 |
1.0257 |
0.0250 |
401 |
12 |
78.28 |
2009-01-31 |
| 52. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
86.18 |
1.0109 |
0.0338 |
276 |
20 |
74.36 |
2009-02-04 |
| 53. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
86.08 |
1.0787 |
-0.0373 |
237 |
8 |
73.76 |
2009-01-27 |
| 54. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
86.07 |
1.0454 |
-0.0065 |
255 |
19 |
76.88 |
2009-02-01 |
| 55. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
85.97 |
1.0214 |
0.0183 |
269 |
9 |
78.52 |
2009-02-01 |
| 56. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
85.90 |
0.9532 |
0.0860 |
258 |
11 |
69.89 |
2009-02-05 |
| 57. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
85.86 |
1.0251 |
0.0127 |
261 |
9 |
77.29 |
2009-02-02 |
| 58. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
85.83 |
1.0029 |
0.0303 |
209 |
11 |
69.71 |
2009-02-01 |
| 59. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
85.76 |
1.0201 |
0.0191 |
303 |
11 |
77.46 |
2009-02-04 |
| 60. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
85.70 |
1.0398 |
-0.0122 |
110 |
12 |
74.21 |
2009-01-28 |
| 61. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
85.65 |
1.0788 |
-0.0470 |
171 |
18 |
75.85 |
2009-02-04 |
| 62. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
85.61 |
1.0349 |
0.0013 |
234 |
7 |
78.42 |
2009-01-27 |
| 63. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
85.50 |
1.0203 |
0.0187 |
261 |
13 |
77.59 |
2009-02-04 |
| 64. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
85.28 |
1.0565 |
-0.0262 |
247 |
10 |
78.65 |
2009-02-01 |
| 65. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
85.21 |
1.0218 |
0.0073 |
268 |
11 |
76.75 |
2009-02-05 |
| 66. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
85.18 |
0.9601 |
0.0763 |
308 |
11 |
70.37 |
2009-02-05 |
| 67. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
85.15 |
0.9965 |
0.0300 |
168 |
14 |
74.54 |
2009-02-04 |
| 68. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
85.12 |
1.0095 |
0.0203 |
316 |
11 |
73.63 |
2009-02-06 |
| 69. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
85.02 |
1.0025 |
0.0281 |
336 |
13 |
71.97 |
2009-02-03 |
| 70. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
84.79 |
1.0797 |
-0.0584 |
210 |
10 |
78.47 |
2009-02-05 |
| 71. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
84.79 |
1.0165 |
0.0143 |
392 |
12 |
75.51 |
2009-02-03 |
| 72. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
84.76 |
1.0668 |
-0.0378 |
350 |
12 |
77.18 |
2009-02-02 |
| 73. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
84.73 |
1.0331 |
-0.0091 |
234 |
11 |
76.64 |
2009-02-04 |
| 74. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
84.72 |
1.0885 |
-0.0592 |
315 |
9 |
76.93 |
2009-02-05 |
| 75. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
84.68 |
1.0462 |
-0.0268 |
184 |
10 |
74.59 |
2009-02-01 |
| 76. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
84.65 |
1.0125 |
0.0104 |
224 |
8 |
70.09 |
2009-01-26 |
| 77. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
84.61 |
1.0429 |
-0.0196 |
259 |
17 |
75.63 |
2009-02-01 |
| 78. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
84.51 |
0.9886 |
0.0374 |
220 |
13 |
70.75 |
2009-01-31 |
| 79. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
84.50 |
1.0131 |
0.0063 |
225 |
9 |
74.91 |
2009-02-06 |
| 80. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
84.48 |
0.9740 |
0.0450 |
209 |
17 |
75.20 |
2009-02-01 |
| 81. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
84.46 |
0.9731 |
0.0372 |
129 |
12 |
77.12 |
2009-02-04 |
| 82. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
84.41 |
1.0441 |
-0.0204 |
252 |
10 |
75.71 |
2009-02-04 |
| 83. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
84.37 |
1.0073 |
0.0224 |
369 |
10 |
74.17 |
2009-01-30 |
| 84. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
84.31 |
1.0034 |
0.0161 |
302 |
16 |
77.05 |
2009-02-04 |
| 85. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
84.17 |
1.0289 |
-0.0052 |
276 |
9 |
75.13 |
2009-01-30 |
| 86. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
84.12 |
0.9485 |
0.0719 |
236 |
10 |
68.91 |
2009-01-28 |
| 87. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
84.12 |
0.9997 |
0.0226 |
382 |
12 |
73.78 |
2009-02-05 |
| 88. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
84.03 |
1.0419 |
-0.0243 |
261 |
9 |
73.80 |
2009-02-05 |
| 89. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
83.95 |
1.0296 |
-0.0066 |
437 |
8 |
78.49 |
2009-02-01 |
| 90. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
83.93 |
1.0201 |
0.0002 |
375 |
7 |
73.83 |
2009-02-03 |
| 91. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
83.90 |
0.9831 |
0.0409 |
469 |
18 |
74.76 |
2009-02-05 |
| 92. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
83.80 |
0.9899 |
0.0202 |
163 |
13 |
70.90 |
2009-02-01 |
| 93. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
83.72 |
0.9213 |
0.0930 |
295 |
17 |
73.27 |
2009-02-05 |
| 94. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
83.66 |
0.9553 |
0.0649 |
430 |
9 |
72.92 |
2009-01-24 |
| 95. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
83.64 |
0.9857 |
0.0261 |
293 |
9 |
73.90 |
2009-02-01 |
| 96. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
83.62 |
1.0613 |
-0.0479 |
266 |
13 |
70.25 |
2009-02-01 |
| 97. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
83.61 |
1.0521 |
-0.0445 |
171 |
13 |
71.64 |
2009-02-06 |
| 98. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
83.55 |
1.0619 |
-0.0466 |
354 |
5 |
76.91 |
2009-01-28 |
| 99. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
83.54 |
1.0352 |
-0.0210 |
341 |
15 |
75.75 |
2009-02-01 |
| 100. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
83.38 |
0.9785 |
0.0343 |
335 |
10 |
74.38 |
2009-02-01 |
| 101. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
83.38 |
1.0068 |
0.0061 |
358 |
9 |
73.37 |
2009-02-03 |
| 102. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
83.31 |
0.9776 |
0.0313 |
308 |
13 |
72.87 |
2009-02-06 |
| 103. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
83.24 |
1.0340 |
-0.0209 |
406 |
7 |
77.00 |
2009-01-26 |
| 104. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
83.22 |
1.0426 |
-0.0357 |
323 |
8 |
73.32 |
2009-02-06 |
| 105. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
83.20 |
1.0389 |
-0.0291 |
340 |
9 |
78.49 |
2009-02-05 |
| 106. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
83.18 |
0.9372 |
0.0739 |
320 |
9 |
71.54 |
2009-02-01 |
| 107. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
83.18 |
1.0263 |
-0.0200 |
267 |
11 |
73.34 |
2009-01-27 |
| 108. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
83.10 |
1.0124 |
-0.0086 |
204 |
15 |
74.99 |
2009-02-03 |
| 109. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
83.09 |
0.9843 |
0.0167 |
234 |
14 |
71.11 |
2009-01-27 |
| 110. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
82.91 |
0.9866 |
0.0135 |
218 |
13 |
72.74 |
2009-02-01 |
| 111. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
82.91 |
0.9811 |
0.0254 |
272 |
13 |
73.83 |
2009-02-01 |
| 112. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
82.91 |
1.0213 |
-0.0207 |
240 |
14 |
72.92 |
2009-02-05 |
| 113. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
82.74 |
0.9798 |
0.0163 |
199 |
11 |
74.15 |
2009-02-01 |
| 114. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
82.73 |
1.0292 |
-0.0289 |
262 |
14 |
72.19 |
2009-01-31 |
| 115. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
82.71 |
1.0053 |
-0.0059 |
232 |
11 |
74.34 |
2009-02-04 |
| 116. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
82.67 |
1.0183 |
-0.0230 |
191 |
12 |
72.54 |
2009-02-03 |
| 117. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
82.66 |
0.9865 |
0.0154 |
276 |
8 |
75.97 |
2009-01-28 |
| 118. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
82.65 |
1.0063 |
-0.0052 |
371 |
8 |
75.21 |
2009-02-04 |
| 119. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
82.64 |
1.0167 |
-0.0094 |
378 |
12 |
71.73 |
2009-02-01 |
| 120. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
82.63 |
1.0399 |
-0.0343 |
294 |
17 |
73.48 |
2009-02-03 |
| 121. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
82.53 |
1.0385 |
-0.0411 |
230 |
8 |
70.88 |
2009-01-27 |
| 122. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
82.52 |
1.0613 |
-0.0572 |
456 |
7 |
75.18 |
2009-02-05 |
| 123. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
82.28 |
0.9833 |
0.0144 |
355 |
11 |
70.96 |
2009-02-03 |
| 124. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
82.20 |
1.0334 |
-0.0448 |
131 |
14 |
67.83 |
2009-01-28 |
| 125. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
82.05 |
1.0297 |
-0.0376 |
249 |
15 |
71.59 |
2009-01-31 |
| 126. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
82.01 |
1.0120 |
-0.0200 |
290 |
9 |
74.65 |
2009-02-01 |
| 127. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
81.97 |
0.9622 |
0.0365 |
392 |
14 |
68.57 |
2009-02-01 |
| 128. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
81.93 |
0.9863 |
0.0099 |
339 |
10 |
72.66 |
2009-02-01 |
| 129. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
81.89 |
0.9772 |
0.0106 |
217 |
16 |
65.94 |
2009-02-05 |
| 130. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
81.85 |
0.9965 |
-0.0051 |
277 |
9 |
71.40 |
2009-02-05 |
| 131. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
81.83 |
0.9786 |
0.0068 |
193 |
10 |
73.92 |
2009-02-03 |
| 132. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
81.82 |
0.9820 |
0.0113 |
267 |
14 |
67.86 |
2009-02-04 |
| 133. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
81.82 |
1.0496 |
-0.0598 |
314 |
10 |
73.00 |
2009-02-01 |
| 134. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
81.67 |
1.0666 |
-0.0779 |
297 |
12 |
73.91 |
2009-01-27 |
| 135. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
81.63 |
0.9852 |
0.0032 |
264 |
8 |
69.82 |
2009-02-01 |
| 136. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
81.58 |
1.0023 |
-0.0167 |
211 |
14 |
71.86 |
2009-02-05 |
| 137. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
81.37 |
0.9805 |
0.0091 |
292 |
12 |
75.07 |
2009-02-05 |
| 138. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
81.34 |
0.9351 |
0.0440 |
190 |
16 |
71.88 |
2009-02-05 |
| 139. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
81.31 |
0.9653 |
0.0272 |
394 |
14 |
71.56 |
2009-02-01 |
| 140. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
81.21 |
0.9966 |
-0.0142 |
259 |
7 |
73.65 |
2009-01-20 |
| 141. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
81.17 |
1.0337 |
-0.0518 |
214 |
13 |
72.98 |
2009-02-03 |
| 142. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
81.12 |
1.0445 |
-0.0617 |
373 |
14 |
75.98 |
2009-02-04 |
| 143. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
81.05 |
0.9286 |
0.0514 |
194 |
9 |
72.78 |
2009-02-03 |
| 144. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
80.94 |
1.0352 |
-0.0524 |
341 |
10 |
71.37 |
2009-02-01 |
| 145. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
80.86 |
1.0189 |
-0.0369 |
337 |
5 |
77.25 |
2009-02-04 |
| 146. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
80.80 |
0.9986 |
-0.0200 |
283 |
13 |
71.49 |
2009-01-27 |
| 147. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
80.76 |
1.0168 |
-0.0379 |
271 |
11 |
73.90 |
2009-02-01 |
| 148. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
80.66 |
0.9430 |
0.0259 |
211 |
18 |
67.81 |
2009-02-06 |
| 149. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
80.47 |
0.9897 |
-0.0181 |
274 |
19 |
67.98 |
2009-01-27 |
| 150. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
80.36 |
0.9074 |
0.0717 |
396 |
10 |
72.82 |
2009-01-27 |
| 151. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
80.33 |
0.9768 |
-0.0020 |
387 |
11 |
68.58 |
2009-02-01 |
| 152. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
80.31 |
0.9910 |
-0.0171 |
295 |
7 |
71.94 |
2009-02-03 |
| 153. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
80.30 |
0.9567 |
0.0149 |
273 |
9 |
68.56 |
2009-02-04 |
| 154. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
80.28 |
1.0316 |
-0.0562 |
333 |
12 |
71.34 |
2009-01-28 |
| 155. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
80.27 |
0.9527 |
0.0187 |
251 |
16 |
69.44 |
2009-01-27 |
| 156. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
80.18 |
0.9964 |
-0.0259 |
203 |
10 |
65.78 |
2009-02-01 |
| 157. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
80.17 |
0.9646 |
0.0047 |
264 |
16 |
70.68 |
2009-02-06 |
| 158. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
80.13 |
0.9593 |
0.0151 |
398 |
11 |
71.85 |
2009-02-05 |
| 159. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
80.12 |
0.9786 |
-0.0095 |
235 |
13 |
71.41 |
2009-01-30 |
| 160. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
80.12 |
1.0463 |
-0.0813 |
182 |
11 |
71.02 |
2009-01-27 |
| 161. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
80.07 |
0.9758 |
-0.0061 |
314 |
4 |
70.76 |
2009-01-20 |
| 162. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
79.95 |
0.9991 |
-0.0311 |
225 |
10 |
67.33 |
2009-01-23 |
| 163. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
79.89 |
0.9965 |
-0.0294 |
310 |
10 |
70.64 |
2009-01-31 |
| 164. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
79.89 |
0.9514 |
0.0157 |
237 |
10 |
73.62 |
2009-02-05 |
| 165. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
79.87 |
0.9578 |
0.0083 |
281 |
9 |
68.70 |
2009-01-27 |
| 166. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
79.85 |
0.9687 |
0.0023 |
371 |
13 |
74.40 |
2009-02-04 |
| 167. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
79.78 |
0.9697 |
-0.0040 |
249 |
11 |
71.56 |
2009-02-03 |
| 168. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
79.74 |
0.9846 |
-0.0207 |
281 |
15 |
72.71 |
2009-02-01 |
| 169. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
79.44 |
0.9780 |
-0.0157 |
337 |
9 |
72.16 |
2009-02-01 |
| 170. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
79.41 |
0.9500 |
0.0131 |
362 |
11 |
71.68 |
2009-02-05 |
| 171. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
79.40 |
0.9365 |
0.0257 |
248 |
11 |
66.28 |
2009-02-03 |
| 172. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
79.39 |
0.9411 |
0.0204 |
318 |
14 |
69.21 |
2009-02-01 |
| 173. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
79.32 |
0.9756 |
-0.0171 |
229 |
9 |
71.80 |
2009-01-31 |
| 174. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
79.32 |
0.9084 |
0.0555 |
404 |
6 |
69.59 |
2009-01-28 |
| 175. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
79.22 |
0.9426 |
0.0191 |
317 |
12 |
70.41 |
2009-02-01 |
| 176. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
79.15 |
0.9005 |
0.0557 |
212 |
10 |
67.64 |
2009-02-01 |
| 177. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
79.10 |
0.9893 |
-0.0321 |
323 |
9 |
70.94 |
2009-01-28 |
| 178. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
78.99 |
0.9597 |
0.0002 |
347 |
12 |
72.08 |
2009-02-06 |
| 179. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
78.98 |
0.9278 |
0.0305 |
295 |
13 |
70.26 |
2009-02-02 |
| 180. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
78.96 |
1.0529 |
-0.0976 |
351 |
13 |
72.97 |
2009-02-01 |
| 181. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
78.84 |
0.9905 |
-0.0288 |
377 |
6 |
74.86 |
2009-02-04 |
| 182. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
78.82 |
0.9635 |
-0.0044 |
389 |
14 |
70.04 |
2009-02-05 |
| 183. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
78.81 |
0.9513 |
0.0061 |
354 |
14 |
71.29 |
2009-01-27 |
| 184. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
78.73 |
0.9946 |
-0.0422 |
246 |
14 |
70.70 |
2009-02-01 |
| 185. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
78.69 |
0.9649 |
-0.0139 |
193 |
10 |
67.94 |
2009-02-03 |
| 186. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
78.66 |
0.9907 |
-0.0406 |
211 |
16 |
72.59 |
2009-02-05 |
| 187. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
78.56 |
0.9894 |
-0.0345 |
323 |
6 |
69.12 |
2009-02-05 |
| 188. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
78.50 |
0.9212 |
0.0319 |
323 |
15 |
67.76 |
2009-02-06 |
| 189. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
78.47 |
0.9164 |
0.0378 |
305 |
12 |
71.38 |
2009-02-01 |
| 190. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
78.44 |
0.9109 |
0.0407 |
401 |
12 |
67.40 |
2009-01-27 |
| 191. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
78.44 |
0.9464 |
0.0077 |
323 |
12 |
73.79 |
2009-02-01 |
| 192. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
78.40 |
0.9632 |
-0.0083 |
392 |
8 |
72.36 |
2009-01-31 |
| 193. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
78.33 |
0.9884 |
-0.0415 |
233 |
13 |
71.18 |
2009-01-28 |
| 194. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
78.32 |
0.9699 |
-0.0229 |
269 |
7 |
70.72 |
2009-02-01 |
| 195. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
78.27 |
0.8961 |
0.0474 |
189 |
10 |
68.45 |
2009-02-01 |
| 196. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
78.27 |
0.9691 |
-0.0227 |
223 |
6 |
71.97 |
2009-01-28 |
| 197. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
78.26 |
0.8890 |
0.0542 |
199 |
11 |
64.71 |
2009-02-01 |
| 198. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
78.23 |
0.9636 |
-0.0173 |
254 |
11 |
69.94 |
2009-01-31 |
| 199. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
78.14 |
0.9233 |
0.0137 |
168 |
12 |
68.01 |
2009-02-05 |
| 200. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
78.08 |
0.9841 |
-0.0357 |
334 |
8 |
73.12 |
2009-02-05 |
| 201. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
78.01 |
1.0595 |
-0.1133 |
379 |
5 |
72.83 |
2009-01-27 |
| 202. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
78.01 |
0.9734 |
-0.0300 |
289 |
15 |
66.79 |
2009-01-31 |
| 203. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
77.93 |
0.9795 |
-0.0367 |
308 |
7 |
72.06 |
2009-02-01 |
| 204. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
77.75 |
0.9429 |
-0.0010 |
287 |
12 |
69.08 |
2009-01-24 |
| 205. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
77.73 |
0.9763 |
-0.0365 |
289 |
10 |
68.22 |
2009-02-01 |
| 206. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
77.71 |
0.9468 |
-0.0072 |
276 |
11 |
71.18 |
2009-02-01 |
| 207. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
77.64 |
0.9234 |
0.0212 |
346 |
14 |
69.43 |
2009-02-01 |
| 208. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
77.62 |
0.9684 |
-0.0267 |
388 |
11 |
68.26 |
2009-01-28 |
| 209. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
77.59 |
0.8602 |
0.0762 |
206 |
7 |
66.09 |
2009-01-24 |
| 210. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
77.57 |
0.9879 |
-0.0408 |
450 |
14 |
70.97 |
2009-02-05 |
| 211. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
77.45 |
0.9087 |
0.0389 |
393 |
14 |
69.83 |
2009-02-05 |
| 212. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
77.34 |
0.8919 |
0.0419 |
205 |
14 |
65.81 |
2009-02-02 |
| 213. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
77.25 |
0.9612 |
-0.0268 |
256 |
15 |
66.70 |
2009-02-01 |
| 214. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
77.08 |
0.9754 |
-0.0370 |
362 |
9 |
67.53 |
2009-01-31 |
| 215. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
77.05 |
0.9125 |
0.0213 |
308 |
11 |
72.02 |
2009-02-02 |
| 216. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
77.01 |
0.9941 |
-0.0650 |
217 |
7 |
71.31 |
2009-02-04 |
| 217. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
77.01 |
0.9330 |
0.0051 |
360 |
9 |
67.81 |
2009-02-05 |
| 218. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
76.93 |
0.9049 |
0.0310 |
351 |
6 |
71.99 |
2009-02-05 |
| 219. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
76.90 |
0.9339 |
-0.0053 |
310 |
12 |
70.03 |
2009-01-30 |
| 220. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
76.84 |
0.9398 |
-0.0011 |
419 |
10 |
69.42 |
2009-02-02 |
| 221. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
76.84 |
0.9084 |
0.0228 |
300 |
11 |
73.30 |
2009-02-01 |
| 222. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
76.72 |
0.8996 |
0.0228 |
192 |
13 |
64.35 |
2009-01-26 |
| 223. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
76.71 |
0.9570 |
-0.0275 |
287 |
7 |
71.80 |
2009-02-04 |
| 224. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
76.69 |
0.8770 |
0.0538 |
300 |
10 |
68.25 |
2009-02-03 |
| 225. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
76.65 |
0.8956 |
0.0361 |
322 |
15 |
70.11 |
2009-02-06 |
| 226. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
76.62 |
0.9064 |
0.0295 |
399 |
12 |
68.11 |
2009-01-30 |
| 227. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
76.56 |
0.9072 |
0.0171 |
237 |
9 |
69.47 |
2009-02-05 |
| 228. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
76.45 |
1.0025 |
-0.0780 |
256 |
13 |
68.99 |
2009-02-01 |
| 229. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
76.38 |
0.9936 |
-0.0701 |
311 |
15 |
70.33 |
2009-01-26 |
| 230. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
76.34 |
0.9309 |
-0.0095 |
284 |
13 |
69.42 |
2009-01-27 |
| 231. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
76.34 |
0.9342 |
-0.0074 |
434 |
11 |
70.60 |
2009-02-02 |
| 232. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
76.11 |
0.8958 |
0.0292 |
322 |
13 |
66.38 |
2009-02-05 |
| 233. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
76.09 |
0.9675 |
-0.0378 |
383 |
15 |
70.21 |
2009-02-03 |
| 234. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
76.06 |
0.9293 |
-0.0087 |
355 |
14 |
67.43 |
2009-01-27 |
| 235. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
76.05 |
0.9289 |
-0.0115 |
204 |
10 |
67.67 |
2009-02-04 |
| 236. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
76.03 |
0.9676 |
-0.0398 |
442 |
9 |
69.06 |
2009-01-28 |
| 237. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
76.01 |
1.0486 |
-0.1286 |
289 |
5 |
73.52 |
2009-01-23 |
| 238. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
75.87 |
0.8981 |
0.0240 |
393 |
12 |
69.71 |
2009-02-06 |
| 239. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
75.77 |
0.9088 |
0.0127 |
348 |
10 |
68.33 |
2009-02-01 |
| 240. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
75.71 |
0.9614 |
-0.0429 |
292 |
8 |
66.93 |
2009-01-22 |
| 241. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
75.69 |
0.9844 |
-0.0643 |
293 |
14 |
70.68 |
2009-02-06 |
| 242. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
75.63 |
0.9619 |
-0.0421 |
393 |
14 |
69.82 |
2009-02-06 |
| 243. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
75.54 |
0.9672 |
-0.0472 |
396 |
11 |
67.54 |
2009-01-27 |
| 244. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
75.51 |
1.0062 |
-0.0931 |
288 |
14 |
67.88 |
2009-01-31 |
| 245. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
75.46 |
0.9681 |
-0.0473 |
378 |
12 |
68.53 |
2009-02-03 |
| 246. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
75.45 |
1.0361 |
-0.1227 |
269 |
5 |
72.91 |
2009-02-03 |
| 247. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
75.18 |
0.9682 |
-0.0611 |
143 |
15 |
64.90 |
2009-02-01 |
| 248. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
75.13 |
0.9557 |
-0.0410 |
331 |
9 |
69.39 |
2009-01-27 |
| 249. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
74.67 |
0.8826 |
0.0216 |
296 |
7 |
67.95 |
2009-01-31 |
| 250. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
74.67 |
0.9376 |
-0.0294 |
367 |
9 |
70.25 |
2009-01-31 |
| 251. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
74.52 |
0.8753 |
0.0349 |
427 |
9 |
68.57 |
2009-02-01 |
| 252. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
74.17 |
0.9202 |
-0.0242 |
254 |
10 |
65.13 |
2009-02-01 |
| 253. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
74.16 |
0.8947 |
0.0067 |
366 |
15 |
68.44 |
2009-02-01 |
| 254. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
73.93 |
0.9279 |
-0.0277 |
317 |
9 |
69.06 |
2009-02-01 |
| 255. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
73.87 |
0.8933 |
0.0061 |
363 |
7 |
63.28 |
2009-01-22 |
| 256. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
73.42 |
0.9275 |
-0.0433 |
211 |
9 |
68.54 |
2009-01-27 |
| 257. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
73.36 |
0.9097 |
0.0186 |
464 |
11 |
62.24 |
2009-01-24 |
| 258. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
73.26 |
0.8722 |
0.0162 |
285 |
15 |
65.69 |
2009-02-01 |
| 259. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
73.25 |
0.9168 |
-0.0301 |
240 |
13 |
65.47 |
2009-02-03 |
| 260. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
73.23 |
0.8595 |
0.0274 |
242 |
11 |
65.89 |
2009-02-01 |
| 261. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
72.94 |
0.8878 |
-0.0064 |
346 |
10 |
65.97 |
2009-02-03 |
| 262. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
72.35 |
0.8916 |
-0.0170 |
216 |
13 |
63.29 |
2009-01-27 |
| 263. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
72.02 |
0.9266 |
-0.0562 |
267 |
5 |
66.79 |
2009-02-04 |
| 264. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
70.53 |
0.8295 |
0.0243 |
209 |
1 |
70.53 |
2009-01-03 |
| 265. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
69.07 |
0.8105 |
0.0193 |
204 |
9 |
57.42 |
2009-01-30 |
| 266. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
69.00 |
0.8553 |
-0.0271 |
174 |
9 |
58.19 |
2009-02-06 |
| 267. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
68.94 |
0.7876 |
0.0475 |
316 |
6 |
60.43 |
2009-01-28 |
| 268. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
68.19 |
0.9942 |
-0.1621 |
483 |
6 |
66.34 |
2009-01-27 |
| 269. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
67.90 |
0.8382 |
-0.0179 |
268 |
9 |
62.58 |
2009-02-01 |
| 270. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
62.80 |
0.8852 |
-0.1259 |
201 |
7 |
56.49 |
2009-02-01 |