| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
53.58 |
1.0385 |
0.4742 |
230 |
3 |
41.58 |
2009-05-15 |
| 2. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
52.30 |
0.9289 |
0.5468 |
204 |
5 |
33.99 |
2009-07-17 |
| 3. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
50.49 |
0.9339 |
0.4910 |
310 |
6 |
35.60 |
2009-05-16 |
| 4. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
50.08 |
1.0528 |
0.3569 |
201 |
7 |
40.45 |
2010-03-17 |
| 5. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
48.61 |
0.9411 |
0.4325 |
318 |
7 |
33.55 |
2009-07-03 |
| 6. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
48.51 |
0.8951 |
0.4771 |
193 |
8 |
33.75 |
2009-06-11 |
| 7. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
47.18 |
0.9226 |
0.4157 |
348 |
4 |
36.13 |
2009-05-16 |
| 8. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
45.23 |
0.9532 |
0.3220 |
258 |
5 |
34.67 |
2009-05-17 |
| 9. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
43.14 |
0.9196 |
0.2990 |
148 |
7 |
37.74 |
2009-07-10 |
| 10. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
43.02 |
0.8809 |
0.3304 |
127 |
8 |
33.83 |
2010-06-04 |
| 11. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
42.64 |
0.9572 |
0.2443 |
201 |
11 |
34.23 |
2011-01-12 |
| 12. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
42.54 |
1.0799 |
0.1162 |
243 |
9 |
36.28 |
2009-07-03 |
| 13. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
42.08 |
1.0788 |
0.1023 |
171 |
7 |
36.37 |
2011-01-12 |
| 14. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
41.73 |
1.1018 |
0.0685 |
220 |
5 |
40.56 |
2009-06-10 |
| 15. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
41.54 |
1.0131 |
0.1543 |
225 |
7 |
34.61 |
2009-07-17 |
| 16. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
41.44 |
0.8961 |
0.2689 |
189 |
9 |
31.30 |
2010-03-17 |
| 17. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
41.12 |
0.9221 |
0.2357 |
244 |
7 |
38.00 |
2009-06-18 |
| 18. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
40.71 |
0.9325 |
0.2084 |
156 |
7 |
35.83 |
2009-06-06 |
| 19. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
40.45 |
1.0711 |
0.0640 |
213 |
6 |
36.48 |
2010-03-17 |
| 20. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
40.41 |
1.0523 |
0.0825 |
256 |
4 |
36.74 |
2009-07-03 |
| 21. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
40.36 |
0.9633 |
0.1765 |
304 |
4 |
35.37 |
2008-11-07 |
| 22. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
40.35 |
0.9307 |
0.2146 |
246 |
6 |
32.24 |
2009-05-23 |
| 23. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
40.17 |
1.0529 |
0.0792 |
351 |
7 |
35.80 |
2010-04-02 |
| 24. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
40.08 |
1.0696 |
0.0565 |
226 |
2 |
39.31 |
2009-07-10 |
| 25. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
39.80 |
0.9430 |
0.1714 |
211 |
7 |
36.01 |
2009-05-16 |
| 26. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
39.36 |
1.0797 |
0.0238 |
210 |
6 |
37.15 |
2009-06-18 |
| 27. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
39.29 |
0.8666 |
0.2435 |
150 |
2 |
35.52 |
2010-03-17 |
| 28. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
39.29 |
0.9731 |
0.1215 |
129 |
4 |
32.66 |
2011-01-14 |
| 29. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
38.87 |
0.9769 |
0.1162 |
263 |
6 |
35.09 |
2009-09-04 |
| 30. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
38.80 |
0.8077 |
0.2836 |
167 |
5 |
33.63 |
2009-05-21 |
| 31. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
38.78 |
0.8715 |
0.2172 |
130 |
1 |
38.78 |
2008-11-07 |
| 32. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
38.75 |
1.1114 |
-0.0224 |
247 |
6 |
34.29 |
2011-01-12 |
| 33. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
38.67 |
1.0498 |
0.0349 |
180 |
3 |
33.32 |
2009-05-21 |
| 34. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
38.64 |
1.0120 |
0.0758 |
290 |
8 |
32.97 |
2011-01-12 |
| 35. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
38.57 |
0.9226 |
0.1678 |
177 |
7 |
32.44 |
2010-03-17 |
| 36. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
38.54 |
1.0462 |
0.0334 |
184 |
4 |
36.54 |
2011-01-14 |
| 37. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
38.52 |
0.9936 |
0.0913 |
311 |
2 |
35.55 |
2008-10-31 |
| 38. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
38.49 |
1.0125 |
0.0695 |
224 |
3 |
36.17 |
2009-02-09 |
| 39. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
38.45 |
1.0426 |
0.0399 |
323 |
5 |
34.18 |
2011-01-14 |
| 40. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
38.45 |
1.0417 |
0.0390 |
253 |
4 |
35.09 |
2009-06-18 |
| 41. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
38.43 |
1.0445 |
0.0390 |
373 |
4 |
36.54 |
2011-01-14 |
| 42. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
38.34 |
1.0095 |
0.0694 |
316 |
4 |
34.41 |
2009-02-09 |
| 43. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
38.25 |
1.0334 |
0.0376 |
131 |
7 |
32.77 |
2009-06-17 |
| 44. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
38.25 |
1.0496 |
0.0272 |
314 |
3 |
35.30 |
2009-06-11 |
| 45. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
38.23 |
0.9697 |
0.1074 |
249 |
9 |
33.23 |
2010-03-17 |
| 46. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
38.22 |
1.0029 |
0.0673 |
209 |
4 |
35.04 |
2009-07-10 |
| 47. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
38.07 |
0.9780 |
0.0953 |
337 |
1 |
38.07 |
2009-05-26 |
| 48. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
38.06 |
0.8544 |
0.2181 |
170 |
1 |
38.06 |
2008-10-20 |
| 49. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
38.01 |
0.9316 |
0.1450 |
287 |
7 |
34.15 |
2009-06-25 |
| 50. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
37.95 |
0.8791 |
0.1889 |
190 |
7 |
32.16 |
2010-06-04 |
| 51. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
37.93 |
1.0016 |
0.0622 |
218 |
2 |
36.95 |
2009-02-06 |
| 52. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
37.90 |
0.9884 |
0.0834 |
262 |
3 |
36.63 |
2009-08-20 |
| 53. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
37.87 |
1.0331 |
0.0313 |
234 |
6 |
34.14 |
2010-03-17 |
| 54. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
37.84 |
0.9811 |
0.0874 |
272 |
5 |
34.48 |
2008-12-24 |
| 55. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
37.79 |
1.0483 |
0.0131 |
227 |
5 |
35.89 |
2009-04-16 |
| 56. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
37.76 |
0.9281 |
0.1405 |
273 |
6 |
33.82 |
2009-02-11 |
| 57. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
37.74 |
1.0389 |
0.0264 |
340 |
5 |
34.64 |
2009-07-03 |
| 58. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
37.74 |
1.0444 |
0.0119 |
197 |
3 |
35.89 |
2011-01-14 |
| 59. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
37.73 |
0.9257 |
0.1425 |
317 |
3 |
35.84 |
2008-10-25 |
| 60. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
37.71 |
1.0168 |
0.0467 |
271 |
6 |
34.42 |
2010-03-17 |
| 61. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
37.68 |
0.9048 |
0.1610 |
271 |
5 |
33.31 |
2010-04-02 |
| 62. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
37.47 |
0.9351 |
0.1146 |
190 |
6 |
31.43 |
2010-04-02 |
| 63. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
37.34 |
0.9045 |
0.1473 |
235 |
7 |
33.70 |
2009-06-18 |
| 64. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
37.29 |
1.0515 |
-0.0033 |
250 |
6 |
33.65 |
2008-12-23 |
| 65. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
37.28 |
1.0034 |
0.0449 |
302 |
1 |
37.28 |
2008-12-13 |
| 66. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
37.25 |
0.8996 |
0.1439 |
192 |
6 |
32.21 |
2011-01-12 |
| 67. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
37.24 |
1.0197 |
0.0261 |
226 |
7 |
32.62 |
2009-06-11 |
| 68. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
37.24 |
1.0521 |
-0.0082 |
171 |
1 |
37.24 |
2009-06-17 |
| 69. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
37.19 |
1.0201 |
0.0204 |
172 |
4 |
34.17 |
2009-01-10 |
| 70. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
37.18 |
1.0025 |
0.0444 |
256 |
8 |
33.39 |
2010-06-04 |
| 71. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
37.16 |
1.1016 |
-0.0551 |
233 |
5 |
33.71 |
2010-03-17 |
| 72. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
37.14 |
0.9772 |
0.0651 |
217 |
3 |
33.44 |
2009-06-11 |
| 73. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
37.14 |
1.0292 |
0.0153 |
262 |
4 |
35.89 |
2009-06-24 |
| 74. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
37.07 |
1.0486 |
-0.0040 |
289 |
5 |
33.85 |
2009-08-03 |
| 75. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
37.04 |
1.0565 |
-0.0161 |
247 |
5 |
34.48 |
2009-08-03 |
| 76. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
37.00 |
1.0596 |
-0.0199 |
239 |
5 |
34.19 |
2010-03-17 |
| 77. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
36.94 |
1.0214 |
0.0133 |
166 |
6 |
33.17 |
2010-04-02 |
| 78. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
36.83 |
1.0577 |
-0.0242 |
247 |
2 |
36.14 |
2009-06-10 |
| 79. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
36.81 |
1.0714 |
-0.0439 |
129 |
3 |
34.78 |
2009-03-07 |
| 80. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
36.79 |
1.0361 |
0.0008 |
269 |
1 |
36.79 |
2011-01-14 |
| 81. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
36.71 |
1.0429 |
-0.0107 |
259 |
4 |
33.85 |
2009-05-16 |
| 82. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
36.67 |
0.8628 |
0.1662 |
196 |
5 |
33.89 |
2009-05-14 |
| 83. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
36.66 |
1.0214 |
0.0091 |
269 |
7 |
34.78 |
2009-06-09 |
| 84. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
36.56 |
1.0251 |
0.0020 |
261 |
7 |
34.90 |
2009-06-11 |
| 85. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
36.53 |
0.9251 |
0.1083 |
177 |
5 |
32.20 |
2009-02-18 |
| 86. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
36.47 |
0.9578 |
0.0684 |
281 |
7 |
32.15 |
2009-06-25 |
| 87. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
36.44 |
1.0567 |
-0.0302 |
303 |
5 |
33.20 |
2009-06-10 |
| 88. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
36.39 |
1.0767 |
-0.0544 |
212 |
1 |
36.39 |
2010-03-17 |
| 89. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
36.28 |
1.0677 |
-0.0160 |
284 |
1 |
36.28 |
2011-01-14 |
| 90. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
36.27 |
0.9233 |
0.0894 |
168 |
4 |
33.91 |
2008-10-23 |
| 91. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
36.25 |
1.0389 |
-0.0167 |
318 |
4 |
34.66 |
2008-12-25 |
| 92. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
36.24 |
0.9897 |
0.0282 |
274 |
4 |
34.16 |
2009-06-18 |
| 93. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
36.23 |
0.9846 |
0.0342 |
281 |
7 |
32.45 |
2009-07-17 |
| 94. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
36.17 |
0.9342 |
0.0875 |
434 |
2 |
34.61 |
2008-12-23 |
| 95. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
36.13 |
0.8910 |
0.1277 |
150 |
5 |
32.03 |
2009-02-11 |
| 96. |
With no map to navigate one's life, some of us have stood st... |
36.12 |
0.8841 |
0.1393 |
194 |
1 |
36.12 |
2011-01-14 |
| 97. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
36.12 |
0.8581 |
0.1556 |
136 |
1 |
36.12 |
2011-01-12 |
| 98. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
36.08 |
1.0666 |
-0.0509 |
297 |
4 |
34.51 |
2009-06-24 |
| 99. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
36.06 |
0.8573 |
0.1613 |
270 |
11 |
32.42 |
2009-06-18 |
| 100. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
36.05 |
1.0013 |
0.0126 |
273 |
5 |
32.94 |
2009-01-19 |
| 101. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
36.04 |
0.9684 |
0.0488 |
388 |
7 |
32.23 |
2011-01-14 |
| 102. |
Consider this: Is the pious being loved by the gods because ... |
36.02 |
0.7981 |
0.2134 |
126 |
1 |
36.02 |
2010-04-02 |
| 103. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
35.89 |
0.9128 |
0.1029 |
133 |
8 |
30.88 |
2011-01-12 |
| 104. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
35.87 |
1.0183 |
-0.0143 |
191 |
5 |
34.84 |
2011-01-14 |
| 105. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
35.83 |
0.8892 |
0.1253 |
207 |
3 |
31.86 |
2008-12-05 |
| 106. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
35.83 |
0.9941 |
0.0120 |
217 |
4 |
34.64 |
2010-03-17 |
| 107. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
35.73 |
0.9899 |
0.0110 |
163 |
5 |
30.25 |
2009-02-10 |
| 108. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
35.63 |
0.9756 |
0.0259 |
229 |
1 |
35.63 |
2008-11-20 |
| 109. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
35.60 |
1.0138 |
-0.0123 |
231 |
4 |
33.54 |
2011-01-14 |
| 110. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
35.58 |
0.9820 |
0.0222 |
267 |
4 |
32.45 |
2009-10-28 |
| 111. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
35.55 |
1.0441 |
-0.0421 |
252 |
3 |
32.96 |
2009-02-18 |
| 112. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
35.47 |
0.9798 |
0.0127 |
199 |
7 |
31.44 |
2009-04-16 |
| 113. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
35.47 |
0.9710 |
0.0207 |
173 |
4 |
32.08 |
2011-01-12 |
| 114. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
35.46 |
1.0099 |
-0.0149 |
207 |
5 |
32.99 |
2009-07-17 |
| 115. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
35.46 |
0.8295 |
0.1702 |
209 |
4 |
32.25 |
2009-02-07 |
| 116. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
35.45 |
0.8747 |
0.1185 |
201 |
2 |
34.23 |
2008-11-20 |
| 117. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
35.42 |
0.9884 |
0.0076 |
233 |
2 |
33.93 |
2008-10-31 |
| 118. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
35.41 |
0.9873 |
0.0065 |
155 |
1 |
35.41 |
2010-04-02 |
| 119. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
35.36 |
0.7934 |
0.2009 |
134 |
1 |
35.36 |
2011-01-14 |
| 120. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
35.31 |
1.0213 |
-0.0308 |
240 |
7 |
31.90 |
2009-08-17 |
| 121. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
35.27 |
0.9763 |
0.0157 |
289 |
3 |
31.34 |
2009-06-11 |
| 122. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
35.24 |
0.8941 |
0.0996 |
216 |
3 |
31.01 |
2009-06-10 |
| 123. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
35.22 |
0.8070 |
0.1866 |
137 |
2 |
32.67 |
2009-09-04 |
| 124. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
35.21 |
1.0796 |
-0.0936 |
129 |
5 |
32.24 |
2009-01-10 |
| 125. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
35.20 |
0.8615 |
0.1291 |
110 |
1 |
35.20 |
2008-11-21 |
| 126. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
35.18 |
0.9729 |
0.0173 |
255 |
4 |
33.85 |
2009-07-03 |
| 127. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
35.18 |
0.8887 |
0.1153 |
128 |
4 |
33.88 |
2008-10-20 |
| 128. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
35.17 |
0.9682 |
0.0196 |
143 |
6 |
30.49 |
2009-05-23 |
| 129. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
35.17 |
0.8900 |
0.1009 |
164 |
4 |
33.01 |
2009-06-17 |
| 130. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
35.16 |
0.9851 |
0.0065 |
317 |
6 |
31.67 |
2009-05-23 |
| 131. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
35.16 |
1.0004 |
-0.0171 |
212 |
6 |
32.01 |
2009-06-16 |
| 132. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
35.12 |
0.9691 |
0.0187 |
223 |
11 |
32.73 |
2009-05-14 |
| 133. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
35.10 |
1.0337 |
-0.0466 |
214 |
4 |
32.70 |
2009-06-05 |
| 134. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
35.08 |
0.8788 |
0.1048 |
134 |
3 |
32.48 |
2009-06-16 |
| 135. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
35.06 |
0.9612 |
0.0253 |
256 |
5 |
33.84 |
2009-02-09 |
| 136. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
35.02 |
1.0516 |
-0.0666 |
281 |
5 |
30.99 |
2009-02-18 |
| 137. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
34.90 |
1.0787 |
-0.0980 |
237 |
2 |
34.41 |
2009-05-23 |
| 138. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
34.89 |
0.9863 |
-0.0002 |
339 |
10 |
30.63 |
2009-06-05 |
| 139. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
34.87 |
1.0124 |
-0.0337 |
204 |
6 |
30.03 |
2009-05-23 |
| 140. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
34.84 |
0.9266 |
0.0555 |
278 |
2 |
33.22 |
2008-12-05 |
| 141. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
34.82 |
0.8919 |
0.0861 |
205 |
4 |
32.91 |
2009-06-09 |
| 142. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
34.79 |
1.0023 |
-0.0254 |
211 |
7 |
30.59 |
2011-01-12 |
| 143. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
34.77 |
0.9964 |
-0.0180 |
203 |
5 |
31.68 |
2011-01-14 |
| 144. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
34.76 |
0.9893 |
-0.0112 |
323 |
9 |
31.87 |
2009-01-19 |
| 145. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
34.74 |
0.8899 |
0.0986 |
293 |
2 |
31.50 |
2008-12-06 |
| 146. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
34.66 |
0.9202 |
0.0542 |
254 |
6 |
29.91 |
2009-06-05 |
| 147. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
34.61 |
1.0390 |
-0.0691 |
205 |
1 |
34.61 |
2008-12-05 |
| 148. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
34.57 |
0.8956 |
0.0796 |
217 |
2 |
34.17 |
2008-10-20 |
| 149. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
34.51 |
0.9966 |
-0.0263 |
259 |
3 |
33.80 |
2009-07-17 |
| 150. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
34.50 |
1.0033 |
-0.0394 |
189 |
5 |
32.45 |
2011-01-14 |
| 151. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
34.50 |
0.8190 |
0.1586 |
135 |
1 |
34.50 |
2008-10-23 |
| 152. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
34.48 |
0.8826 |
0.0888 |
296 |
4 |
30.81 |
2008-12-13 |
| 153. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
34.44 |
1.0025 |
-0.0327 |
336 |
2 |
33.56 |
2009-02-07 |
| 154. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
34.37 |
0.8739 |
0.0890 |
136 |
2 |
32.25 |
2009-06-17 |
| 155. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
34.36 |
0.8653 |
0.1126 |
255 |
5 |
31.79 |
2009-06-18 |
| 156. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
34.35 |
0.9886 |
-0.0198 |
220 |
5 |
30.64 |
2009-06-05 |
| 157. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
34.33 |
1.0201 |
-0.0540 |
303 |
6 |
32.71 |
2009-09-04 |
| 158. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
34.23 |
0.9865 |
-0.0225 |
276 |
3 |
31.89 |
2008-11-21 |
| 159. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
34.20 |
1.0487 |
-0.0917 |
231 |
4 |
31.13 |
2009-02-07 |
| 160. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
34.20 |
1.0203 |
-0.0549 |
261 |
3 |
33.88 |
2008-11-19 |
| 161. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
34.19 |
0.9164 |
0.0501 |
305 |
3 |
31.23 |
2009-07-10 |
| 162. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
34.16 |
0.8154 |
0.1473 |
193 |
5 |
30.24 |
2009-06-10 |
| 163. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
34.12 |
0.8442 |
0.1195 |
265 |
4 |
32.48 |
2011-01-14 |
| 164. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
34.06 |
1.0419 |
-0.0839 |
261 |
3 |
32.26 |
2009-09-04 |
| 165. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
34.00 |
0.8810 |
0.0761 |
282 |
6 |
31.54 |
2009-02-11 |
| 166. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
33.96 |
0.9649 |
-0.0108 |
193 |
5 |
31.65 |
2010-06-04 |
| 167. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
33.95 |
1.0993 |
-0.1465 |
265 |
3 |
33.04 |
2008-12-24 |
| 168. |
However we choose to feed ourselves, we eat by the grace of ... |
33.92 |
0.9986 |
-0.0495 |
162 |
1 |
33.92 |
2011-01-14 |
| 169. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
33.89 |
0.8770 |
0.0794 |
300 |
1 |
33.89 |
2008-12-08 |
| 170. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
33.87 |
0.9740 |
-0.0255 |
209 |
5 |
29.19 |
2011-01-12 |
| 171. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
33.87 |
0.9468 |
0.0053 |
276 |
5 |
32.02 |
2009-08-04 |
| 172. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
33.85 |
0.9260 |
0.0364 |
243 |
6 |
32.80 |
2009-06-18 |
| 173. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
33.74 |
0.9309 |
0.0161 |
284 |
3 |
32.94 |
2009-05-26 |
| 174. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
33.69 |
0.9275 |
0.0167 |
211 |
3 |
31.53 |
2009-02-18 |
| 175. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
33.62 |
1.0375 |
-0.0460 |
200 |
3 |
31.98 |
2010-03-17 |
| 176. |
Since the ninja is that being than which nothing sweeter can... |
33.58 |
0.8919 |
0.0547 |
152 |
1 |
33.58 |
2009-09-04 |
| 177. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
33.55 |
0.9857 |
-0.0432 |
293 |
5 |
29.83 |
2009-05-16 |
| 178. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
33.54 |
0.8118 |
0.1363 |
109 |
2 |
31.77 |
2009-01-10 |
| 179. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
33.54 |
1.0252 |
-0.0885 |
176 |
5 |
31.89 |
2009-06-24 |
| 180. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
33.54 |
0.8811 |
0.0667 |
239 |
4 |
31.91 |
2010-03-17 |
| 181. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
33.48 |
1.0053 |
-0.0658 |
232 |
2 |
31.49 |
2009-05-14 |
| 182. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
33.46 |
0.9263 |
0.0181 |
188 |
2 |
33.18 |
2009-04-16 |
| 183. |
I don't want to go in there. He's a dangerous bastard. Taken... |
33.46 |
0.9368 |
0.0193 |
174 |
1 |
33.46 |
2008-09-30 |
| 184. |
She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separa... |
33.33 |
0.8787 |
0.0632 |
202 |
1 |
33.33 |
2010-03-17 |
| 185. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
33.32 |
0.9527 |
-0.0159 |
251 |
5 |
30.82 |
2009-06-24 |
| 186. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
33.28 |
1.0297 |
-0.0951 |
249 |
2 |
31.40 |
2008-12-23 |
| 187. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
33.27 |
0.8125 |
0.1255 |
197 |
1 |
33.27 |
2009-08-03 |
| 188. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
33.26 |
0.9786 |
-0.0486 |
193 |
2 |
32.00 |
2008-10-20 |
| 189. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
33.23 |
0.8709 |
0.0714 |
202 |
4 |
30.85 |
2009-06-05 |
| 190. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
33.23 |
0.9125 |
0.0237 |
308 |
5 |
31.34 |
2009-05-23 |
| 191. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
33.22 |
0.9286 |
0.0045 |
194 |
4 |
29.02 |
2009-01-13 |
| 192. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
33.17 |
1.0261 |
-0.0953 |
273 |
3 |
32.78 |
2009-06-09 |
| 193. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
33.15 |
0.9910 |
-0.0570 |
295 |
3 |
32.63 |
2009-06-25 |
| 194. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
33.14 |
0.9991 |
-0.0668 |
225 |
3 |
28.87 |
2009-06-17 |
| 195. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
33.07 |
0.8602 |
0.0674 |
206 |
8 |
29.64 |
2008-12-25 |
| 196. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
33.03 |
0.8821 |
0.0461 |
176 |
3 |
29.87 |
2009-06-10 |
| 197. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
32.94 |
0.8188 |
0.1084 |
183 |
1 |
32.94 |
2008-10-01 |
| 198. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
32.92 |
0.8852 |
0.0424 |
201 |
4 |
28.55 |
2009-06-22 |
| 199. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
32.90 |
0.9084 |
0.0207 |
404 |
3 |
30.46 |
2009-05-14 |
| 200. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
32.80 |
0.9965 |
-0.0792 |
168 |
2 |
32.08 |
2009-06-10 |
| 201. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
32.78 |
1.0218 |
-0.1032 |
268 |
1 |
32.78 |
2009-06-24 |
| 202. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
32.75 |
0.8553 |
0.0603 |
174 |
4 |
28.97 |
2010-03-17 |
| 203. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
32.74 |
0.9540 |
-0.0354 |
285 |
2 |
31.99 |
2009-06-18 |
| 204. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
32.70 |
0.9805 |
-0.0566 |
292 |
3 |
30.31 |
2009-06-22 |
| 205. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
32.70 |
0.8722 |
0.0500 |
285 |
4 |
30.86 |
2009-06-05 |
| 206. |
The goal of the true seeker is to become a sage, or superior... |
32.54 |
0.9340 |
-0.0195 |
296 |
2 |
31.56 |
2010-03-17 |
| 207. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
32.53 |
0.9212 |
-0.0035 |
323 |
3 |
31.27 |
2009-02-10 |
| 208. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
32.46 |
0.9567 |
-0.0445 |
273 |
1 |
32.46 |
2009-01-09 |
| 209. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
32.45 |
0.9500 |
-0.0357 |
362 |
3 |
31.23 |
2008-12-25 |
| 210. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
32.39 |
0.9213 |
-0.0104 |
295 |
4 |
30.09 |
2009-04-16 |
| 211. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
32.28 |
0.9843 |
-0.0820 |
234 |
5 |
30.81 |
2009-07-03 |
| 212. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
32.23 |
0.9986 |
-0.0921 |
283 |
2 |
30.90 |
2010-03-17 |
| 213. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
32.23 |
1.0063 |
-0.1000 |
371 |
1 |
32.23 |
2008-10-04 |
| 214. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
32.21 |
0.9724 |
-0.0635 |
237 |
2 |
30.14 |
2008-12-23 |
| 215. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
32.16 |
0.8353 |
0.0761 |
283 |
3 |
31.50 |
2009-04-16 |
| 216. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
32.10 |
0.9946 |
-0.0926 |
246 |
4 |
29.27 |
2009-07-10 |
| 217. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
32.07 |
0.8105 |
0.0865 |
204 |
4 |
28.43 |
2009-05-23 |
| 218. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
32.04 |
1.0263 |
-0.1266 |
267 |
2 |
31.31 |
2009-05-23 |
| 219. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
32.03 |
0.9597 |
-0.0554 |
347 |
3 |
30.96 |
2009-02-09 |
| 220. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
32.00 |
0.9576 |
-0.0537 |
212 |
3 |
30.78 |
2009-02-07 |
| 221. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
31.92 |
0.8745 |
0.0203 |
169 |
1 |
31.92 |
2008-10-01 |
| 222. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
31.78 |
1.0396 |
-0.1538 |
149 |
2 |
30.78 |
2008-12-13 |
| 223. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
31.68 |
0.8916 |
-0.0011 |
216 |
3 |
29.72 |
2010-03-17 |
| 224. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
31.66 |
1.0349 |
-0.1460 |
234 |
4 |
29.41 |
2009-06-18 |
| 225. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
31.57 |
0.9072 |
-0.0218 |
237 |
2 |
30.89 |
2009-01-10 |
| 226. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
31.54 |
0.8096 |
0.0845 |
209 |
7 |
29.46 |
2010-03-17 |
| 227. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
31.51 |
0.8975 |
-0.0117 |
268 |
4 |
29.65 |
2009-05-21 |
| 228. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
31.48 |
0.9514 |
-0.0666 |
237 |
5 |
29.40 |
2009-10-28 |
| 229. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
31.46 |
0.9019 |
-0.0128 |
204 |
1 |
31.46 |
2009-06-25 |
| 230. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
31.44 |
0.8533 |
0.0311 |
232 |
7 |
29.15 |
2010-03-17 |
| 231. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
31.43 |
0.9614 |
-0.0753 |
292 |
3 |
29.85 |
2009-07-03 |
| 232. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
31.29 |
0.7876 |
0.0941 |
316 |
1 |
31.29 |
2008-12-23 |
| 233. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
31.29 |
0.8500 |
0.0338 |
145 |
1 |
31.29 |
2009-09-04 |
| 234. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
31.09 |
0.9365 |
-0.0617 |
248 |
4 |
30.70 |
2008-11-20 |
| 235. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
31.08 |
0.9636 |
-0.0906 |
254 |
3 |
29.86 |
2009-05-26 |
| 236. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
30.99 |
0.8890 |
-0.0221 |
199 |
6 |
29.41 |
2009-03-18 |
| 237. |
Burning my bridges and smashing my mirrors, turning to see i... |
30.97 |
1.0388 |
-0.1372 |
243 |
1 |
30.97 |
2010-03-17 |
| 238. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
30.82 |
0.9429 |
-0.0759 |
287 |
4 |
30.50 |
2009-06-05 |
| 239. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
30.81 |
0.8792 |
-0.0045 |
296 |
2 |
29.56 |
2009-02-12 |
| 240. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
30.81 |
0.9513 |
-0.0821 |
354 |
1 |
30.81 |
2009-02-09 |
| 241. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
30.77 |
0.9646 |
-0.1013 |
264 |
1 |
30.77 |
2008-10-20 |
| 242. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
30.74 |
1.0109 |
-0.1467 |
276 |
7 |
29.81 |
2009-02-06 |
| 243. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
30.69 |
0.8971 |
-0.0298 |
266 |
6 |
29.95 |
2011-01-14 |
| 244. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
30.64 |
0.9758 |
-0.1146 |
314 |
3 |
29.47 |
2009-03-31 |
| 245. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
30.62 |
0.9965 |
-0.1359 |
277 |
2 |
29.26 |
2009-06-06 |
| 246. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
30.37 |
0.9168 |
-0.0627 |
240 |
7 |
29.10 |
2009-09-04 |
| 247. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
30.32 |
0.9171 |
-0.0654 |
165 |
1 |
30.32 |
2009-02-07 |
| 248. |
There is a trick for learning to type faster. That trick is ... |
30.26 |
0.8661 |
-0.0253 |
94 |
1 |
30.26 |
2010-03-17 |
| 249. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
30.00 |
0.9776 |
-0.1351 |
308 |
1 |
30.00 |
2009-05-14 |
| 250. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
29.96 |
0.8070 |
0.0311 |
167 |
1 |
29.96 |
2008-10-23 |
| 251. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
29.87 |
0.8153 |
0.0281 |
200 |
3 |
28.06 |
2008-11-07 |
| 252. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
29.79 |
0.8958 |
-0.0549 |
322 |
2 |
29.03 |
2009-02-12 |
| 253. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
29.72 |
0.8382 |
-0.0034 |
268 |
3 |
28.40 |
2009-06-16 |
| 254. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
29.69 |
1.0150 |
-0.1325 |
325 |
1 |
29.69 |
2010-04-02 |
| 255. |
Gardeners know how to grow top-notch crops. They determine w... |
29.66 |
1.0090 |
-0.1326 |
282 |
1 |
29.66 |
2010-04-02 |
| 256. |
Do you know why they call him Franky "Four Fingers" Doug? Be... |
29.54 |
0.8786 |
-0.0323 |
214 |
1 |
29.54 |
2008-09-30 |
| 257. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
29.34 |
0.8595 |
-0.0342 |
242 |
2 |
27.83 |
2008-12-06 |
| 258. |
You have to be a fairly determined ecological detective to f... |
29.29 |
0.8994 |
-0.0752 |
188 |
1 |
29.29 |
2011-01-12 |
| 259. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
29.23 |
0.9084 |
-0.0863 |
300 |
3 |
27.89 |
2008-12-05 |
| 260. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
29.17 |
0.9068 |
-0.0852 |
269 |
1 |
29.17 |
2009-02-09 |
| 261. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
29.13 |
1.0829 |
-0.2639 |
288 |
1 |
29.13 |
2008-10-14 |
| 262. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
29.08 |
0.9852 |
-0.1688 |
264 |
3 |
27.30 |
2009-06-18 |
| 263. |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and fin... |
29.08 |
0.8157 |
0.0001 |
121 |
1 |
29.08 |
2011-01-14 |
| 264. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
29.01 |
0.9907 |
-0.1782 |
211 |
2 |
27.39 |
2009-08-03 |
| 265. |
Desktop publishing revolutionized the creation of printed do... |
28.61 |
0.8023 |
0.0058 |
182 |
1 |
28.61 |
2011-01-12 |
| 266. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
27.24 |
1.0214 |
-0.2153 |
281 |
1 |
27.24 |
2011-01-12 |
| 267. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
26.92 |
0.7259 |
0.0345 |
186 |
1 |
26.92 |
2011-01-14 |
| 268. |
To some, the rules of etiquette may seem outdated, stuffy an... |
26.43 |
0.8348 |
-0.0880 |
219 |
1 |
26.43 |
2010-03-17 |
| 269. |
As civilizations grew, humans spread out across the face of ... |
26.39 |
0.9418 |
-0.1968 |
188 |
1 |
26.39 |
2010-04-02 |
| 270. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
26.11 |
0.9266 |
-0.1951 |
267 |
1 |
26.11 |
2008-10-23 |
| 271. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
25.17 |
0.8145 |
-0.1076 |
115 |
1 |
25.17 |
2010-03-17 |
| 272. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
23.59 |
0.9216 |
-0.2231 |
255 |
1 |
23.59 |
2011-01-12 |
| 273. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
23.01 |
0.7916 |
-0.1409 |
184 |
1 |
23.01 |
2008-10-13 |