| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
156.27 |
1.0498 |
0.1673 |
180 |
10 |
107.37 |
2008-11-25 |
| 2. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
155.47 |
0.9946 |
0.2208 |
246 |
4 |
126.11 |
2008-11-21 |
| 3. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
153.75 |
0.8961 |
0.3025 |
189 |
10 |
112.18 |
2008-11-25 |
| 4. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
151.43 |
1.0711 |
0.1075 |
213 |
5 |
136.11 |
2008-11-07 |
| 5. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
150.64 |
1.0214 |
0.1507 |
166 |
6 |
113.37 |
2008-11-22 |
| 6. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
149.76 |
1.0829 |
0.0891 |
288 |
8 |
133.46 |
2009-09-24 |
| 7. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
149.54 |
1.0596 |
0.1071 |
239 |
10 |
124.97 |
2009-09-19 |
| 8. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
148.88 |
1.0993 |
0.0622 |
265 |
8 |
124.13 |
2008-12-14 |
| 9. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
147.69 |
0.8919 |
0.2605 |
205 |
4 |
116.90 |
2008-11-14 |
| 10. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
147.16 |
1.0183 |
0.1261 |
191 |
6 |
126.89 |
2009-09-07 |
| 11. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
146.04 |
1.0788 |
0.0567 |
171 |
9 |
121.54 |
2008-11-13 |
| 12. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
145.70 |
1.0201 |
0.1187 |
303 |
4 |
129.88 |
2009-05-14 |
| 13. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
145.57 |
0.9964 |
0.1411 |
203 |
7 |
122.51 |
2009-09-07 |
| 14. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
145.26 |
1.0534 |
0.0837 |
357 |
4 |
127.65 |
2008-11-01 |
| 15. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
144.75 |
1.0787 |
0.0509 |
237 |
7 |
126.81 |
2009-09-24 |
| 16. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
144.40 |
1.0396 |
0.0813 |
149 |
4 |
125.23 |
2008-11-16 |
| 17. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
144.28 |
1.0567 |
0.0711 |
303 |
9 |
128.10 |
2008-11-21 |
| 18. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
144.18 |
1.0352 |
0.0943 |
341 |
6 |
124.19 |
2009-09-19 |
| 19. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
144.00 |
1.0619 |
0.0667 |
354 |
7 |
128.41 |
2008-11-21 |
| 20. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
143.84 |
1.0334 |
0.0838 |
131 |
5 |
132.15 |
2009-09-10 |
| 21. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
143.21 |
1.0516 |
0.0667 |
281 |
5 |
130.71 |
2008-11-12 |
| 22. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
143.18 |
1.1016 |
0.0170 |
233 |
4 |
130.48 |
2009-09-24 |
| 23. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
142.51 |
0.9330 |
0.1868 |
360 |
5 |
115.92 |
2009-09-10 |
| 24. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
142.27 |
1.1114 |
-0.0028 |
247 |
6 |
118.71 |
2009-09-10 |
| 25. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
142.13 |
0.9965 |
0.1140 |
310 |
5 |
129.18 |
2008-11-07 |
| 26. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
141.98 |
1.0368 |
0.0731 |
276 |
9 |
118.78 |
2008-11-21 |
| 27. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
141.97 |
1.0251 |
0.0816 |
261 |
7 |
124.04 |
2009-09-16 |
| 28. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
141.57 |
0.9776 |
0.1284 |
308 |
3 |
130.87 |
2008-10-31 |
| 29. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
141.42 |
1.0095 |
0.0940 |
316 |
8 |
119.47 |
2009-09-09 |
| 30. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
141.15 |
1.0799 |
0.0189 |
243 |
5 |
126.35 |
2009-09-10 |
| 31. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
141.02 |
0.9768 |
0.1272 |
387 |
13 |
121.82 |
2009-09-28 |
| 32. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
140.87 |
0.9168 |
0.1848 |
240 |
5 |
124.24 |
2009-09-09 |
| 33. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
140.62 |
1.0444 |
0.0473 |
197 |
3 |
123.26 |
2009-09-07 |
| 34. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
140.61 |
1.0668 |
0.0339 |
350 |
12 |
127.42 |
2008-11-28 |
| 35. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
140.31 |
1.0257 |
0.0765 |
401 |
3 |
128.02 |
2008-11-21 |
| 36. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
140.23 |
0.9857 |
0.1085 |
293 |
7 |
124.73 |
2009-09-12 |
| 37. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
140.18 |
0.9540 |
0.1390 |
285 |
7 |
118.77 |
2008-11-16 |
| 38. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
140.10 |
1.0016 |
0.0880 |
218 |
4 |
123.67 |
2009-09-10 |
| 39. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
139.83 |
1.0496 |
0.0417 |
314 |
6 |
129.25 |
2009-09-05 |
| 40. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
139.70 |
1.0398 |
0.0407 |
110 |
5 |
120.05 |
2008-11-12 |
| 41. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
139.48 |
1.0004 |
0.0828 |
212 |
7 |
123.58 |
2008-11-19 |
| 42. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
139.28 |
1.0528 |
0.0299 |
201 |
7 |
116.58 |
2008-11-21 |
| 43. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
139.03 |
1.0261 |
0.0577 |
273 |
5 |
128.99 |
2009-09-09 |
| 44. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
138.79 |
1.0389 |
0.0473 |
340 |
8 |
124.53 |
2008-11-20 |
| 45. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
138.69 |
0.9614 |
0.1246 |
292 |
6 |
117.53 |
2009-05-14 |
| 46. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
138.52 |
0.9884 |
0.0925 |
233 |
5 |
123.32 |
2008-11-21 |
| 47. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
138.27 |
1.0165 |
0.0671 |
392 |
7 |
123.89 |
2009-09-09 |
| 48. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
138.25 |
1.0523 |
0.0230 |
256 |
6 |
129.34 |
2009-09-10 |
| 49. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
138.13 |
1.0714 |
-0.0017 |
129 |
6 |
119.75 |
2008-11-21 |
| 50. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
138.09 |
1.0426 |
0.0350 |
323 |
6 |
125.58 |
2008-11-19 |
| 51. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
137.96 |
1.0577 |
0.0161 |
247 |
7 |
129.43 |
2009-09-12 |
| 52. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
137.63 |
1.0337 |
0.0404 |
214 |
9 |
110.87 |
2009-05-14 |
| 53. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
137.49 |
1.0515 |
0.0201 |
250 |
7 |
117.74 |
2008-12-16 |
| 54. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
137.47 |
1.0555 |
0.0193 |
363 |
8 |
125.63 |
2009-09-08 |
| 55. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
137.34 |
1.0795 |
0.0234 |
226 |
1 |
137.34 |
2009-09-05 |
| 56. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
136.99 |
1.1018 |
-0.0386 |
220 |
8 |
119.76 |
2009-09-19 |
| 57. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
136.83 |
1.0445 |
0.0247 |
373 |
5 |
125.54 |
2008-10-30 |
| 58. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
136.67 |
1.0486 |
0.0193 |
289 |
3 |
125.34 |
2009-09-12 |
| 59. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
136.56 |
1.0796 |
-0.0182 |
129 |
5 |
128.83 |
2008-11-20 |
| 60. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
136.51 |
1.0131 |
0.0488 |
225 |
5 |
116.99 |
2008-11-23 |
| 61. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
136.15 |
1.0062 |
0.0568 |
288 |
4 |
123.87 |
2008-11-17 |
| 62. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
136.11 |
0.9164 |
0.1510 |
305 |
3 |
122.76 |
2009-05-14 |
| 63. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
135.92 |
1.0099 |
0.0483 |
207 |
6 |
124.10 |
2008-11-22 |
| 64. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
135.90 |
1.0029 |
0.0517 |
209 |
6 |
123.61 |
2008-11-21 |
| 65. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
135.88 |
1.0462 |
0.0085 |
184 |
7 |
112.55 |
2008-11-07 |
| 66. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
135.74 |
1.0025 |
0.0581 |
336 |
4 |
127.13 |
2008-10-28 |
| 67. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
135.59 |
1.0666 |
-0.0080 |
297 |
5 |
116.78 |
2009-09-17 |
| 68. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
135.55 |
1.0296 |
0.0350 |
437 |
7 |
118.47 |
2009-09-07 |
| 69. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
135.29 |
0.9846 |
0.0705 |
281 |
4 |
124.28 |
2008-11-22 |
| 70. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
135.15 |
1.0529 |
0.0021 |
351 |
10 |
124.17 |
2009-09-12 |
| 71. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
134.96 |
0.9769 |
0.0746 |
263 |
7 |
108.83 |
2008-11-17 |
| 72. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
134.84 |
1.0213 |
0.0281 |
240 |
9 |
114.82 |
2008-11-20 |
| 73. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
134.69 |
0.9886 |
0.0653 |
220 |
8 |
115.62 |
2009-09-02 |
| 74. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
134.62 |
1.0316 |
0.0231 |
333 |
2 |
129.09 |
2009-09-12 |
| 75. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
134.60 |
0.9376 |
0.1185 |
367 |
8 |
118.27 |
2009-09-12 |
| 76. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
134.30 |
1.0565 |
-0.0108 |
247 |
8 |
124.64 |
2008-11-13 |
| 77. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
133.98 |
1.0034 |
0.0409 |
302 |
3 |
127.98 |
2008-11-22 |
| 78. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
133.95 |
1.0391 |
0.0126 |
358 |
7 |
115.01 |
2008-11-21 |
| 79. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
133.91 |
0.9852 |
0.0604 |
264 |
8 |
119.80 |
2009-09-12 |
| 80. |
We speak of something carried and something carrying, of som... |
133.75 |
1.0907 |
-0.0440 |
303 |
3 |
129.16 |
2009-09-12 |
| 81. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
133.50 |
0.9233 |
0.1104 |
168 |
8 |
109.47 |
2009-09-02 |
| 82. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
133.27 |
0.9278 |
0.1151 |
295 |
5 |
106.21 |
2008-12-14 |
| 83. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
133.09 |
0.9687 |
0.0748 |
371 |
11 |
111.43 |
2009-09-02 |
| 84. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
132.91 |
0.9866 |
0.0471 |
218 |
9 |
112.10 |
2008-11-21 |
| 85. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
132.38 |
1.0613 |
-0.0231 |
456 |
7 |
122.51 |
2009-09-12 |
| 86. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
132.36 |
0.9844 |
0.0534 |
293 |
10 |
113.43 |
2009-09-02 |
| 87. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
131.75 |
1.0297 |
-0.0027 |
249 |
10 |
117.88 |
2009-09-12 |
| 88. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
131.37 |
1.0385 |
-0.0151 |
230 |
7 |
120.64 |
2008-11-25 |
| 89. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
131.36 |
0.9811 |
0.0467 |
272 |
5 |
125.78 |
2009-09-19 |
| 90. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
131.32 |
1.0429 |
-0.0195 |
259 |
6 |
114.83 |
2008-12-21 |
| 91. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
131.31 |
1.0167 |
0.0148 |
378 |
11 |
115.47 |
2009-09-12 |
| 92. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
131.23 |
0.9863 |
0.0422 |
339 |
2 |
125.13 |
2008-11-17 |
| 93. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
131.01 |
0.9697 |
0.0528 |
249 |
6 |
110.61 |
2009-09-10 |
| 94. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
131.00 |
1.0545 |
0.0085 |
416 |
1 |
131.00 |
2009-09-16 |
| 95. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
130.90 |
1.0023 |
0.0173 |
211 |
7 |
112.41 |
2009-09-06 |
| 96. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
130.88 |
1.0389 |
-0.0159 |
318 |
4 |
127.41 |
2009-09-16 |
| 97. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
130.87 |
1.0138 |
0.0070 |
231 |
6 |
118.94 |
2008-11-21 |
| 98. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
130.84 |
1.0289 |
-0.0035 |
276 |
7 |
116.45 |
2009-05-14 |
| 99. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
130.71 |
1.0797 |
-0.0653 |
210 |
5 |
119.91 |
2008-11-11 |
| 100. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
130.51 |
1.0331 |
-0.0169 |
234 |
5 |
123.85 |
2008-11-07 |
| 101. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
130.39 |
1.0487 |
-0.0363 |
231 |
4 |
125.21 |
2008-11-13 |
| 102. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
130.30 |
1.0885 |
-0.0685 |
315 |
1 |
130.30 |
2008-11-21 |
| 103. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
130.29 |
1.0214 |
-0.0064 |
269 |
10 |
118.01 |
2009-09-08 |
| 104. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
130.19 |
0.9942 |
0.0305 |
483 |
8 |
115.54 |
2008-11-17 |
| 105. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
130.13 |
1.0197 |
-0.0072 |
226 |
9 |
114.13 |
2009-09-12 |
| 106. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
130.09 |
0.9612 |
0.0539 |
256 |
4 |
121.22 |
2008-11-16 |
| 107. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
129.84 |
0.9780 |
0.0361 |
337 |
8 |
118.87 |
2008-11-21 |
| 108. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
129.78 |
0.9865 |
0.0272 |
276 |
3 |
112.74 |
2008-11-25 |
| 109. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
129.75 |
1.0454 |
-0.0367 |
255 |
3 |
123.86 |
2008-11-17 |
| 110. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
129.35 |
1.0417 |
-0.0350 |
253 |
8 |
114.75 |
2009-09-10 |
| 111. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
129.28 |
0.9905 |
0.0260 |
377 |
7 |
114.62 |
2009-09-10 |
| 112. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
129.19 |
0.9756 |
0.0311 |
229 |
14 |
113.44 |
2009-09-08 |
| 113. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
129.02 |
1.0696 |
-0.0665 |
226 |
7 |
104.60 |
2008-11-20 |
| 114. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
128.99 |
0.9622 |
0.0506 |
392 |
7 |
117.42 |
2008-11-23 |
| 115. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
128.87 |
0.9601 |
0.0500 |
308 |
3 |
120.53 |
2009-09-07 |
| 116. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
128.87 |
0.9941 |
0.0089 |
217 |
5 |
115.28 |
2008-10-24 |
| 117. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
128.73 |
0.9649 |
0.0383 |
193 |
11 |
108.98 |
2009-09-16 |
| 118. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
128.71 |
0.9907 |
0.0119 |
211 |
6 |
116.59 |
2009-05-14 |
| 119. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
128.62 |
1.0483 |
-0.0478 |
227 |
7 |
120.74 |
2008-11-14 |
| 120. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
128.61 |
0.9843 |
0.0141 |
234 |
7 |
121.56 |
2008-11-11 |
| 121. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
128.58 |
1.0025 |
0.0005 |
256 |
3 |
120.01 |
2009-09-02 |
| 122. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
128.55 |
1.0252 |
-0.0288 |
176 |
4 |
120.87 |
2008-10-30 |
| 123. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
128.39 |
1.0390 |
-0.0412 |
205 |
5 |
109.28 |
2008-11-21 |
| 124. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
128.33 |
1.0218 |
-0.0235 |
268 |
1 |
128.33 |
2009-09-02 |
| 125. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
128.27 |
0.9938 |
0.0077 |
339 |
1 |
128.27 |
2009-09-02 |
| 126. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
128.26 |
1.0595 |
-0.0564 |
379 |
3 |
104.30 |
2008-11-17 |
| 127. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
128.24 |
1.0441 |
-0.0421 |
252 |
5 |
112.97 |
2009-05-14 |
| 128. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
128.24 |
1.0361 |
-0.0346 |
269 |
1 |
128.24 |
2009-09-02 |
| 129. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
128.07 |
0.9798 |
0.0136 |
199 |
9 |
109.03 |
2008-11-22 |
| 130. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
128.07 |
0.9740 |
0.0210 |
209 |
5 |
121.12 |
2008-10-31 |
| 131. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
127.96 |
0.9570 |
0.0429 |
287 |
10 |
113.19 |
2009-09-12 |
| 132. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
127.93 |
1.0120 |
-0.0148 |
290 |
5 |
119.93 |
2009-09-05 |
| 133. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
127.90 |
0.9894 |
0.0128 |
323 |
6 |
109.35 |
2008-11-11 |
| 134. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
127.83 |
1.0013 |
-0.0050 |
273 |
5 |
121.19 |
2009-09-07 |
| 135. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
127.80 |
1.0109 |
-0.0131 |
276 |
6 |
114.46 |
2008-11-14 |
| 136. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
127.76 |
1.0463 |
-0.0542 |
182 |
2 |
126.64 |
2009-09-16 |
| 137. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
127.72 |
0.9851 |
0.0134 |
317 |
4 |
114.41 |
2008-10-30 |
| 138. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
127.23 |
1.0399 |
-0.0422 |
294 |
8 |
117.90 |
2009-09-03 |
| 139. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
127.13 |
1.0477 |
-0.0536 |
360 |
7 |
109.24 |
2008-11-28 |
| 140. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
127.11 |
0.9831 |
0.0164 |
469 |
6 |
121.20 |
2009-09-12 |
| 141. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
127.10 |
0.9289 |
0.0602 |
204 |
4 |
112.21 |
2009-05-14 |
| 142. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
126.52 |
1.0073 |
-0.0124 |
369 |
5 |
115.56 |
2008-11-21 |
| 143. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
126.46 |
0.9684 |
0.0207 |
388 |
7 |
117.18 |
2009-09-10 |
| 144. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
126.36 |
1.0419 |
-0.0563 |
261 |
6 |
118.38 |
2008-11-20 |
| 145. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
126.34 |
0.9723 |
0.0168 |
364 |
4 |
100.42 |
2008-11-07 |
| 146. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
126.27 |
0.9734 |
0.0112 |
289 |
8 |
114.69 |
2009-09-02 |
| 147. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
126.18 |
0.8602 |
0.1218 |
206 |
5 |
108.28 |
2008-10-30 |
| 148. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
126.12 |
0.9991 |
-0.0149 |
225 |
7 |
112.03 |
2009-05-14 |
| 149. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
125.94 |
0.9965 |
-0.0190 |
168 |
3 |
114.28 |
2008-11-20 |
| 150. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
125.93 |
0.9682 |
0.0121 |
143 |
3 |
117.97 |
2008-11-13 |
| 151. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
125.88 |
0.8878 |
0.0938 |
346 |
9 |
110.86 |
2008-11-11 |
| 152. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
125.84 |
0.9731 |
-0.0041 |
129 |
5 |
109.78 |
2008-11-07 |
| 153. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
125.80 |
1.0349 |
-0.0544 |
234 |
7 |
114.22 |
2008-11-21 |
| 154. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
125.69 |
0.9636 |
0.0166 |
254 |
4 |
116.31 |
2008-11-21 |
| 155. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
125.67 |
1.0124 |
-0.0347 |
204 |
8 |
110.42 |
2009-09-12 |
| 156. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
125.66 |
1.0340 |
-0.0487 |
406 |
5 |
117.00 |
2009-09-06 |
| 157. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
125.56 |
1.0201 |
-0.0368 |
375 |
5 |
108.56 |
2009-09-08 |
| 158. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
125.47 |
0.9943 |
-0.0125 |
373 |
1 |
125.47 |
2009-09-07 |
| 159. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
125.45 |
0.9266 |
0.0519 |
267 |
7 |
112.52 |
2009-09-16 |
| 160. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
125.33 |
0.9372 |
0.0443 |
320 |
1 |
125.33 |
2008-11-21 |
| 161. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
125.32 |
1.0150 |
0.0114 |
325 |
1 |
125.32 |
2009-09-05 |
| 162. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
125.29 |
0.9514 |
0.0260 |
237 |
3 |
115.44 |
2008-11-17 |
| 163. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
125.18 |
0.9893 |
-0.0129 |
323 |
4 |
114.53 |
2008-11-13 |
| 164. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
125.14 |
0.9966 |
-0.0212 |
259 |
6 |
114.29 |
2008-11-07 |
| 165. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
125.12 |
0.9464 |
0.0345 |
323 |
4 |
119.74 |
2009-09-12 |
| 166. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
125.07 |
0.9653 |
0.0184 |
394 |
2 |
115.14 |
2008-10-30 |
| 167. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
125.03 |
0.9897 |
-0.0169 |
274 |
4 |
111.05 |
2008-11-12 |
| 168. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
124.75 |
1.1068 |
-0.0936 |
393 |
1 |
124.75 |
2009-09-05 |
| 169. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
124.75 |
0.9430 |
0.0226 |
211 |
6 |
104.52 |
2008-11-21 |
| 170. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
124.74 |
0.9293 |
0.0443 |
355 |
5 |
114.49 |
2008-11-19 |
| 171. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
124.74 |
0.9365 |
0.0377 |
248 |
1 |
124.74 |
2008-11-01 |
| 172. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
124.48 |
0.9691 |
0.0011 |
223 |
3 |
111.20 |
2008-11-21 |
| 173. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
124.47 |
1.0068 |
-0.0328 |
358 |
7 |
119.11 |
2008-11-21 |
| 174. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
124.44 |
0.9578 |
0.0121 |
281 |
8 |
109.09 |
2008-11-19 |
| 175. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
124.28 |
0.9758 |
-0.0059 |
314 |
7 |
114.40 |
2008-11-25 |
| 176. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
124.15 |
1.0767 |
-0.1108 |
212 |
1 |
124.15 |
2009-09-08 |
| 177. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
124.11 |
0.9820 |
-0.0114 |
267 |
8 |
114.35 |
2008-11-20 |
| 178. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
124.09 |
0.9619 |
0.0110 |
393 |
5 |
109.22 |
2009-09-12 |
| 179. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
124.00 |
0.9681 |
0.0071 |
378 |
6 |
103.98 |
2008-11-17 |
| 180. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
123.84 |
0.8958 |
0.0745 |
322 |
4 |
116.71 |
2008-11-20 |
| 181. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
123.47 |
0.9635 |
0.0047 |
389 |
5 |
106.59 |
2009-09-10 |
| 182. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
123.32 |
0.8553 |
0.1012 |
174 |
6 |
106.85 |
2009-09-05 |
| 183. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
123.27 |
0.9786 |
-0.0226 |
193 |
4 |
115.08 |
2008-11-16 |
| 184. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
123.19 |
1.0203 |
-0.0564 |
261 |
3 |
120.92 |
2008-11-21 |
| 185. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
123.17 |
1.0060 |
-0.0503 |
171 |
5 |
108.47 |
2009-09-12 |
| 186. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
123.12 |
1.0053 |
-0.0473 |
232 |
7 |
104.97 |
2008-11-17 |
| 187. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
122.74 |
0.9676 |
-0.0023 |
442 |
7 |
110.78 |
2008-11-21 |
| 188. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
122.55 |
0.9500 |
0.0077 |
362 |
2 |
119.18 |
2009-05-14 |
| 189. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
122.33 |
1.0263 |
-0.0733 |
267 |
5 |
104.73 |
2008-10-30 |
| 190. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
122.17 |
0.9833 |
-0.0292 |
355 |
5 |
111.46 |
2009-09-16 |
| 191. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
121.83 |
0.9342 |
0.0191 |
434 |
3 |
105.84 |
2008-11-07 |
| 192. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
121.76 |
0.9429 |
0.0076 |
287 |
2 |
119.17 |
2008-10-31 |
| 193. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
121.66 |
0.9087 |
0.0505 |
393 |
5 |
113.42 |
2008-11-22 |
| 194. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
121.42 |
0.9632 |
-0.0102 |
392 |
4 |
105.33 |
2008-11-11 |
| 195. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
121.16 |
0.9795 |
-0.0350 |
308 |
4 |
109.94 |
2008-11-17 |
| 196. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
121.05 |
0.8996 |
0.0385 |
192 |
4 |
100.45 |
2008-10-30 |
| 197. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
121.04 |
0.9202 |
0.0227 |
254 |
6 |
114.38 |
2008-10-30 |
| 198. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
120.64 |
0.9772 |
-0.0403 |
217 |
5 |
115.66 |
2009-09-12 |
| 199. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
120.64 |
0.9513 |
-0.0071 |
354 |
8 |
105.26 |
2008-11-19 |
| 200. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
120.57 |
1.0352 |
-0.0928 |
341 |
6 |
114.53 |
2008-11-17 |
| 201. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
120.48 |
0.9567 |
-0.0178 |
273 |
5 |
112.93 |
2008-11-13 |
| 202. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
120.29 |
1.0412 |
-0.1042 |
225 |
1 |
120.29 |
2009-09-12 |
| 203. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
120.27 |
0.8916 |
0.0462 |
216 |
5 |
108.91 |
2008-11-21 |
| 204. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
120.03 |
0.9910 |
-0.0535 |
295 |
5 |
112.43 |
2008-11-22 |
| 205. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
119.97 |
0.9309 |
0.0023 |
284 |
5 |
111.43 |
2009-05-14 |
| 206. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
119.97 |
0.9710 |
-0.0424 |
173 |
3 |
113.55 |
2008-10-10 |
| 207. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
119.93 |
0.9805 |
-0.0411 |
292 |
4 |
111.16 |
2008-11-16 |
| 208. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
119.86 |
0.9351 |
-0.0064 |
190 |
3 |
105.55 |
2008-11-07 |
| 209. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
119.83 |
0.8852 |
0.0509 |
201 |
5 |
104.57 |
2009-09-02 |
| 210. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
119.78 |
0.9557 |
-0.0158 |
331 |
4 |
99.53 |
2009-09-02 |
| 211. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
119.43 |
0.9997 |
-0.0653 |
382 |
3 |
112.76 |
2008-11-23 |
| 212. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
119.42 |
1.0379 |
-0.0722 |
245 |
1 |
119.42 |
2009-09-07 |
| 213. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
119.35 |
0.9072 |
0.0213 |
237 |
3 |
105.37 |
2008-10-12 |
| 214. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
119.24 |
0.8826 |
0.0481 |
296 |
6 |
105.46 |
2008-11-21 |
| 215. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
118.53 |
1.0314 |
-0.0685 |
452 |
1 |
118.53 |
2009-09-07 |
| 216. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
118.47 |
0.9672 |
-0.0374 |
396 |
3 |
109.68 |
2008-11-21 |
| 217. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
118.38 |
0.9899 |
-0.0721 |
163 |
7 |
112.48 |
2008-11-28 |
| 218. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
118.25 |
1.0201 |
-0.1054 |
172 |
3 |
114.12 |
2008-11-28 |
| 219. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
118.11 |
1.0613 |
-0.1400 |
266 |
4 |
99.54 |
2008-11-21 |
| 220. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
117.81 |
0.9234 |
0.0000 |
346 |
3 |
108.76 |
2008-11-12 |
| 221. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
117.79 |
0.9986 |
-0.0801 |
283 |
1 |
117.79 |
2008-10-06 |
| 222. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
117.74 |
0.9097 |
0.0494 |
464 |
1 |
117.74 |
2008-11-07 |
| 223. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
117.52 |
0.9045 |
0.0115 |
235 |
5 |
104.17 |
2009-09-10 |
| 224. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
117.48 |
0.9763 |
-0.0614 |
289 |
6 |
99.97 |
2008-11-21 |
| 225. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
117.29 |
0.9411 |
-0.0264 |
318 |
4 |
108.91 |
2009-09-10 |
| 226. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
116.92 |
0.8595 |
0.0533 |
242 |
6 |
109.26 |
2009-05-14 |
| 227. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
116.88 |
0.9084 |
0.0041 |
300 |
5 |
107.45 |
2008-11-11 |
| 228. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
116.78 |
1.0168 |
-0.1055 |
271 |
2 |
115.84 |
2008-11-12 |
| 229. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
116.78 |
0.9785 |
-0.0654 |
335 |
3 |
111.54 |
2008-11-07 |
| 230. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
116.70 |
0.9212 |
-0.0086 |
323 |
5 |
108.77 |
2008-11-21 |
| 231. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
116.54 |
0.9279 |
-0.0134 |
317 |
5 |
107.82 |
2008-11-07 |
| 232. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
116.43 |
0.9675 |
-0.0509 |
383 |
3 |
106.34 |
2008-11-20 |
| 233. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
116.23 |
0.9049 |
0.0060 |
351 |
8 |
108.19 |
2009-09-02 |
| 234. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
115.97 |
0.8941 |
0.0114 |
216 |
1 |
115.97 |
2008-10-05 |
| 235. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
115.87 |
0.8890 |
0.0101 |
199 |
6 |
102.81 |
2008-11-13 |
| 236. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
115.61 |
0.9485 |
-0.0461 |
236 |
6 |
101.01 |
2008-11-16 |
| 237. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
115.48 |
0.9597 |
-0.0560 |
347 |
2 |
111.09 |
2008-11-13 |
| 238. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
115.16 |
0.9468 |
-0.0502 |
276 |
8 |
108.48 |
2009-09-24 |
| 239. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
115.13 |
0.9532 |
-0.0576 |
258 |
3 |
96.99 |
2009-09-07 |
| 240. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
114.43 |
1.0173 |
-0.0818 |
268 |
1 |
114.43 |
2009-09-07 |
| 241. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
114.36 |
0.9841 |
-0.0895 |
334 |
3 |
104.53 |
2008-11-07 |
| 242. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
113.94 |
0.9213 |
-0.0333 |
295 |
7 |
102.23 |
2009-09-12 |
| 243. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
113.30 |
0.9879 |
-0.0968 |
450 |
1 |
113.30 |
2009-09-02 |
| 244. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
113.15 |
0.9074 |
-0.0197 |
396 |
6 |
109.52 |
2008-10-14 |
| 245. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
112.80 |
0.9148 |
-0.0350 |
317 |
4 |
107.78 |
2008-10-08 |
| 246. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
112.69 |
0.9553 |
-0.0705 |
430 |
2 |
112.05 |
2008-11-17 |
| 247. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
112.06 |
1.0211 |
-0.1178 |
213 |
2 |
111.80 |
2009-09-07 |
| 248. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
111.71 |
0.9754 |
-0.0995 |
362 |
6 |
100.03 |
2008-11-17 |
| 249. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
111.68 |
0.9005 |
-0.0324 |
212 |
4 |
106.07 |
2008-10-13 |
| 250. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
111.39 |
0.8722 |
-0.0020 |
285 |
4 |
107.80 |
2008-11-21 |
| 251. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
111.34 |
1.0063 |
-0.1390 |
371 |
2 |
111.26 |
2009-09-12 |
| 252. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
111.31 |
0.9646 |
-0.0988 |
264 |
1 |
111.31 |
2008-10-15 |
| 253. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
111.07 |
0.9275 |
-0.0660 |
211 |
4 |
93.99 |
2008-11-20 |
| 254. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
111.06 |
0.9084 |
-0.0396 |
404 |
5 |
100.96 |
2008-11-13 |
| 255. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
111.05 |
0.9088 |
-0.0390 |
348 |
5 |
105.12 |
2009-09-10 |
| 256. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
110.72 |
0.9936 |
-0.1319 |
311 |
2 |
110.29 |
2008-11-21 |
| 257. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
110.60 |
0.9286 |
-0.0685 |
194 |
3 |
102.85 |
2008-11-17 |
| 258. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
110.59 |
0.7876 |
0.0760 |
316 |
2 |
106.35 |
2008-10-22 |
| 259. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
109.88 |
0.9339 |
-0.0800 |
310 |
2 |
108.14 |
2008-11-12 |
| 260. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
109.84 |
0.8810 |
-0.0251 |
282 |
1 |
109.84 |
2008-10-05 |
| 261. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
109.41 |
0.9820 |
-0.1301 |
274 |
1 |
109.41 |
2009-09-12 |
| 262. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
109.38 |
0.9398 |
-0.0791 |
419 |
4 |
96.32 |
2008-11-07 |
| 263. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
109.14 |
0.9109 |
-0.0588 |
401 |
3 |
98.79 |
2008-11-07 |
| 264. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
108.66 |
0.8382 |
0.0080 |
268 |
5 |
100.86 |
2009-09-12 |
| 265. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
108.37 |
0.9527 |
-0.1094 |
251 |
4 |
103.26 |
2008-12-21 |
| 266. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
108.00 |
0.9426 |
-0.0990 |
317 |
3 |
102.84 |
2008-10-13 |
| 267. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
107.70 |
0.9125 |
-0.0726 |
308 |
4 |
103.13 |
2008-11-13 |
| 268. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
107.51 |
0.9583 |
-0.0780 |
341 |
1 |
107.51 |
2009-09-24 |
| 269. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
106.30 |
0.8753 |
-0.0390 |
427 |
2 |
78.15 |
2008-10-30 |
| 270. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
106.00 |
1.0109 |
-0.1533 |
400 |
1 |
106.00 |
2009-09-10 |
| 271. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
104.46 |
0.9064 |
-0.0847 |
399 |
2 |
102.81 |
2008-10-10 |
| 272. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
104.06 |
0.8933 |
-0.0775 |
363 |
2 |
103.74 |
2008-10-13 |
| 273. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
103.21 |
0.8956 |
-0.0883 |
322 |
1 |
103.21 |
2008-10-13 |
| 274. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
103.08 |
0.9546 |
-0.1217 |
198 |
1 |
103.08 |
2009-09-16 |
| 275. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
96.63 |
0.8981 |
-0.1428 |
393 |
1 |
96.63 |
2008-10-27 |
| 276. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
94.61 |
0.8770 |
-0.1391 |
300 |
1 |
94.61 |
2008-11-07 |
| 277. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
93.37 |
0.9593 |
-0.2297 |
398 |
3 |
75.91 |
2008-10-13 |
| 278. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
92.41 |
0.8811 |
-0.1592 |
239 |
1 |
92.41 |
2008-10-05 |
| 279. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
92.04 |
0.8105 |
-0.1004 |
204 |
3 |
86.62 |
2008-10-11 |
| 280. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
91.86 |
0.8947 |
-0.1768 |
366 |
1 |
91.86 |
2008-10-26 |
| 281. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
76.80 |
0.9726 |
-0.3850 |
154 |
1 |
76.80 |
2009-09-24 |