| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
96.57 |
1.0711 |
0.2555 |
213 |
6 |
71.45 |
2009-07-02 |
| 2. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
96.41 |
1.0565 |
0.2704 |
247 |
6 |
74.68 |
2009-06-24 |
| 3. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
93.91 |
1.0417 |
0.2505 |
253 |
3 |
88.74 |
2009-06-24 |
| 4. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
92.19 |
1.0797 |
0.1854 |
210 |
2 |
82.65 |
2009-06-24 |
| 5. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
90.10 |
1.0534 |
0.1904 |
357 |
4 |
80.83 |
2009-06-20 |
| 6. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
90.02 |
1.0515 |
0.1871 |
250 |
5 |
75.08 |
2009-06-24 |
| 7. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
89.55 |
1.1114 |
0.1199 |
247 |
3 |
85.71 |
2009-06-27 |
| 8. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
88.05 |
1.0993 |
0.1117 |
265 |
3 |
81.63 |
2009-06-24 |
| 9. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
87.16 |
1.0060 |
0.1900 |
171 |
4 |
77.17 |
2009-06-24 |
| 10. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
86.73 |
1.0529 |
0.1417 |
351 |
4 |
75.23 |
2009-06-24 |
| 11. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
86.61 |
1.0053 |
0.1857 |
232 |
4 |
74.16 |
2009-07-02 |
| 12. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
86.30 |
1.0528 |
0.1309 |
201 |
3 |
80.70 |
2009-06-24 |
| 13. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
86.09 |
1.0013 |
0.1836 |
273 |
5 |
67.96 |
2009-06-24 |
| 14. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
85.53 |
0.9527 |
0.2252 |
251 |
5 |
58.35 |
2009-06-11 |
| 15. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
85.22 |
0.9884 |
0.1845 |
233 |
5 |
69.54 |
2009-06-26 |
| 16. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
84.52 |
0.9786 |
0.1848 |
235 |
5 |
72.80 |
2009-06-24 |
| 17. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
84.44 |
0.9865 |
0.1774 |
276 |
3 |
64.88 |
2009-06-10 |
| 18. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
83.96 |
1.0214 |
0.1330 |
269 |
4 |
76.04 |
2009-06-27 |
| 19. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
83.93 |
0.9966 |
0.1585 |
259 |
5 |
73.64 |
2009-06-24 |
| 20. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
83.88 |
0.9964 |
0.1587 |
203 |
4 |
70.47 |
2009-06-08 |
| 21. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
83.78 |
1.0251 |
0.1263 |
261 |
3 |
73.81 |
2009-06-09 |
| 22. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
83.68 |
1.0441 |
0.1096 |
252 |
2 |
78.17 |
2009-06-10 |
| 23. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
83.67 |
1.0462 |
0.0998 |
184 |
5 |
76.68 |
2009-06-24 |
| 24. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
83.46 |
0.9886 |
0.1631 |
220 |
6 |
70.62 |
2009-06-27 |
| 25. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
83.40 |
1.0483 |
0.0970 |
227 |
1 |
83.40 |
2009-06-24 |
| 26. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
83.40 |
1.0131 |
0.1313 |
225 |
4 |
69.30 |
2009-06-24 |
| 27. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
83.36 |
1.0289 |
0.1233 |
276 |
2 |
70.72 |
2009-06-10 |
| 28. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
83.35 |
0.9429 |
0.2060 |
287 |
3 |
73.76 |
2009-06-24 |
| 29. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
83.27 |
0.9772 |
0.1658 |
217 |
4 |
71.41 |
2009-06-11 |
| 30. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
83.21 |
1.0567 |
0.0896 |
303 |
3 |
62.97 |
2009-06-11 |
| 31. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
83.20 |
0.9769 |
0.1665 |
263 |
2 |
74.56 |
2009-06-10 |
| 32. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
83.20 |
0.9653 |
0.1885 |
394 |
3 |
79.09 |
2009-06-10 |
| 33. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
83.03 |
1.0885 |
0.0580 |
315 |
1 |
83.03 |
2009-06-10 |
| 34. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
82.97 |
0.9785 |
0.1670 |
335 |
3 |
77.43 |
2009-06-24 |
| 35. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
82.92 |
1.0477 |
0.0963 |
360 |
5 |
76.53 |
2009-06-24 |
| 36. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
82.91 |
1.1018 |
0.0333 |
220 |
4 |
69.49 |
2009-06-08 |
| 37. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
82.82 |
1.0523 |
0.0837 |
256 |
1 |
82.82 |
2009-06-09 |
| 38. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
82.61 |
1.0109 |
0.1272 |
276 |
3 |
62.14 |
2009-06-11 |
| 39. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
82.51 |
0.9426 |
0.1964 |
317 |
6 |
71.14 |
2009-06-10 |
| 40. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
82.10 |
1.0521 |
0.0733 |
171 |
1 |
82.10 |
2009-06-11 |
| 41. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
82.07 |
1.0124 |
0.1150 |
204 |
3 |
74.59 |
2009-06-11 |
| 42. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
82.06 |
0.9907 |
0.1374 |
211 |
2 |
60.38 |
2009-06-09 |
| 43. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
81.92 |
0.9866 |
0.1374 |
218 |
1 |
81.92 |
2009-06-07 |
| 44. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
81.76 |
1.0352 |
0.0929 |
341 |
3 |
73.44 |
2009-06-20 |
| 45. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
81.56 |
0.9946 |
0.1279 |
246 |
2 |
80.62 |
2009-06-14 |
| 46. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
81.52 |
1.1016 |
0.0207 |
233 |
2 |
80.08 |
2009-05-19 |
| 47. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
81.51 |
0.9776 |
0.1446 |
308 |
8 |
72.66 |
2009-06-24 |
| 48. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
81.34 |
0.9619 |
0.1629 |
393 |
7 |
70.36 |
2009-06-11 |
| 49. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
81.34 |
0.8961 |
0.2201 |
189 |
6 |
63.39 |
2009-06-11 |
| 50. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
81.28 |
0.9899 |
0.1242 |
163 |
3 |
75.15 |
2009-06-10 |
| 51. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
81.06 |
0.9731 |
0.1301 |
129 |
4 |
64.14 |
2009-06-24 |
| 52. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
80.87 |
1.0025 |
0.1105 |
256 |
3 |
74.00 |
2009-06-09 |
| 53. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
80.80 |
1.0063 |
0.1062 |
371 |
2 |
78.28 |
2009-06-09 |
| 54. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
80.79 |
1.0252 |
0.0803 |
176 |
4 |
72.57 |
2009-06-24 |
| 55. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
80.60 |
1.0596 |
0.0476 |
239 |
4 |
73.36 |
2009-06-10 |
| 56. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
80.57 |
1.0349 |
0.0733 |
234 |
1 |
80.57 |
2009-06-24 |
| 57. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
80.53 |
1.0389 |
0.0719 |
340 |
3 |
62.56 |
2009-06-14 |
| 58. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
80.51 |
1.0201 |
0.0884 |
303 |
7 |
71.91 |
2009-06-11 |
| 59. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
80.51 |
0.9965 |
0.1119 |
310 |
2 |
77.37 |
2009-07-02 |
| 60. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
80.41 |
0.9894 |
0.1217 |
323 |
3 |
76.08 |
2009-06-24 |
| 61. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
80.40 |
0.9910 |
0.1175 |
295 |
5 |
76.15 |
2009-06-27 |
| 62. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
80.23 |
1.0613 |
0.0438 |
266 |
3 |
74.28 |
2009-06-10 |
| 63. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
79.74 |
0.9863 |
0.1155 |
339 |
5 |
72.35 |
2009-06-20 |
| 64. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
79.73 |
1.0796 |
0.0128 |
129 |
2 |
79.22 |
2009-06-10 |
| 65. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
79.70 |
0.9942 |
0.1114 |
483 |
2 |
75.10 |
2009-06-24 |
| 66. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
79.48 |
1.0389 |
0.0565 |
318 |
9 |
69.78 |
2009-06-11 |
| 67. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
79.41 |
1.0337 |
0.0585 |
214 |
3 |
72.95 |
2009-06-11 |
| 68. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
79.38 |
1.0788 |
0.0080 |
171 |
2 |
71.14 |
2009-06-24 |
| 69. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
79.34 |
0.9681 |
0.1320 |
378 |
3 |
75.09 |
2009-06-10 |
| 70. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
79.29 |
1.0787 |
0.0111 |
237 |
4 |
66.88 |
2009-06-08 |
| 71. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
79.27 |
1.0666 |
0.0243 |
297 |
5 |
63.44 |
2009-06-11 |
| 72. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
79.21 |
0.9846 |
0.1043 |
281 |
3 |
69.48 |
2009-06-10 |
| 73. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
79.15 |
1.0555 |
0.0351 |
363 |
5 |
72.49 |
2009-06-10 |
| 74. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
79.15 |
1.0391 |
0.0562 |
358 |
1 |
79.15 |
2009-06-11 |
| 75. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
79.09 |
1.0034 |
0.0834 |
302 |
2 |
77.15 |
2009-06-09 |
| 76. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
78.93 |
1.0297 |
0.0552 |
249 |
3 |
75.66 |
2009-06-10 |
| 77. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
78.83 |
1.0033 |
0.0747 |
189 |
4 |
72.41 |
2009-06-24 |
| 78. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
78.80 |
1.0361 |
0.0492 |
269 |
7 |
60.62 |
2009-06-20 |
| 79. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
78.65 |
0.8916 |
0.1909 |
216 |
8 |
64.22 |
2009-06-24 |
| 80. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
78.64 |
0.9740 |
0.1040 |
209 |
4 |
63.50 |
2009-06-10 |
| 81. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
78.21 |
1.0218 |
0.0514 |
268 |
3 |
66.52 |
2009-06-24 |
| 82. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
78.18 |
0.9072 |
0.1667 |
237 |
3 |
73.61 |
2009-06-24 |
| 83. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
77.96 |
1.0445 |
0.0290 |
373 |
3 |
71.09 |
2009-06-10 |
| 84. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
77.89 |
0.9430 |
0.1213 |
211 |
4 |
70.53 |
2009-06-11 |
| 85. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
77.83 |
1.0125 |
0.0560 |
224 |
2 |
58.08 |
2009-06-14 |
| 86. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
77.76 |
0.9795 |
0.0903 |
308 |
7 |
69.55 |
2009-06-24 |
| 87. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
77.74 |
0.9833 |
0.0878 |
355 |
2 |
69.90 |
2009-06-08 |
| 88. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
77.65 |
0.9233 |
0.1367 |
168 |
3 |
64.09 |
2009-06-09 |
| 89. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
77.50 |
0.9612 |
0.1050 |
256 |
2 |
69.67 |
2009-06-10 |
| 90. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
77.47 |
1.0165 |
0.0532 |
392 |
4 |
70.22 |
2009-06-09 |
| 91. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
77.45 |
0.9754 |
0.0962 |
362 |
5 |
67.42 |
2009-06-24 |
| 92. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
77.41 |
1.0213 |
0.0404 |
240 |
4 |
74.46 |
2009-06-11 |
| 93. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
77.37 |
1.0829 |
-0.0170 |
288 |
1 |
77.37 |
2009-06-08 |
| 94. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
77.28 |
0.9202 |
0.1422 |
254 |
3 |
56.39 |
2009-06-08 |
| 95. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
77.22 |
1.0201 |
0.0462 |
375 |
2 |
71.43 |
2009-06-24 |
| 96. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
77.20 |
0.9636 |
0.0983 |
254 |
3 |
60.15 |
2009-06-11 |
| 97. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
77.09 |
0.9339 |
0.1251 |
310 |
5 |
70.78 |
2009-06-24 |
| 98. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
77.03 |
0.9798 |
0.0741 |
199 |
2 |
72.09 |
2009-06-08 |
| 99. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
76.89 |
1.0261 |
0.0297 |
273 |
4 |
63.85 |
2009-06-11 |
| 100. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
76.88 |
1.0138 |
0.0433 |
231 |
5 |
70.77 |
2009-06-10 |
| 101. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
76.74 |
1.0463 |
0.0047 |
182 |
5 |
68.41 |
2009-06-24 |
| 102. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
76.68 |
1.0516 |
0.0028 |
281 |
3 |
69.60 |
2009-06-11 |
| 103. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
76.63 |
1.0454 |
0.0050 |
255 |
2 |
70.11 |
2009-06-10 |
| 104. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
76.62 |
0.9234 |
0.1359 |
346 |
3 |
65.39 |
2009-06-24 |
| 105. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
76.27 |
0.9893 |
0.0599 |
323 |
3 |
72.12 |
2009-06-24 |
| 106. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
76.21 |
0.9756 |
0.0713 |
229 |
3 |
72.67 |
2009-06-14 |
| 107. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
76.11 |
0.9286 |
0.1172 |
194 |
4 |
62.93 |
2009-06-24 |
| 108. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
75.89 |
1.0016 |
0.0376 |
218 |
4 |
60.56 |
2009-06-24 |
| 109. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
75.79 |
0.9109 |
0.1341 |
401 |
7 |
63.92 |
2009-06-10 |
| 110. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
75.77 |
0.9500 |
0.0943 |
362 |
6 |
61.66 |
2009-06-24 |
| 111. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
75.74 |
0.9567 |
0.0848 |
273 |
4 |
60.95 |
2009-06-11 |
| 112. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
75.70 |
0.9710 |
0.0636 |
173 |
4 |
64.69 |
2009-06-20 |
| 113. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
75.54 |
0.9905 |
0.0562 |
377 |
3 |
69.03 |
2009-06-09 |
| 114. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
75.38 |
1.0613 |
-0.0196 |
456 |
3 |
73.76 |
2009-06-09 |
| 115. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
75.33 |
1.0197 |
0.0134 |
226 |
3 |
66.25 |
2009-05-19 |
| 116. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
75.24 |
1.0498 |
-0.0199 |
180 |
3 |
73.34 |
2009-06-08 |
| 117. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
75.18 |
0.9570 |
0.0786 |
287 |
8 |
61.56 |
2009-06-24 |
| 118. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
75.12 |
0.8852 |
0.1499 |
201 |
2 |
72.48 |
2009-06-09 |
| 119. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
75.10 |
1.0486 |
-0.0150 |
289 |
4 |
71.47 |
2009-06-11 |
| 120. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
75.06 |
1.0496 |
-0.0181 |
314 |
2 |
53.22 |
2009-06-11 |
| 121. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
75.06 |
1.0073 |
0.0329 |
369 |
2 |
62.52 |
2009-06-24 |
| 122. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
75.03 |
0.9045 |
0.1276 |
235 |
6 |
59.88 |
2009-06-11 |
| 123. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
74.84 |
0.9212 |
0.1112 |
323 |
3 |
57.18 |
2009-06-07 |
| 124. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
74.83 |
1.0399 |
-0.0057 |
294 |
3 |
70.69 |
2009-06-24 |
| 125. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
74.80 |
0.9513 |
0.0811 |
354 |
4 |
47.86 |
2009-06-08 |
| 126. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
74.76 |
1.0099 |
0.0152 |
207 |
3 |
64.56 |
2009-06-10 |
| 127. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
74.72 |
0.9125 |
0.1168 |
308 |
5 |
66.35 |
2009-06-11 |
| 128. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
74.63 |
0.9351 |
0.0856 |
190 |
3 |
66.43 |
2009-06-11 |
| 129. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
74.43 |
0.8947 |
0.1336 |
366 |
4 |
63.97 |
2009-06-10 |
| 130. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
74.38 |
0.9965 |
0.0214 |
168 |
4 |
65.33 |
2009-06-10 |
| 131. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
74.22 |
0.9986 |
0.0225 |
283 |
3 |
55.73 |
2009-06-07 |
| 132. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
74.21 |
1.0316 |
-0.0074 |
333 |
3 |
65.08 |
2009-06-24 |
| 133. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
73.94 |
1.0619 |
-0.0417 |
354 |
2 |
70.27 |
2009-05-19 |
| 134. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
73.70 |
1.0257 |
-0.0060 |
401 |
1 |
73.70 |
2009-05-17 |
| 135. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
73.58 |
0.9097 |
0.1435 |
464 |
3 |
69.67 |
2009-06-10 |
| 136. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
73.54 |
0.9723 |
0.0424 |
364 |
5 |
68.25 |
2009-06-24 |
| 137. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
73.53 |
1.0201 |
-0.0160 |
172 |
2 |
68.41 |
2009-06-08 |
| 138. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
73.39 |
0.9532 |
0.0545 |
258 |
1 |
73.39 |
2009-06-10 |
| 139. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
73.36 |
0.9646 |
0.0430 |
264 |
2 |
69.15 |
2009-05-19 |
| 140. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
73.26 |
0.9965 |
0.0112 |
277 |
6 |
64.67 |
2009-06-24 |
| 141. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
72.91 |
1.0168 |
-0.0131 |
271 |
5 |
58.67 |
2009-06-08 |
| 142. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
72.90 |
1.0167 |
-0.0078 |
378 |
2 |
65.87 |
2009-06-08 |
| 143. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
72.69 |
0.9758 |
0.0241 |
314 |
2 |
67.80 |
2009-06-08 |
| 144. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
72.67 |
0.9309 |
0.0661 |
284 |
3 |
66.48 |
2009-06-24 |
| 145. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
72.65 |
0.9293 |
0.0701 |
355 |
3 |
59.96 |
2009-06-11 |
| 146. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
72.64 |
0.9266 |
0.0720 |
267 |
2 |
65.93 |
2009-06-24 |
| 147. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
72.59 |
0.9614 |
0.0394 |
292 |
1 |
72.59 |
2009-06-10 |
| 148. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
72.59 |
1.0334 |
-0.0421 |
131 |
2 |
67.83 |
2009-06-11 |
| 149. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
72.50 |
0.9691 |
0.0270 |
223 |
2 |
70.02 |
2009-06-10 |
| 150. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
72.42 |
1.0263 |
-0.0317 |
267 |
3 |
70.45 |
2009-06-14 |
| 151. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
72.33 |
0.9635 |
0.0361 |
389 |
1 |
72.33 |
2009-06-10 |
| 152. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
72.16 |
1.0419 |
-0.0501 |
261 |
2 |
70.82 |
2009-06-07 |
| 153. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
71.97 |
0.9697 |
0.0197 |
249 |
2 |
67.19 |
2009-06-08 |
| 154. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
71.92 |
1.0577 |
-0.0727 |
247 |
2 |
68.99 |
2009-06-09 |
| 155. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
71.80 |
0.9844 |
0.0072 |
293 |
3 |
68.69 |
2009-06-11 |
| 156. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
71.60 |
0.9342 |
0.0533 |
434 |
4 |
66.12 |
2009-06-10 |
| 157. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
71.59 |
0.9831 |
0.0088 |
469 |
4 |
67.50 |
2009-06-10 |
| 158. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
71.44 |
0.9991 |
-0.0168 |
225 |
3 |
69.54 |
2009-06-07 |
| 159. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
71.39 |
0.9768 |
0.0069 |
387 |
3 |
67.31 |
2009-06-10 |
| 160. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
71.33 |
1.0368 |
-0.0556 |
276 |
4 |
66.75 |
2009-06-24 |
| 161. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
71.23 |
0.9851 |
-0.0040 |
317 |
3 |
66.96 |
2009-06-01 |
| 162. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
71.16 |
1.0767 |
-0.1010 |
212 |
2 |
71.12 |
2009-06-09 |
| 163. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
71.05 |
0.9879 |
-0.0028 |
450 |
2 |
68.09 |
2009-06-24 |
| 164. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
70.93 |
0.9411 |
0.0344 |
318 |
3 |
56.20 |
2009-06-07 |
| 165. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
70.91 |
0.9278 |
0.0493 |
295 |
5 |
60.02 |
2009-06-11 |
| 166. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
70.89 |
0.9763 |
-0.0027 |
289 |
2 |
63.13 |
2009-06-08 |
| 167. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
70.83 |
1.0120 |
-0.0395 |
290 |
2 |
69.67 |
2009-06-10 |
| 168. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
70.80 |
1.0004 |
-0.0336 |
212 |
3 |
61.56 |
2009-06-24 |
| 169. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
70.77 |
1.0095 |
-0.0381 |
316 |
1 |
70.77 |
2009-05-17 |
| 170. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
70.74 |
1.0062 |
-0.0341 |
288 |
2 |
64.74 |
2009-06-08 |
| 171. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
70.65 |
1.0025 |
-0.0308 |
336 |
2 |
67.47 |
2009-05-17 |
| 172. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
70.56 |
0.9672 |
0.0088 |
396 |
1 |
70.56 |
2009-06-11 |
| 173. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
70.56 |
0.9687 |
0.0055 |
371 |
4 |
61.99 |
2009-06-20 |
| 174. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
70.54 |
1.0292 |
-0.0612 |
262 |
3 |
65.83 |
2009-05-19 |
| 175. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
70.49 |
0.9699 |
-0.0019 |
269 |
6 |
63.21 |
2009-06-10 |
| 176. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
70.35 |
0.8826 |
0.0854 |
296 |
4 |
60.97 |
2009-06-14 |
| 177. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
70.22 |
1.0183 |
-0.0591 |
191 |
3 |
52.46 |
2009-06-24 |
| 178. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
70.16 |
0.9088 |
0.0604 |
348 |
2 |
64.86 |
2009-06-11 |
| 179. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
70.11 |
0.9557 |
0.0139 |
331 |
1 |
70.11 |
2009-06-20 |
| 180. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
69.98 |
0.9064 |
0.0643 |
399 |
3 |
67.15 |
2009-06-10 |
| 181. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
69.94 |
1.0068 |
-0.0426 |
358 |
1 |
69.94 |
2009-06-07 |
| 182. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
69.88 |
0.9372 |
0.0269 |
320 |
1 |
69.88 |
2009-06-10 |
| 183. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
69.86 |
0.9632 |
0.0030 |
392 |
2 |
63.02 |
2009-06-24 |
| 184. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
69.48 |
1.0426 |
-0.0888 |
323 |
3 |
59.71 |
2009-06-08 |
| 185. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
69.39 |
1.0189 |
-0.0623 |
337 |
1 |
69.39 |
2009-06-09 |
| 186. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
69.36 |
1.0668 |
-0.1115 |
350 |
1 |
69.36 |
2009-06-07 |
| 187. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
69.34 |
0.9682 |
-0.0175 |
143 |
4 |
57.79 |
2009-06-08 |
| 188. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
69.14 |
0.9805 |
-0.0261 |
292 |
3 |
68.15 |
2009-06-09 |
| 189. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
69.06 |
1.0714 |
-0.1316 |
129 |
3 |
54.11 |
2009-06-10 |
| 190. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
68.86 |
0.9168 |
0.0304 |
240 |
1 |
68.86 |
2009-06-24 |
| 191. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
68.83 |
0.9593 |
-0.0091 |
398 |
2 |
66.87 |
2009-05-17 |
| 192. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
68.61 |
1.0385 |
-0.0979 |
230 |
5 |
65.01 |
2009-06-07 |
| 193. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
68.40 |
1.0203 |
-0.0774 |
261 |
1 |
68.40 |
2009-05-17 |
| 194. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
68.02 |
0.8958 |
0.0430 |
322 |
5 |
60.21 |
2009-06-14 |
| 195. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
68.02 |
0.9540 |
-0.0216 |
285 |
4 |
57.17 |
2009-06-09 |
| 196. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
68.01 |
0.9820 |
-0.0452 |
267 |
2 |
65.89 |
2009-06-24 |
| 197. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
67.93 |
0.9936 |
-0.0610 |
311 |
1 |
67.93 |
2009-05-17 |
| 198. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
67.90 |
0.9005 |
0.0305 |
212 |
3 |
61.47 |
2009-06-08 |
| 199. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
67.70 |
0.9997 |
-0.0664 |
382 |
1 |
67.70 |
2009-06-10 |
| 200. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
67.54 |
0.9084 |
0.0209 |
300 |
4 |
64.58 |
2009-06-11 |
| 201. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
67.45 |
0.9289 |
-0.0050 |
204 |
3 |
59.07 |
2009-06-10 |
| 202. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
67.43 |
0.9843 |
-0.0633 |
234 |
3 |
60.46 |
2009-06-24 |
| 203. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
67.21 |
0.9330 |
-0.0035 |
360 |
3 |
50.55 |
2009-06-14 |
| 204. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
66.65 |
1.0331 |
-0.1202 |
234 |
1 |
66.65 |
2009-05-19 |
| 205. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
66.57 |
0.8553 |
0.0536 |
174 |
1 |
66.57 |
2009-06-08 |
| 206. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
66.53 |
0.9941 |
-0.0831 |
217 |
4 |
58.69 |
2009-06-24 |
| 207. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
66.37 |
0.8753 |
0.0451 |
427 |
2 |
63.44 |
2009-06-01 |
| 208. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
66.33 |
0.9578 |
-0.0476 |
281 |
1 |
66.33 |
2009-05-19 |
| 209. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
66.08 |
0.9811 |
-0.0712 |
272 |
5 |
56.42 |
2009-05-19 |
| 210. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
66.00 |
0.9365 |
-0.0290 |
248 |
3 |
62.97 |
2009-06-08 |
| 211. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
65.75 |
0.9049 |
0.0031 |
351 |
3 |
59.85 |
2009-06-24 |
| 212. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
64.85 |
0.8810 |
0.0098 |
282 |
2 |
46.83 |
2009-05-17 |
| 213. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
64.74 |
1.0023 |
-0.1157 |
211 |
3 |
46.13 |
2009-06-09 |
| 214. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
64.73 |
0.8770 |
0.0146 |
300 |
3 |
53.99 |
2009-06-24 |
| 215. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
64.68 |
0.8956 |
-0.0033 |
322 |
2 |
61.99 |
2009-06-09 |
| 216. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
64.62 |
0.9597 |
-0.0688 |
347 |
1 |
64.62 |
2009-05-17 |
| 217. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
64.38 |
0.9852 |
-0.1014 |
264 |
1 |
64.38 |
2009-06-09 |
| 218. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
64.35 |
0.9786 |
-0.1007 |
193 |
2 |
44.81 |
2009-06-11 |
| 219. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
64.22 |
0.9841 |
-0.0990 |
334 |
3 |
58.79 |
2009-06-08 |
| 220. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
64.17 |
0.9485 |
-0.0662 |
236 |
2 |
63.64 |
2009-06-08 |
| 221. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
64.07 |
0.9857 |
-0.1075 |
293 |
4 |
56.08 |
2009-05-19 |
| 222. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
64.04 |
0.9734 |
-0.0949 |
289 |
1 |
64.04 |
2009-06-24 |
| 223. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
62.86 |
1.0340 |
-0.1665 |
406 |
1 |
62.86 |
2009-06-04 |
| 224. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
62.58 |
0.9514 |
-0.0927 |
237 |
2 |
49.25 |
2009-06-07 |
| 225. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
62.39 |
0.8919 |
-0.0378 |
205 |
2 |
44.68 |
2009-05-17 |
| 226. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
62.22 |
0.9464 |
-0.0879 |
323 |
1 |
62.22 |
2009-06-08 |
| 227. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
62.03 |
0.9164 |
-0.0608 |
305 |
3 |
59.46 |
2009-06-07 |
| 228. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
61.86 |
0.8878 |
-0.0396 |
346 |
3 |
60.30 |
2009-06-08 |
| 229. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
61.67 |
0.8981 |
-0.0477 |
393 |
2 |
53.57 |
2009-06-01 |
| 230. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
61.51 |
0.9148 |
-0.0699 |
317 |
2 |
51.28 |
2009-05-17 |
| 231. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
61.14 |
0.9684 |
-0.1273 |
388 |
2 |
61.01 |
2009-05-17 |
| 232. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
61.04 |
0.9213 |
-0.0838 |
295 |
2 |
48.26 |
2009-06-11 |
| 233. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
60.67 |
0.7876 |
0.0468 |
316 |
4 |
48.17 |
2009-06-08 |
| 234. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
60.61 |
0.8722 |
-0.0383 |
285 |
3 |
60.47 |
2009-06-08 |
| 235. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
60.45 |
0.8811 |
-0.0477 |
239 |
2 |
52.89 |
2009-06-08 |
| 236. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
60.31 |
0.8933 |
-0.0601 |
363 |
2 |
55.66 |
2009-06-07 |
| 237. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
60.31 |
0.9649 |
-0.1392 |
193 |
1 |
60.31 |
2009-05-17 |
| 238. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
59.83 |
0.9897 |
-0.1719 |
274 |
1 |
59.83 |
2009-06-07 |
| 239. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
59.76 |
0.8602 |
-0.0432 |
206 |
2 |
59.57 |
2009-06-11 |
| 240. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
59.63 |
0.8105 |
0.0026 |
204 |
2 |
57.45 |
2009-06-08 |
| 241. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
59.56 |
0.8890 |
-0.0762 |
199 |
2 |
55.91 |
2009-06-24 |
| 242. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
59.05 |
0.9468 |
-0.1380 |
276 |
1 |
59.05 |
2009-05-17 |
| 243. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
58.54 |
0.8951 |
-0.0907 |
193 |
1 |
58.54 |
2009-05-17 |
| 244. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
58.41 |
0.9074 |
-0.1005 |
396 |
1 |
58.41 |
2009-05-17 |
| 245. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
58.41 |
0.9087 |
-0.0976 |
393 |
1 |
58.41 |
2009-05-19 |
| 246. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
58.39 |
1.0595 |
-0.2569 |
379 |
1 |
58.39 |
2009-05-17 |
| 247. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
58.16 |
0.9780 |
-0.1801 |
337 |
1 |
58.16 |
2009-05-17 |
| 248. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
57.80 |
1.0398 |
-0.2584 |
110 |
1 |
57.80 |
2009-05-17 |
| 249. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
56.61 |
0.9601 |
-0.1801 |
308 |
1 |
56.61 |
2009-06-10 |
| 250. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
54.64 |
0.8595 |
-0.1098 |
242 |
2 |
49.78 |
2009-06-09 |
| 251. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
44.26 |
1.0444 |
-0.4476 |
197 |
1 |
44.26 |
2009-06-09 |
| 252. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
43.23 |
1.0296 |
-0.4342 |
437 |
1 |
43.23 |
2009-05-17 |
| 253. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
42.80 |
0.9279 |
-0.3384 |
317 |
1 |
42.80 |
2009-06-11 |
| 254. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
42.44 |
0.9171 |
-0.3388 |
165 |
1 |
42.44 |
2009-06-09 |
| 255. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
39.93 |
0.9572 |
-0.4152 |
201 |
2 |
33.85 |
2009-06-11 |
| 256. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
39.47 |
1.0029 |
-0.4726 |
209 |
1 |
39.47 |
2009-05-17 |
| 257. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
38.59 |
1.0214 |
-0.5024 |
166 |
1 |
38.59 |
2009-06-11 |
| 258. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
36.71 |
0.9226 |
-0.4181 |
348 |
1 |
36.71 |
2009-05-17 |
| 259. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
35.84 |
0.8899 |
-0.3927 |
293 |
1 |
35.84 |
2009-06-11 |
| 260. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
34.69 |
0.8442 |
-0.3701 |
265 |
1 |
34.69 |
2009-05-17 |
| 261. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
30.69 |
1.0696 |
-0.6587 |
226 |
1 |
30.69 |
2009-05-17 |
| 262. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
29.52 |
1.0487 |
-0.6556 |
231 |
1 |
29.52 |
2009-05-17 |
| 263. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
29.27 |
0.8900 |
-0.4942 |
164 |
1 |
29.27 |
2009-05-17 |
| 264. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
28.63 |
0.9633 |
-0.5754 |
304 |
1 |
28.63 |
2009-05-17 |
| 265. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
27.50 |
0.9019 |
-0.5267 |
204 |
1 |
27.50 |
2009-05-17 |
| 266. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
22.96 |
0.8809 |
-0.5763 |
127 |
1 |
22.96 |
2009-06-11 |