| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
80.98 |
1.0567 |
0.4041 |
303 |
11 |
54.42 |
2009-02-16 |
| 2. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
75.60 |
1.0131 |
0.3453 |
225 |
12 |
53.86 |
2009-01-21 |
| 3. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
73.51 |
1.0668 |
0.2600 |
350 |
8 |
57.61 |
2008-12-12 |
| 4. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
73.09 |
0.9684 |
0.3510 |
388 |
10 |
49.11 |
2008-12-10 |
| 5. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
72.77 |
1.0799 |
0.2272 |
243 |
10 |
55.04 |
2008-11-19 |
| 6. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
70.92 |
0.9635 |
0.3191 |
389 |
4 |
50.80 |
2008-10-02 |
| 7. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
70.57 |
1.0477 |
0.2255 |
360 |
5 |
57.12 |
2008-11-19 |
| 8. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
69.93 |
1.0529 |
0.2062 |
351 |
12 |
51.36 |
2011-01-27 |
| 9. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
68.28 |
0.9724 |
0.2604 |
237 |
4 |
52.38 |
2008-10-30 |
| 10. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
68.26 |
0.9430 |
0.2785 |
211 |
13 |
47.97 |
2008-11-19 |
| 11. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
67.69 |
1.0349 |
0.1828 |
234 |
5 |
55.28 |
2009-01-30 |
| 12. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
67.17 |
0.9088 |
0.3054 |
348 |
2 |
57.10 |
2009-01-30 |
| 13. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
67.01 |
1.0797 |
0.1208 |
210 |
11 |
51.56 |
2009-01-30 |
| 14. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
67.00 |
1.0787 |
0.1259 |
237 |
10 |
55.81 |
2008-12-12 |
| 15. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
66.95 |
0.9532 |
0.2505 |
258 |
10 |
45.56 |
2009-03-16 |
| 16. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
66.77 |
0.9884 |
0.2176 |
262 |
6 |
57.31 |
2008-10-27 |
| 17. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
66.47 |
1.1016 |
0.0947 |
233 |
2 |
60.58 |
2008-11-03 |
| 18. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
65.96 |
0.9997 |
0.1909 |
382 |
14 |
50.95 |
2011-02-01 |
| 19. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
65.81 |
0.9756 |
0.2073 |
229 |
9 |
49.37 |
2009-01-19 |
| 20. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
65.22 |
1.0666 |
0.1070 |
297 |
12 |
54.59 |
2011-01-27 |
| 21. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
65.06 |
0.9593 |
0.2160 |
398 |
10 |
46.78 |
2008-12-11 |
| 22. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
64.93 |
1.0444 |
0.1172 |
197 |
12 |
52.40 |
2009-01-30 |
| 23. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
64.74 |
1.0487 |
0.1111 |
231 |
10 |
48.21 |
2009-01-21 |
| 24. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
64.65 |
1.0565 |
0.1040 |
247 |
13 |
55.89 |
2009-01-19 |
| 25. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
64.54 |
0.9376 |
0.2289 |
367 |
6 |
50.83 |
2008-10-23 |
| 26. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
64.51 |
0.9633 |
0.1995 |
304 |
11 |
55.94 |
2008-12-05 |
| 27. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
64.11 |
1.0445 |
0.1097 |
373 |
13 |
54.47 |
2008-11-14 |
| 28. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
64.03 |
1.0063 |
0.1459 |
371 |
6 |
51.51 |
2009-01-19 |
| 29. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
63.92 |
0.9991 |
0.1512 |
225 |
16 |
49.62 |
2009-02-25 |
| 30. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
63.89 |
0.8919 |
0.2557 |
205 |
10 |
46.40 |
2009-02-23 |
| 31. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
63.79 |
1.0993 |
0.0461 |
265 |
7 |
53.82 |
2009-01-30 |
| 32. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
63.75 |
0.9572 |
0.1885 |
201 |
10 |
52.25 |
2009-01-21 |
| 33. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
63.49 |
0.9841 |
0.1617 |
334 |
11 |
54.93 |
2009-01-26 |
| 34. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
63.16 |
1.0829 |
0.0546 |
288 |
15 |
51.96 |
2009-01-21 |
| 35. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
63.14 |
1.0462 |
0.0834 |
184 |
7 |
55.89 |
2008-10-23 |
| 36. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
62.54 |
1.0398 |
0.0744 |
110 |
4 |
57.52 |
2009-03-12 |
| 37. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
62.47 |
0.9281 |
0.2005 |
273 |
5 |
52.49 |
2009-01-30 |
| 38. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
62.34 |
1.0352 |
0.0890 |
341 |
4 |
56.37 |
2011-01-27 |
| 39. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
62.34 |
1.0068 |
0.1176 |
358 |
8 |
55.17 |
2008-11-24 |
| 40. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
61.96 |
0.8947 |
0.2244 |
366 |
11 |
47.92 |
2008-12-10 |
| 41. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
61.88 |
1.0334 |
0.0728 |
131 |
1 |
61.88 |
2008-10-23 |
| 42. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
61.83 |
0.8951 |
0.2189 |
193 |
12 |
51.80 |
2008-12-12 |
| 43. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
61.61 |
0.9351 |
0.1672 |
190 |
14 |
50.13 |
2009-01-19 |
| 44. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
61.57 |
1.0340 |
0.0783 |
406 |
9 |
53.43 |
2009-01-21 |
| 45. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
61.41 |
0.9279 |
0.1828 |
317 |
6 |
48.13 |
2008-11-19 |
| 46. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
61.23 |
1.0885 |
0.0157 |
315 |
4 |
58.65 |
2008-12-11 |
| 47. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
60.74 |
1.0201 |
0.0759 |
375 |
2 |
55.93 |
2008-11-24 |
| 48. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
60.65 |
1.1018 |
-0.0178 |
220 |
5 |
57.56 |
2009-02-16 |
| 49. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
60.34 |
0.9672 |
0.1240 |
396 |
3 |
51.00 |
2008-10-28 |
| 50. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
60.28 |
0.9266 |
0.1571 |
267 |
13 |
46.50 |
2009-01-26 |
| 51. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
60.22 |
1.0788 |
-0.0019 |
171 |
3 |
56.86 |
2008-12-10 |
| 52. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
60.06 |
1.0167 |
0.0697 |
378 |
9 |
50.89 |
2008-12-05 |
| 53. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
59.90 |
1.0352 |
0.0441 |
341 |
8 |
52.19 |
2008-11-17 |
| 54. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
59.90 |
1.0120 |
0.0639 |
290 |
13 |
49.95 |
2008-10-29 |
| 55. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
59.82 |
1.0619 |
0.0170 |
354 |
8 |
55.77 |
2009-01-21 |
| 56. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
59.81 |
1.0389 |
0.0386 |
340 |
6 |
52.37 |
2008-11-17 |
| 57. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
59.72 |
0.9614 |
0.1150 |
292 |
4 |
52.34 |
2008-11-03 |
| 58. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
59.69 |
0.9884 |
0.0837 |
233 |
11 |
50.75 |
2009-01-21 |
| 59. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
59.66 |
0.9266 |
0.1476 |
278 |
4 |
53.34 |
2009-01-26 |
| 60. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
59.54 |
1.0261 |
0.0422 |
273 |
7 |
54.01 |
2009-01-30 |
| 61. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
59.39 |
0.9168 |
0.1519 |
240 |
8 |
43.85 |
2008-12-01 |
| 62. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
59.38 |
0.9411 |
0.1270 |
318 |
11 |
45.95 |
2008-12-01 |
| 63. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
59.33 |
1.0417 |
0.0221 |
253 |
7 |
52.87 |
2008-12-12 |
| 64. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
59.28 |
1.0523 |
0.0088 |
256 |
9 |
52.04 |
2009-01-21 |
| 65. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
59.26 |
0.9846 |
0.0794 |
281 |
13 |
51.52 |
2008-11-24 |
| 66. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
59.14 |
1.0714 |
-0.0174 |
129 |
4 |
53.99 |
2009-01-26 |
| 67. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
59.08 |
0.9513 |
0.1143 |
354 |
13 |
50.01 |
2009-03-12 |
| 68. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
59.05 |
1.0201 |
0.0416 |
303 |
9 |
49.24 |
2009-03-12 |
| 69. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
59.04 |
1.0025 |
0.0585 |
256 |
6 |
52.50 |
2008-12-11 |
| 70. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
58.77 |
0.9612 |
0.0950 |
256 |
12 |
51.33 |
2008-10-31 |
| 71. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
58.76 |
1.0109 |
0.0459 |
276 |
12 |
50.09 |
2011-01-28 |
| 72. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
58.63 |
1.0613 |
-0.0068 |
266 |
11 |
52.04 |
2008-11-24 |
| 73. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
58.61 |
0.9731 |
0.0677 |
129 |
4 |
56.07 |
2009-01-21 |
| 74. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
58.57 |
1.0197 |
0.0299 |
226 |
9 |
50.57 |
2011-01-28 |
| 75. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
58.50 |
1.0099 |
0.0385 |
207 |
11 |
51.08 |
2009-01-30 |
| 76. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
58.39 |
1.0029 |
0.0400 |
209 |
2 |
54.93 |
2008-12-09 |
| 77. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
58.36 |
1.0201 |
0.0218 |
172 |
7 |
51.43 |
2008-12-10 |
| 78. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
58.33 |
1.0555 |
-0.0059 |
363 |
9 |
54.06 |
2008-09-25 |
| 79. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
58.26 |
1.0214 |
0.0201 |
166 |
8 |
47.15 |
2008-09-26 |
| 80. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
58.22 |
1.0023 |
0.0420 |
211 |
4 |
51.93 |
2008-12-09 |
| 81. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
58.18 |
0.9965 |
0.0441 |
168 |
3 |
51.26 |
2008-11-20 |
| 82. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
57.99 |
1.0534 |
-0.0092 |
357 |
8 |
54.24 |
2009-01-26 |
| 83. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
57.99 |
1.0528 |
-0.0158 |
201 |
5 |
52.10 |
2008-11-20 |
| 84. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
57.92 |
1.0595 |
-0.0163 |
379 |
8 |
48.61 |
2008-11-20 |
| 85. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
57.88 |
0.9734 |
0.0663 |
289 |
9 |
52.19 |
2009-01-26 |
| 86. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
57.79 |
0.9907 |
0.0460 |
211 |
8 |
48.98 |
2008-10-21 |
| 87. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
57.74 |
1.0696 |
-0.0357 |
226 |
4 |
51.60 |
2009-01-30 |
| 88. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
57.74 |
0.9540 |
0.0816 |
285 |
3 |
51.30 |
2008-11-14 |
| 89. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
57.72 |
1.0577 |
-0.0241 |
247 |
3 |
56.57 |
2009-01-30 |
| 90. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
57.70 |
0.9844 |
0.0571 |
293 |
11 |
48.74 |
2008-11-06 |
| 91. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
57.69 |
0.9213 |
0.1157 |
295 |
11 |
50.43 |
2009-01-26 |
| 92. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
57.69 |
0.9754 |
0.0672 |
362 |
5 |
50.93 |
2009-01-21 |
| 93. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
57.68 |
1.0337 |
0.0020 |
214 |
4 |
51.12 |
2008-11-03 |
| 94. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
57.68 |
1.0496 |
-0.0140 |
314 |
2 |
57.32 |
2008-10-27 |
| 95. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
57.58 |
0.9772 |
0.0538 |
217 |
10 |
50.37 |
2009-01-21 |
| 96. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
57.51 |
1.0138 |
0.0190 |
231 |
5 |
53.11 |
2008-11-17 |
| 97. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
57.45 |
1.0168 |
0.0168 |
271 |
9 |
49.85 |
2009-01-30 |
| 98. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
57.44 |
0.9649 |
0.0660 |
193 |
12 |
51.88 |
2009-03-12 |
| 99. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
57.42 |
1.0331 |
-0.0037 |
234 |
7 |
49.48 |
2009-01-30 |
| 100. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
57.41 |
0.9843 |
0.0421 |
234 |
8 |
48.24 |
2009-02-16 |
| 101. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
57.36 |
1.0515 |
-0.0229 |
250 |
14 |
51.16 |
2011-01-28 |
| 102. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
57.35 |
1.1114 |
-0.0838 |
247 |
3 |
51.11 |
2009-01-12 |
| 103. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
57.34 |
1.0025 |
0.0286 |
336 |
9 |
52.92 |
2009-01-26 |
| 104. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
57.33 |
0.9769 |
0.0510 |
263 |
19 |
51.04 |
2008-11-24 |
| 105. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
57.28 |
1.0441 |
-0.0135 |
252 |
4 |
52.22 |
2009-03-13 |
| 106. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
57.27 |
0.9863 |
0.0470 |
339 |
11 |
50.37 |
2009-02-05 |
| 107. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
57.25 |
1.0429 |
-0.0158 |
259 |
4 |
53.81 |
2008-12-09 |
| 108. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
57.25 |
1.0004 |
0.0220 |
212 |
2 |
51.70 |
2009-02-16 |
| 109. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
57.18 |
1.0711 |
-0.0490 |
213 |
8 |
49.79 |
2008-10-29 |
| 110. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
57.15 |
0.9811 |
0.0483 |
272 |
4 |
51.76 |
2009-01-26 |
| 111. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
57.07 |
0.9527 |
0.0724 |
251 |
13 |
47.34 |
2008-11-03 |
| 112. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
56.98 |
0.9226 |
0.1073 |
348 |
7 |
49.63 |
2008-11-14 |
| 113. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
56.76 |
0.9068 |
0.1158 |
269 |
9 |
51.25 |
2008-11-13 |
| 114. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
56.74 |
0.9710 |
0.0417 |
173 |
8 |
47.67 |
2008-11-06 |
| 115. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
56.60 |
1.0013 |
0.0145 |
273 |
5 |
50.17 |
2008-11-03 |
| 116. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
56.58 |
1.0214 |
-0.0068 |
269 |
14 |
48.95 |
2008-12-15 |
| 117. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
56.51 |
1.0596 |
-0.0466 |
239 |
6 |
52.84 |
2009-02-23 |
| 118. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
56.48 |
0.9820 |
0.0353 |
267 |
10 |
48.26 |
2008-12-12 |
| 119. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
56.27 |
0.9233 |
0.0791 |
168 |
6 |
50.21 |
2008-10-23 |
| 120. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
56.26 |
0.8878 |
0.1225 |
346 |
11 |
44.63 |
2011-01-28 |
| 121. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
56.26 |
0.9084 |
0.1062 |
404 |
7 |
46.88 |
2008-10-30 |
| 122. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
56.00 |
1.0251 |
-0.0215 |
261 |
8 |
48.40 |
2009-02-13 |
| 123. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
56.00 |
0.9941 |
0.0093 |
217 |
8 |
46.73 |
2008-11-19 |
| 124. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
55.82 |
0.9164 |
0.0909 |
305 |
7 |
46.20 |
2009-02-16 |
| 125. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
55.81 |
0.9202 |
0.0814 |
254 |
10 |
46.65 |
2008-12-09 |
| 126. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
55.79 |
1.0165 |
-0.0106 |
392 |
9 |
53.44 |
2008-11-17 |
| 127. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
55.72 |
0.9468 |
0.0534 |
276 |
7 |
48.02 |
2008-12-15 |
| 128. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
55.62 |
1.0257 |
-0.0204 |
401 |
3 |
49.76 |
2009-01-30 |
| 129. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
55.58 |
0.8810 |
0.1179 |
282 |
10 |
48.00 |
2009-02-13 |
| 130. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
55.56 |
0.9691 |
0.0282 |
223 |
12 |
47.86 |
2008-10-13 |
| 131. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
55.49 |
0.9758 |
0.0214 |
314 |
4 |
51.40 |
2008-11-11 |
| 132. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
55.43 |
1.0396 |
-0.0514 |
149 |
9 |
47.31 |
2008-11-19 |
| 133. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
55.42 |
0.9965 |
-0.0010 |
310 |
7 |
48.90 |
2009-01-21 |
| 134. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
55.41 |
1.0296 |
-0.0282 |
437 |
4 |
50.89 |
2008-10-23 |
| 135. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
55.30 |
1.0252 |
-0.0387 |
176 |
3 |
50.99 |
2011-01-28 |
| 136. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
55.25 |
1.0613 |
-0.0642 |
456 |
1 |
55.25 |
2008-09-19 |
| 137. |
Do you know why they call him Franky "Four Fingers" Doug? Be... |
55.13 |
0.8786 |
0.1284 |
214 |
5 |
47.89 |
2008-09-24 |
| 138. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
55.11 |
0.9865 |
0.0042 |
276 |
8 |
48.52 |
2008-10-29 |
| 139. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
55.09 |
0.9342 |
0.0585 |
434 |
11 |
48.84 |
2009-02-16 |
| 140. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
55.05 |
0.9763 |
0.0117 |
289 |
12 |
50.26 |
2008-12-01 |
| 141. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
54.96 |
1.0183 |
-0.0370 |
191 |
5 |
52.52 |
2008-09-23 |
| 142. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
54.89 |
0.8975 |
0.0886 |
268 |
3 |
51.08 |
2008-10-29 |
| 143. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
54.83 |
1.0124 |
-0.0303 |
204 |
8 |
51.17 |
2009-01-26 |
| 144. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
54.83 |
0.9597 |
0.0289 |
347 |
9 |
49.89 |
2008-12-10 |
| 145. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
54.78 |
0.9048 |
0.0834 |
271 |
8 |
48.76 |
2009-01-19 |
| 146. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
54.76 |
0.8890 |
0.0906 |
199 |
10 |
47.19 |
2008-11-13 |
| 147. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
54.76 |
1.0389 |
-0.0540 |
318 |
4 |
47.79 |
2008-12-01 |
| 148. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
54.72 |
0.9576 |
0.0295 |
212 |
2 |
50.13 |
2008-11-06 |
| 149. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
54.64 |
1.0516 |
-0.0710 |
281 |
3 |
46.98 |
2008-11-17 |
| 150. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
54.63 |
0.9936 |
-0.0130 |
311 |
7 |
48.43 |
2008-10-21 |
| 151. |
I don't want to go in there. He's a dangerous bastard. Taken... |
54.62 |
0.9368 |
0.0591 |
174 |
6 |
48.14 |
2008-09-25 |
| 152. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
54.62 |
0.9795 |
0.0012 |
308 |
3 |
52.21 |
2008-10-27 |
| 153. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
54.52 |
1.0062 |
-0.0273 |
288 |
5 |
48.89 |
2009-01-26 |
| 154. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
54.52 |
1.0053 |
-0.0284 |
232 |
4 |
49.48 |
2008-10-23 |
| 155. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
54.45 |
1.0034 |
-0.0273 |
302 |
6 |
49.42 |
2008-11-17 |
| 156. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
54.33 |
0.9798 |
-0.0101 |
199 |
6 |
46.79 |
2009-01-26 |
| 157. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
54.30 |
0.8382 |
0.1372 |
268 |
10 |
41.80 |
2009-01-26 |
| 158. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
54.30 |
1.0016 |
-0.0313 |
218 |
6 |
50.36 |
2009-02-16 |
| 159. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
54.25 |
0.9514 |
0.0228 |
237 |
8 |
47.77 |
2008-12-09 |
| 160. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
54.14 |
0.9567 |
0.0150 |
273 |
7 |
47.25 |
2008-11-05 |
| 161. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
54.12 |
0.9851 |
-0.0113 |
317 |
12 |
47.88 |
2008-11-20 |
| 162. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
54.11 |
1.0498 |
-0.0832 |
180 |
3 |
52.82 |
2008-12-11 |
| 163. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
54.05 |
0.8935 |
0.0865 |
328 |
3 |
49.67 |
2008-12-12 |
| 164. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
53.88 |
1.0384 |
-0.0808 |
183 |
1 |
53.88 |
2011-01-27 |
| 165. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
53.86 |
0.9729 |
-0.0059 |
255 |
6 |
51.40 |
2008-11-24 |
| 166. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
53.85 |
0.9619 |
0.0100 |
393 |
4 |
47.02 |
2008-11-17 |
| 167. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
53.62 |
1.0419 |
-0.0794 |
261 |
3 |
51.90 |
2009-01-30 |
| 168. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
53.52 |
0.9893 |
-0.0285 |
323 |
6 |
47.50 |
2008-11-24 |
| 169. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
53.51 |
0.8353 |
0.1327 |
283 |
8 |
48.16 |
2008-11-19 |
| 170. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
53.41 |
1.0390 |
-0.0841 |
205 |
4 |
48.46 |
2008-12-05 |
| 171. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
53.39 |
0.9852 |
-0.0266 |
264 |
7 |
49.82 |
2008-11-03 |
| 172. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
53.35 |
0.8971 |
0.0658 |
266 |
6 |
49.63 |
2008-11-06 |
| 173. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
53.35 |
0.9894 |
-0.0274 |
323 |
4 |
51.40 |
2009-01-21 |
| 174. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
53.19 |
0.9429 |
0.0131 |
287 |
4 |
49.85 |
2008-12-12 |
| 175. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
53.11 |
0.8996 |
0.0481 |
192 |
7 |
46.06 |
2011-01-28 |
| 176. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
53.02 |
1.0486 |
-0.0962 |
289 |
5 |
48.50 |
2009-01-30 |
| 177. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
53.02 |
0.9723 |
-0.0170 |
364 |
1 |
53.02 |
2008-10-16 |
| 178. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
53.01 |
1.0399 |
-0.0833 |
294 |
6 |
46.72 |
2009-02-16 |
| 179. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
52.87 |
0.9330 |
0.0224 |
360 |
8 |
46.62 |
2008-11-13 |
| 180. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
52.79 |
0.9485 |
0.0006 |
236 |
3 |
48.13 |
2008-10-30 |
| 181. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
52.75 |
1.0213 |
-0.0778 |
240 |
3 |
49.56 |
2008-12-09 |
| 182. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
52.59 |
0.9740 |
-0.0344 |
209 |
4 |
46.95 |
2008-11-19 |
| 183. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
52.43 |
0.8533 |
0.0886 |
232 |
5 |
46.42 |
2009-01-07 |
| 184. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
52.39 |
1.0289 |
-0.0844 |
276 |
2 |
48.58 |
2008-11-03 |
| 185. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
52.38 |
1.0095 |
-0.0707 |
316 |
6 |
50.23 |
2009-01-30 |
| 186. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
52.37 |
0.9570 |
-0.0156 |
287 |
1 |
52.37 |
2008-10-29 |
| 187. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
51.99 |
0.8722 |
0.0635 |
285 |
6 |
46.07 |
2008-12-05 |
| 188. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
51.94 |
0.9339 |
-0.0035 |
310 |
10 |
43.31 |
2011-01-28 |
| 189. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
51.94 |
0.9653 |
-0.0251 |
394 |
4 |
45.33 |
2009-01-12 |
| 190. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
51.88 |
0.9986 |
-0.0672 |
283 |
13 |
47.38 |
2009-03-12 |
| 191. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
51.75 |
1.0385 |
-0.1118 |
230 |
3 |
50.68 |
2008-11-06 |
| 192. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
51.71 |
0.9646 |
-0.0378 |
264 |
2 |
48.05 |
2008-11-17 |
| 193. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
51.59 |
0.9857 |
-0.0611 |
293 |
6 |
46.87 |
2008-11-14 |
| 194. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
51.52 |
0.9045 |
0.0201 |
235 |
8 |
44.60 |
2008-11-13 |
| 195. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
51.50 |
0.9768 |
-0.0503 |
387 |
2 |
49.04 |
2008-10-16 |
| 196. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
51.46 |
0.9866 |
-0.0671 |
218 |
9 |
46.10 |
2009-01-21 |
| 197. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
51.39 |
1.0203 |
-0.0950 |
261 |
4 |
45.34 |
2008-10-16 |
| 198. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
51.38 |
0.9578 |
-0.0366 |
281 |
9 |
47.41 |
2008-12-01 |
| 199. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
51.37 |
1.0263 |
-0.1055 |
267 |
2 |
50.69 |
2008-10-23 |
| 200. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
51.28 |
1.0292 |
-0.1106 |
262 |
1 |
51.28 |
2009-01-30 |
| 201. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
51.21 |
0.9897 |
-0.0734 |
274 |
3 |
50.17 |
2009-01-30 |
| 202. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
51.01 |
0.9636 |
-0.0487 |
254 |
4 |
46.38 |
2009-01-26 |
| 203. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
50.91 |
0.9966 |
-0.0840 |
259 |
3 |
46.06 |
2008-09-14 |
| 204. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
50.88 |
0.9946 |
-0.0822 |
246 |
2 |
48.62 |
2008-11-17 |
| 205. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
50.87 |
0.9084 |
0.0059 |
300 |
8 |
45.38 |
2008-12-12 |
| 206. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
50.79 |
0.9785 |
-0.0643 |
335 |
9 |
44.47 |
2008-12-29 |
| 207. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
50.69 |
0.9942 |
-0.0762 |
483 |
1 |
50.69 |
2008-09-25 |
| 208. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
50.63 |
0.9125 |
-0.0026 |
308 |
6 |
46.10 |
2011-01-28 |
| 209. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
50.53 |
1.0796 |
-0.1781 |
129 |
2 |
49.32 |
2008-10-16 |
| 210. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
50.53 |
0.8811 |
0.0298 |
239 |
4 |
46.64 |
2009-02-16 |
| 211. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
50.48 |
0.8770 |
0.0316 |
300 |
5 |
42.80 |
2011-01-28 |
| 212. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
50.43 |
0.9500 |
-0.0433 |
362 |
6 |
47.51 |
2009-01-30 |
| 213. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
50.15 |
1.0361 |
-0.1357 |
269 |
1 |
50.15 |
2009-01-19 |
| 214. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
50.02 |
0.8961 |
-0.0025 |
189 |
6 |
47.35 |
2009-01-06 |
| 215. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
50.02 |
0.8933 |
0.0101 |
363 |
8 |
44.73 |
2009-01-19 |
| 216. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
50.00 |
0.9776 |
-0.0808 |
308 |
11 |
46.08 |
2008-10-29 |
| 217. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
49.92 |
1.0767 |
-0.1837 |
212 |
2 |
49.43 |
2009-01-26 |
| 218. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
49.89 |
0.9293 |
-0.0339 |
355 |
6 |
46.81 |
2009-03-13 |
| 219. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
49.69 |
0.9212 |
-0.0269 |
323 |
8 |
44.30 |
2009-02-25 |
| 220. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
49.67 |
0.8958 |
-0.0006 |
322 |
7 |
43.22 |
2008-11-24 |
| 221. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
49.65 |
0.9109 |
-0.0180 |
401 |
5 |
47.42 |
2009-01-21 |
| 222. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
49.55 |
1.0297 |
-0.1425 |
249 |
3 |
47.61 |
2008-11-20 |
| 223. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
49.52 |
0.9148 |
-0.0255 |
317 |
7 |
42.28 |
2008-11-17 |
| 224. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
49.47 |
1.0189 |
-0.1286 |
337 |
1 |
49.47 |
2008-12-31 |
| 225. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
49.31 |
0.9257 |
-0.0361 |
317 |
3 |
44.98 |
2008-08-27 |
| 226. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
49.20 |
0.8852 |
-0.0010 |
201 |
7 |
43.82 |
2008-11-19 |
| 227. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
48.86 |
0.8826 |
-0.0053 |
296 |
8 |
44.29 |
2009-02-23 |
| 228. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
48.83 |
0.9234 |
-0.0427 |
346 |
2 |
45.75 |
2009-01-26 |
| 229. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
48.58 |
0.9072 |
-0.0381 |
237 |
12 |
42.61 |
2009-02-13 |
| 230. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
48.36 |
0.9309 |
-0.0660 |
284 |
8 |
44.64 |
2008-10-27 |
| 231. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
48.34 |
0.9557 |
-0.0830 |
331 |
1 |
48.34 |
2008-11-20 |
| 232. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
48.28 |
0.9805 |
-0.1106 |
292 |
3 |
46.09 |
2008-12-12 |
| 233. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
48.26 |
0.9622 |
-0.0908 |
392 |
1 |
48.26 |
2008-09-25 |
| 234. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
48.23 |
0.9697 |
-0.1051 |
249 |
6 |
45.81 |
2009-01-30 |
| 235. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
48.17 |
0.8442 |
0.0231 |
265 |
3 |
46.13 |
2008-12-05 |
| 236. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
48.14 |
0.9049 |
-0.0367 |
351 |
7 |
42.87 |
2008-11-03 |
| 237. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
47.82 |
0.9286 |
-0.0726 |
194 |
4 |
44.52 |
2009-01-30 |
| 238. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
47.49 |
1.0218 |
-0.1737 |
268 |
1 |
47.49 |
2009-01-30 |
| 239. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
47.34 |
0.9786 |
-0.1309 |
235 |
1 |
47.34 |
2009-01-26 |
| 240. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
47.30 |
0.8809 |
-0.0356 |
127 |
1 |
47.30 |
2009-02-25 |
| 241. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
47.30 |
0.9786 |
-0.1363 |
193 |
7 |
41.54 |
2008-12-01 |
| 242. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
47.18 |
1.0426 |
-0.1980 |
323 |
1 |
47.18 |
2008-10-20 |
| 243. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
47.09 |
0.9682 |
-0.1264 |
143 |
2 |
39.52 |
2008-12-01 |
| 244. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
47.05 |
0.9964 |
-0.1533 |
203 |
2 |
44.18 |
2008-11-06 |
| 245. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
46.96 |
0.8595 |
-0.0164 |
242 |
6 |
42.02 |
2008-12-15 |
| 246. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
46.93 |
0.8553 |
-0.0196 |
174 |
12 |
40.79 |
2008-11-10 |
| 247. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
46.78 |
0.9886 |
-0.1480 |
220 |
1 |
46.78 |
2008-12-10 |
| 248. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
46.58 |
0.8887 |
-0.0403 |
128 |
1 |
46.58 |
2008-08-15 |
| 249. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
46.35 |
0.8105 |
0.0154 |
204 |
12 |
41.27 |
2008-11-24 |
| 250. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
46.09 |
1.0483 |
-0.2258 |
227 |
2 |
46.05 |
2009-02-23 |
| 251. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
46.05 |
0.8821 |
-0.0578 |
176 |
2 |
41.19 |
2008-08-21 |
| 252. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
46.04 |
0.8573 |
-0.0291 |
270 |
4 |
44.64 |
2009-01-30 |
| 253. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
46.02 |
0.8941 |
-0.0679 |
216 |
1 |
46.02 |
2008-10-13 |
| 254. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
45.98 |
1.0368 |
-0.2124 |
276 |
2 |
45.63 |
2008-09-10 |
| 255. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
45.94 |
0.8956 |
-0.0702 |
217 |
1 |
45.94 |
2008-09-06 |
| 256. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
45.86 |
0.8602 |
-0.0411 |
206 |
6 |
40.13 |
2009-01-30 |
| 257. |
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sle... |
45.78 |
1.0644 |
-0.2084 |
257 |
1 |
45.78 |
2011-02-01 |
| 258. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered to see how ... |
45.57 |
0.9461 |
-0.1339 |
193 |
1 |
45.57 |
2011-01-27 |
| 259. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
45.53 |
0.9278 |
-0.1098 |
295 |
2 |
45.31 |
2009-03-13 |
| 260. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
45.19 |
1.0083 |
-0.1551 |
273 |
1 |
45.19 |
2011-01-27 |
| 261. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
45.12 |
1.0125 |
-0.2069 |
224 |
1 |
45.12 |
2009-01-26 |
| 262. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
44.98 |
0.9372 |
-0.1279 |
320 |
4 |
42.66 |
2008-09-16 |
| 263. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
44.39 |
1.0060 |
-0.2161 |
171 |
1 |
44.39 |
2008-11-19 |
| 264. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
43.95 |
0.9365 |
-0.1485 |
248 |
3 |
43.18 |
2009-01-30 |
| 265. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
43.88 |
0.9426 |
-0.1542 |
317 |
2 |
39.07 |
2011-01-28 |
| 266. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
43.86 |
0.9005 |
-0.1171 |
212 |
3 |
43.03 |
2011-01-27 |
| 267. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
43.77 |
0.9910 |
-0.2058 |
295 |
7 |
40.07 |
2009-02-16 |
| 268. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
43.42 |
0.9899 |
-0.2177 |
163 |
1 |
43.42 |
2008-11-24 |
| 269. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
42.76 |
0.9275 |
-0.1659 |
211 |
2 |
42.14 |
2008-10-21 |
| 270. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
42.62 |
0.9251 |
-0.1577 |
177 |
1 |
42.62 |
2008-08-21 |
| 271. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
42.58 |
0.9289 |
-0.1695 |
204 |
1 |
42.58 |
2008-10-14 |
| 272. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
41.83 |
0.7876 |
-0.0370 |
316 |
2 |
39.95 |
2011-01-28 |
| 273. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
41.78 |
0.8792 |
-0.1228 |
296 |
2 |
40.39 |
2008-09-06 |
| 274. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
41.63 |
0.8096 |
-0.0573 |
209 |
3 |
39.63 |
2008-09-06 |
| 275. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
41.24 |
0.8916 |
-0.1540 |
216 |
2 |
41.21 |
2009-01-26 |
| 276. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
40.55 |
0.8077 |
-0.0849 |
167 |
1 |
40.55 |
2009-02-25 |
| 277. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
40.07 |
0.8956 |
-0.1750 |
322 |
3 |
39.40 |
2008-11-06 |
| 278. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
38.21 |
0.9128 |
-0.2251 |
133 |
1 |
38.21 |
2008-08-13 |
| 279. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
34.97 |
0.8153 |
-0.1873 |
200 |
1 |
34.97 |
2008-08-27 |
| 280. |
So, I'm tending bar there at Ecklund & Swedlin's last Tuesda... |
33.58 |
0.8467 |
-0.2246 |
343 |
1 |
33.58 |
2011-01-28 |