| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I've flown seven million miles. And I've been waiting on peo... |
125.63 |
1.0058 |
0.3346 |
411 |
1 |
125.63 |
2011-10-21 |
| 2. |
Right, I am going to tell you how this works. You're going i... |
125.24 |
1.0482 |
0.2892 |
487 |
1 |
125.24 |
2011-10-21 |
| 3. |
Your face has fallen sad now, for you know the time is nigh.... |
124.32 |
1.0917 |
0.2357 |
243 |
1 |
124.32 |
2011-10-21 |
| 4. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
123.34 |
0.8958 |
0.4024 |
322 |
2 |
99.11 |
2011-10-21 |
| 5. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
122.48 |
1.0391 |
0.2514 |
358 |
3 |
97.40 |
2011-10-21 |
| 6. |
The idea of "Mr. Right" has been passed down over the genera... |
121.78 |
0.9671 |
0.3341 |
379 |
1 |
121.78 |
2011-10-21 |
| 7. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
121.73 |
0.9330 |
0.3501 |
360 |
4 |
99.19 |
2011-10-22 |
| 8. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
120.51 |
1.0263 |
0.2365 |
267 |
1 |
120.51 |
2011-10-21 |
| 9. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
118.79 |
0.9339 |
0.3100 |
310 |
1 |
118.79 |
2011-10-22 |
| 10. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
118.73 |
1.0008 |
0.2869 |
473 |
1 |
118.73 |
2011-10-21 |
| 11. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
118.31 |
0.9723 |
0.2717 |
364 |
5 |
88.94 |
2011-10-21 |
| 12. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
118.13 |
1.0150 |
0.2724 |
325 |
2 |
95.23 |
2011-10-21 |
| 13. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
117.04 |
0.9485 |
0.2800 |
236 |
4 |
92.58 |
2009-07-07 |
| 14. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
114.99 |
0.9088 |
0.3015 |
348 |
1 |
114.99 |
2009-07-08 |
| 15. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
114.30 |
1.0034 |
0.1929 |
302 |
3 |
96.51 |
2011-10-21 |
| 16. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
114.06 |
1.0516 |
0.1433 |
281 |
2 |
103.48 |
2011-10-21 |
| 17. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
113.77 |
0.9064 |
0.2950 |
399 |
1 |
113.77 |
2009-07-06 |
| 18. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
113.69 |
0.8753 |
0.3252 |
427 |
2 |
113.04 |
2009-07-07 |
| 19. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
113.60 |
1.0399 |
0.1557 |
294 |
4 |
98.01 |
2011-10-21 |
| 20. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
113.31 |
0.8595 |
0.3296 |
242 |
2 |
94.68 |
2011-10-22 |
| 21. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
110.73 |
0.9289 |
0.2288 |
204 |
1 |
110.73 |
2009-07-06 |
| 22. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
110.06 |
0.9754 |
0.1836 |
362 |
3 |
100.19 |
2009-07-07 |
| 23. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
109.89 |
0.9740 |
0.1730 |
209 |
2 |
107.44 |
2009-07-06 |
| 24. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
109.83 |
0.9653 |
0.1935 |
394 |
2 |
93.75 |
2011-10-21 |
| 25. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
109.56 |
0.9578 |
0.1893 |
281 |
5 |
90.76 |
2011-09-22 |
| 26. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
108.95 |
0.9125 |
0.2304 |
308 |
3 |
105.07 |
2009-07-07 |
| 27. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
107.74 |
1.0340 |
0.0995 |
406 |
4 |
91.40 |
2009-07-07 |
| 28. |
But older than me now, more constant, more real, and the fur... |
107.71 |
1.1081 |
0.0545 |
206 |
1 |
107.71 |
2011-10-14 |
| 29. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
107.62 |
1.0138 |
0.1128 |
231 |
4 |
89.35 |
2011-10-21 |
| 30. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
107.41 |
0.9785 |
0.1495 |
335 |
2 |
104.08 |
2009-07-07 |
| 31. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
106.98 |
1.0261 |
0.0923 |
273 |
1 |
106.98 |
2009-07-07 |
| 32. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
106.82 |
1.0099 |
0.1058 |
207 |
1 |
106.82 |
2009-07-07 |
| 33. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
106.81 |
0.9863 |
0.1366 |
339 |
4 |
90.92 |
2009-07-07 |
| 34. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
106.39 |
0.9632 |
0.1572 |
392 |
2 |
94.73 |
2009-07-08 |
| 35. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
105.59 |
1.0477 |
0.0602 |
360 |
2 |
96.83 |
2009-06-30 |
| 36. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
105.53 |
1.0213 |
0.0804 |
240 |
3 |
89.91 |
2009-07-07 |
| 37. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
105.43 |
1.0289 |
0.0793 |
276 |
1 |
105.43 |
2009-07-06 |
| 38. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
105.26 |
0.9805 |
0.1261 |
292 |
2 |
93.68 |
2009-07-07 |
| 39. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
104.88 |
0.9964 |
0.1017 |
203 |
3 |
87.39 |
2011-09-23 |
| 40. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
104.65 |
0.9372 |
0.1624 |
320 |
1 |
104.65 |
2009-07-05 |
| 41. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
104.64 |
0.9612 |
0.1343 |
256 |
3 |
90.68 |
2011-09-22 |
| 42. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
104.27 |
0.9212 |
0.1737 |
323 |
1 |
104.27 |
2009-07-06 |
| 43. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
104.12 |
1.0257 |
0.0707 |
401 |
1 |
104.12 |
2009-07-07 |
| 44. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
103.50 |
1.0445 |
0.0398 |
373 |
3 |
97.76 |
2011-10-19 |
| 45. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
103.47 |
1.0033 |
0.0731 |
189 |
5 |
94.50 |
2009-07-08 |
| 46. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
103.30 |
0.9946 |
0.0865 |
246 |
1 |
103.30 |
2009-07-07 |
| 47. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
103.09 |
0.9795 |
0.0996 |
308 |
4 |
84.37 |
2009-07-06 |
| 48. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
103.00 |
0.9731 |
0.0925 |
129 |
2 |
93.99 |
2009-06-30 |
| 49. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
102.75 |
1.0463 |
0.0246 |
182 |
6 |
88.53 |
2009-07-07 |
| 50. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
102.60 |
1.0389 |
0.0374 |
340 |
4 |
89.49 |
2009-07-01 |
| 51. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
102.58 |
0.9168 |
0.1582 |
240 |
2 |
95.95 |
2009-07-06 |
| 52. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
102.42 |
1.0613 |
0.0157 |
456 |
4 |
98.67 |
2011-10-19 |
| 53. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
102.31 |
0.9087 |
0.1728 |
393 |
1 |
102.31 |
2009-07-06 |
| 54. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
102.13 |
0.9942 |
0.0835 |
483 |
4 |
85.95 |
2011-10-20 |
| 55. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
102.03 |
1.0521 |
0.0109 |
171 |
4 |
91.17 |
2009-07-06 |
| 56. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
102.00 |
1.1323 |
-0.0311 |
341 |
1 |
102.00 |
2011-10-14 |
| 57. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
101.87 |
0.9532 |
0.1116 |
258 |
2 |
90.57 |
2011-09-23 |
| 58. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
101.57 |
1.0063 |
0.0571 |
371 |
5 |
93.83 |
2011-09-22 |
| 59. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
101.57 |
1.0189 |
0.0474 |
337 |
3 |
93.34 |
2011-10-20 |
| 60. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
101.15 |
1.0124 |
0.0437 |
204 |
2 |
94.92 |
2009-07-07 |
| 61. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
100.84 |
0.9593 |
0.1006 |
398 |
1 |
100.84 |
2009-06-30 |
| 62. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
100.81 |
1.0296 |
0.0317 |
437 |
2 |
92.76 |
2009-06-30 |
| 63. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
100.63 |
0.9936 |
0.0591 |
311 |
1 |
100.63 |
2009-07-07 |
| 64. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
100.62 |
1.1114 |
-0.0612 |
247 |
5 |
92.34 |
2011-10-20 |
| 65. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
100.56 |
0.9831 |
0.0772 |
469 |
4 |
91.26 |
2009-07-06 |
| 66. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
100.35 |
1.0596 |
-0.0117 |
239 |
2 |
98.10 |
2011-10-20 |
| 67. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
100.25 |
0.9905 |
0.0663 |
377 |
2 |
91.10 |
2009-07-06 |
| 68. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
100.16 |
0.9841 |
0.0677 |
334 |
1 |
100.16 |
2009-07-06 |
| 69. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
99.53 |
1.0993 |
-0.0601 |
265 |
4 |
93.83 |
2011-09-22 |
| 70. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
99.45 |
0.9857 |
0.0538 |
293 |
4 |
90.34 |
2009-07-04 |
| 71. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
99.38 |
0.9907 |
0.0475 |
211 |
3 |
91.62 |
2009-07-07 |
| 72. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
99.34 |
1.0555 |
-0.0148 |
363 |
6 |
90.34 |
2011-09-23 |
| 73. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
99.24 |
1.0462 |
-0.0140 |
184 |
3 |
87.05 |
2011-09-22 |
| 74. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
99.21 |
0.9513 |
0.0905 |
354 |
2 |
91.87 |
2009-07-05 |
| 75. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
99.19 |
1.0297 |
0.0068 |
249 |
3 |
94.44 |
2009-07-05 |
| 76. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
99.08 |
0.9635 |
0.0785 |
389 |
3 |
90.35 |
2009-07-07 |
| 77. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
98.85 |
1.0444 |
-0.0169 |
197 |
3 |
91.23 |
2011-09-23 |
| 78. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
98.84 |
1.0528 |
-0.0238 |
201 |
4 |
94.11 |
2011-10-19 |
| 79. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
98.30 |
0.9202 |
0.1074 |
254 |
3 |
86.18 |
2011-10-13 |
| 80. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
98.21 |
1.0168 |
0.0120 |
271 |
2 |
91.88 |
2009-06-29 |
| 81. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
98.03 |
1.0201 |
-0.0014 |
172 |
4 |
83.78 |
2011-09-22 |
| 82. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
98.03 |
0.9833 |
0.0438 |
355 |
5 |
91.51 |
2011-09-22 |
| 83. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
98.02 |
1.0483 |
-0.0259 |
227 |
3 |
88.03 |
2011-10-13 |
| 84. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
97.92 |
0.9865 |
0.0389 |
276 |
6 |
89.16 |
2011-09-23 |
| 85. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
97.92 |
0.9614 |
0.0659 |
292 |
1 |
97.92 |
2009-06-30 |
| 86. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
97.90 |
1.0062 |
0.0179 |
288 |
1 |
97.90 |
2011-10-15 |
| 87. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
97.82 |
1.0068 |
0.0197 |
358 |
2 |
93.47 |
2009-07-06 |
| 88. |
There's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing. And the ... |
97.81 |
1.1296 |
-0.0774 |
252 |
1 |
97.81 |
2011-10-19 |
| 89. |
By studying the cooling of pizza in the gravity free environ... |
97.63 |
0.9726 |
0.0422 |
154 |
1 |
97.63 |
2011-10-21 |
| 90. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
97.39 |
0.9084 |
0.1121 |
300 |
3 |
92.24 |
2009-07-07 |
| 91. |
If you want to drive a race car well, whether to win an Indy... |
97.21 |
1.0272 |
0.0138 |
405 |
2 |
92.15 |
2011-10-19 |
| 92. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
97.15 |
0.9879 |
0.0369 |
450 |
2 |
85.77 |
2011-10-15 |
| 93. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
96.92 |
1.0389 |
-0.0235 |
318 |
1 |
96.92 |
2009-07-08 |
| 94. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
96.50 |
1.0788 |
-0.0751 |
171 |
5 |
90.59 |
2011-10-21 |
| 95. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
96.47 |
0.9213 |
0.0881 |
295 |
2 |
89.20 |
2009-07-08 |
| 96. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
96.29 |
1.0567 |
-0.0491 |
303 |
2 |
96.16 |
2011-10-19 |
| 97. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
96.25 |
1.0696 |
-0.0665 |
226 |
2 |
93.12 |
2009-07-05 |
| 98. |
I can already hear your tune calling me across the room. Whe... |
96.11 |
1.0630 |
-0.0247 |
397 |
1 |
96.11 |
2011-10-14 |
| 99. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
96.06 |
1.0797 |
-0.0807 |
210 |
1 |
96.06 |
2011-09-22 |
| 100. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
96.01 |
1.1016 |
-0.0974 |
233 |
4 |
87.47 |
2011-10-19 |
| 101. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
95.99 |
0.9844 |
0.0243 |
293 |
3 |
84.43 |
2009-06-30 |
| 102. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
95.65 |
1.0515 |
-0.0531 |
250 |
2 |
89.49 |
2009-06-30 |
| 103. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
95.51 |
1.0619 |
-0.0595 |
354 |
2 |
93.61 |
2011-09-22 |
| 104. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
95.43 |
1.0429 |
-0.0464 |
259 |
1 |
95.43 |
2009-06-28 |
| 105. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
95.43 |
0.9351 |
0.0573 |
190 |
1 |
95.43 |
2009-07-07 |
| 106. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
95.33 |
1.0125 |
-0.0179 |
224 |
2 |
91.00 |
2009-07-05 |
| 107. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
95.29 |
1.0711 |
-0.0798 |
213 |
1 |
95.29 |
2009-06-29 |
| 108. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
95.23 |
1.0352 |
-0.0368 |
341 |
1 |
95.23 |
2011-10-13 |
| 109. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
95.08 |
0.9699 |
0.0237 |
269 |
2 |
88.47 |
2009-07-08 |
| 110. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
95.07 |
0.9682 |
0.0240 |
143 |
3 |
84.40 |
2009-06-29 |
| 111. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
94.36 |
1.0426 |
-0.0567 |
323 |
4 |
89.19 |
2009-06-30 |
| 112. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
93.88 |
0.9622 |
0.0257 |
392 |
4 |
85.47 |
2011-09-22 |
| 113. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
93.73 |
1.0385 |
-0.0604 |
230 |
2 |
88.88 |
2009-06-29 |
| 114. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
93.58 |
1.1018 |
-0.1299 |
220 |
2 |
88.27 |
2009-06-27 |
| 115. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
93.55 |
1.0486 |
-0.0698 |
289 |
4 |
85.18 |
2011-10-16 |
| 116. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
93.40 |
1.0412 |
-0.0654 |
225 |
1 |
93.40 |
2011-10-20 |
| 117. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
93.14 |
1.0787 |
-0.1063 |
237 |
4 |
88.80 |
2011-09-22 |
| 118. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
93.13 |
1.1162 |
-0.1016 |
189 |
1 |
93.13 |
2011-10-20 |
| 119. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
93.12 |
0.9697 |
0.0040 |
249 |
2 |
88.75 |
2011-10-15 |
| 120. |
When she returns to the forum page, her post is there. It is... |
93.12 |
1.0547 |
-0.0465 |
257 |
1 |
93.12 |
2011-09-22 |
| 121. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
92.51 |
1.0666 |
-0.0995 |
297 |
1 |
92.51 |
2011-10-13 |
| 122. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
92.46 |
1.0131 |
-0.0505 |
225 |
1 |
92.46 |
2009-06-29 |
| 123. |
The sooner your kids appreciate the value of work, the more ... |
92.32 |
1.0669 |
-0.0696 |
286 |
1 |
92.32 |
2011-10-19 |
| 124. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
92.15 |
1.0534 |
-0.0880 |
357 |
1 |
92.15 |
2009-07-01 |
| 125. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
92.03 |
0.9997 |
-0.0342 |
382 |
3 |
85.69 |
2009-06-28 |
| 126. |
Never give up, no matter how far behind you are, no matter h... |
92.02 |
1.0667 |
-0.0664 |
406 |
1 |
92.02 |
2011-10-20 |
| 127. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
92.01 |
0.8553 |
0.1013 |
174 |
1 |
92.01 |
2009-07-05 |
| 128. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
91.88 |
1.0334 |
-0.0796 |
131 |
1 |
91.88 |
2009-06-29 |
| 129. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
91.76 |
1.0829 |
-0.1224 |
288 |
2 |
86.75 |
2009-06-30 |
| 130. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
91.67 |
0.9966 |
-0.0391 |
259 |
3 |
84.89 |
2009-06-29 |
| 131. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
91.60 |
1.0498 |
-0.0972 |
180 |
3 |
78.30 |
2011-09-23 |
| 132. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
91.43 |
1.0352 |
-0.0765 |
341 |
4 |
86.68 |
2011-10-20 |
| 133. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
91.43 |
1.0714 |
-0.1247 |
129 |
1 |
91.43 |
2011-10-20 |
| 134. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
90.95 |
1.0668 |
-0.1138 |
350 |
2 |
90.85 |
2009-07-06 |
| 135. |
To an outsider's ear it sounds absurdly wild and ridiculous ... |
90.93 |
1.0365 |
-0.0563 |
162 |
1 |
90.93 |
2011-10-13 |
| 136. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
90.93 |
1.0595 |
-0.1067 |
379 |
2 |
88.21 |
2009-07-01 |
| 137. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
90.53 |
1.0454 |
-0.1031 |
255 |
3 |
89.25 |
2009-06-29 |
| 138. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
90.52 |
1.0214 |
-0.0772 |
269 |
2 |
88.69 |
2009-06-30 |
| 139. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
90.50 |
1.0487 |
-0.1080 |
231 |
2 |
86.15 |
2009-06-29 |
| 140. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
90.27 |
1.0361 |
-0.0918 |
269 |
4 |
83.53 |
2011-10-20 |
| 141. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
90.16 |
1.0023 |
-0.0621 |
211 |
2 |
89.26 |
2011-10-20 |
| 142. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
89.98 |
0.9411 |
-0.0001 |
318 |
2 |
86.94 |
2009-06-29 |
| 143. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
89.64 |
1.0214 |
-0.0902 |
166 |
2 |
80.69 |
2009-06-29 |
| 144. |
And though my journeys did take me to a great many states, a... |
89.54 |
0.9994 |
-0.0333 |
269 |
2 |
87.29 |
2011-10-19 |
| 145. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
89.21 |
1.0016 |
-0.0742 |
218 |
2 |
89.13 |
2009-06-29 |
| 146. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
89.20 |
1.0358 |
-0.0623 |
349 |
1 |
89.20 |
2011-10-19 |
| 147. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
89.12 |
0.9897 |
-0.0609 |
274 |
1 |
89.12 |
2009-06-29 |
| 148. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
89.09 |
1.0375 |
-0.0607 |
200 |
1 |
89.09 |
2011-10-20 |
| 149. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
89.07 |
0.9846 |
-0.0551 |
281 |
2 |
88.40 |
2011-10-13 |
| 150. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
88.73 |
1.0796 |
-0.1574 |
129 |
1 |
88.73 |
2009-06-29 |
| 151. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
88.72 |
0.9769 |
-0.0522 |
263 |
2 |
82.51 |
2011-09-22 |
| 152. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
88.69 |
0.9786 |
-0.0526 |
235 |
5 |
85.75 |
2009-07-01 |
| 153. |
Because most of the 150,000 tons of gold ever mined is still... |
88.65 |
0.9303 |
-0.0105 |
176 |
1 |
88.65 |
2011-09-24 |
| 154. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
88.61 |
0.9886 |
-0.0604 |
220 |
1 |
88.61 |
2011-10-19 |
| 155. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
88.54 |
1.0613 |
-0.1355 |
266 |
1 |
88.54 |
2009-06-28 |
| 156. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
88.46 |
0.9342 |
-0.0066 |
434 |
1 |
88.46 |
2009-06-30 |
| 157. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
88.37 |
1.0398 |
-0.1272 |
110 |
2 |
86.31 |
2009-06-29 |
| 158. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
88.33 |
1.0165 |
-0.0899 |
392 |
3 |
85.59 |
2008-08-25 |
| 159. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
88.29 |
1.0284 |
-0.0628 |
282 |
1 |
88.29 |
2011-10-19 |
| 160. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
88.07 |
1.0252 |
-0.1117 |
176 |
1 |
88.07 |
2011-10-19 |
| 161. |
When I was a kid, you never saw radicchio in the produce sec... |
87.95 |
0.9790 |
-0.0197 |
311 |
1 |
87.95 |
2011-10-19 |
| 162. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
87.88 |
1.0529 |
-0.1351 |
351 |
1 |
87.88 |
2008-08-08 |
| 163. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
87.86 |
0.9910 |
-0.0714 |
295 |
1 |
87.86 |
2009-07-01 |
| 164. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
87.58 |
1.0197 |
-0.1078 |
226 |
2 |
86.89 |
2011-10-20 |
| 165. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
87.54 |
1.0621 |
-0.1284 |
263 |
1 |
87.54 |
2011-09-22 |
| 166. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
86.99 |
0.9710 |
-0.0690 |
173 |
3 |
81.25 |
2008-10-02 |
| 167. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
86.95 |
0.8919 |
0.0145 |
205 |
3 |
85.70 |
2009-07-06 |
| 168. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
86.48 |
0.9514 |
-0.0480 |
237 |
2 |
86.31 |
2009-06-29 |
| 169. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
86.42 |
0.9763 |
-0.0743 |
289 |
3 |
84.97 |
2011-09-23 |
| 170. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
86.35 |
1.0254 |
-0.0829 |
217 |
1 |
86.35 |
2011-09-23 |
| 171. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
86.30 |
1.0141 |
-0.0766 |
304 |
1 |
86.30 |
2011-09-22 |
| 172. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
86.25 |
1.0795 |
-0.1483 |
226 |
1 |
86.25 |
2011-10-14 |
| 173. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
86.18 |
1.0767 |
-0.1790 |
212 |
3 |
82.78 |
2011-09-22 |
| 174. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
86.09 |
0.9567 |
-0.0579 |
273 |
1 |
86.09 |
2009-06-28 |
| 175. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
86.08 |
0.9646 |
-0.0666 |
264 |
1 |
86.08 |
2009-06-30 |
| 176. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
85.95 |
1.0368 |
-0.1384 |
276 |
1 |
85.95 |
2009-06-27 |
| 177. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
85.92 |
0.9965 |
-0.0990 |
310 |
2 |
83.21 |
2009-07-01 |
| 178. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
85.86 |
1.0083 |
-0.0676 |
273 |
1 |
85.86 |
2011-10-13 |
| 179. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
85.49 |
0.9851 |
-0.0903 |
317 |
3 |
84.56 |
2009-07-01 |
| 180. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
85.15 |
1.0232 |
-0.0883 |
350 |
1 |
85.15 |
2011-10-20 |
| 181. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
85.07 |
1.0419 |
-0.1537 |
261 |
2 |
84.33 |
2011-10-13 |
| 182. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
84.82 |
1.0684 |
-0.1531 |
253 |
1 |
84.82 |
2011-09-22 |
| 183. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
84.63 |
1.0053 |
-0.1238 |
232 |
2 |
82.44 |
2011-10-13 |
| 184. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
84.61 |
0.9072 |
-0.0256 |
237 |
1 |
84.61 |
2008-08-09 |
| 185. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
84.43 |
0.9884 |
-0.1078 |
233 |
1 |
84.43 |
2009-06-28 |
| 186. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
84.00 |
0.9601 |
-0.0785 |
308 |
3 |
78.29 |
2011-10-13 |
| 187. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
83.91 |
0.9986 |
-0.1221 |
283 |
1 |
83.91 |
2011-10-01 |
| 188. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
83.66 |
0.9965 |
-0.1280 |
168 |
2 |
80.56 |
2009-07-04 |
| 189. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
83.39 |
1.0441 |
-0.1722 |
252 |
1 |
83.39 |
2011-10-13 |
| 190. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
83.19 |
0.9976 |
-0.1091 |
174 |
2 |
76.80 |
2011-10-20 |
| 191. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
82.94 |
0.8602 |
0.0032 |
206 |
1 |
82.94 |
2009-06-29 |
| 192. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
82.84 |
1.0201 |
-0.1551 |
303 |
1 |
82.84 |
2009-06-27 |
| 193. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
82.62 |
0.9991 |
-0.1364 |
225 |
1 |
82.62 |
2009-06-21 |
| 194. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
82.54 |
1.0316 |
-0.1664 |
333 |
1 |
82.54 |
2009-06-30 |
| 195. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
82.30 |
0.9786 |
-0.1250 |
193 |
1 |
82.30 |
2009-06-28 |
| 196. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
82.11 |
0.9866 |
-0.1335 |
218 |
2 |
80.85 |
2008-08-25 |
| 197. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
82.08 |
1.0251 |
-0.1708 |
261 |
1 |
82.08 |
2011-09-23 |
| 198. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
81.85 |
1.0173 |
-0.1190 |
268 |
2 |
77.81 |
2011-10-20 |
| 199. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
81.84 |
1.0396 |
-0.1928 |
149 |
2 |
79.17 |
2011-10-13 |
| 200. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
81.63 |
0.9649 |
-0.1143 |
193 |
3 |
79.00 |
2009-06-29 |
| 201. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
81.47 |
0.9768 |
-0.1241 |
387 |
1 |
81.47 |
2008-08-24 |
| 202. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
81.34 |
1.0042 |
-0.1140 |
352 |
1 |
81.34 |
2011-10-20 |
| 203. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
81.07 |
0.9843 |
-0.1435 |
234 |
1 |
81.07 |
2011-09-22 |
| 204. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
80.83 |
0.8722 |
-0.0260 |
285 |
1 |
80.83 |
2008-08-08 |
| 205. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
80.47 |
1.0025 |
-0.1621 |
336 |
1 |
80.47 |
2009-06-29 |
| 206. |
Paper as we know it today was invented in China in around 10... |
80.30 |
1.0031 |
-0.1319 |
304 |
1 |
80.30 |
2011-09-23 |
| 207. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
79.59 |
1.0347 |
-0.1792 |
550 |
1 |
79.59 |
2011-09-22 |
| 208. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
79.07 |
1.0337 |
-0.2097 |
214 |
1 |
79.07 |
2009-06-28 |
| 209. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
78.96 |
1.0025 |
-0.1791 |
256 |
1 |
78.96 |
2009-06-28 |
| 210. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
78.64 |
0.8890 |
-0.0725 |
199 |
1 |
78.64 |
2008-08-08 |
| 211. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
78.22 |
0.9691 |
-0.1540 |
223 |
1 |
78.22 |
2008-10-02 |
| 212. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
77.79 |
0.8996 |
-0.0940 |
192 |
1 |
77.79 |
2009-06-30 |
| 213. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
77.72 |
0.9527 |
-0.1425 |
251 |
2 |
76.35 |
2009-06-27 |
| 214. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
77.14 |
0.9734 |
-0.1695 |
289 |
1 |
77.14 |
2009-06-27 |
| 215. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
77.06 |
1.0545 |
-0.2105 |
416 |
1 |
77.06 |
2011-09-22 |
| 216. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
77.02 |
0.9266 |
-0.1236 |
267 |
1 |
77.02 |
2009-06-27 |
| 217. |
Your inner child will be happy to know that when it comes to... |
76.79 |
1.0288 |
-0.1962 |
300 |
1 |
76.79 |
2011-09-22 |
| 218. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
76.30 |
0.9398 |
-0.1352 |
419 |
1 |
76.30 |
2008-08-31 |
| 219. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
76.13 |
0.9772 |
-0.1872 |
217 |
1 |
76.13 |
2008-08-09 |
| 220. |
It may seem quite novelistic to you, and I am willing to agr... |
75.74 |
0.9529 |
-0.1229 |
269 |
1 |
75.74 |
2011-09-23 |
| 221. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
75.65 |
0.9852 |
-0.1965 |
264 |
1 |
75.65 |
2009-06-27 |
| 222. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
75.40 |
0.9941 |
-0.2107 |
217 |
1 |
75.40 |
2008-08-24 |
| 223. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
74.73 |
0.9279 |
-0.1427 |
317 |
1 |
74.73 |
2008-08-25 |
| 224. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
74.71 |
1.0292 |
-0.2521 |
262 |
1 |
74.71 |
2009-06-30 |
| 225. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
74.37 |
0.9293 |
-0.1537 |
355 |
1 |
74.37 |
2008-08-08 |
| 226. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
74.12 |
0.9758 |
-0.2029 |
314 |
1 |
74.12 |
2011-09-23 |
| 227. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
73.03 |
0.9881 |
-0.1869 |
424 |
1 |
73.03 |
2011-09-22 |
| 228. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
72.81 |
0.9005 |
-0.1437 |
212 |
2 |
71.44 |
2009-06-30 |
| 229. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
71.64 |
0.9907 |
-0.2109 |
397 |
1 |
71.64 |
2011-09-23 |
| 230. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
70.45 |
0.9234 |
-0.1847 |
346 |
1 |
70.45 |
2011-09-23 |