| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
58.31 |
1.1018 |
0.1977 |
220 |
5 |
50.21 |
2009-04-06 |
| 2. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
58.05 |
1.0596 |
0.2384 |
239 |
4 |
47.62 |
2009-04-17 |
| 3. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
56.58 |
1.0788 |
0.1824 |
171 |
5 |
47.52 |
2009-06-14 |
| 4. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
56.54 |
1.0197 |
0.2433 |
226 |
7 |
45.18 |
2009-03-23 |
| 5. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
56.36 |
1.0799 |
0.1782 |
243 |
3 |
48.19 |
2009-04-06 |
| 6. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
55.76 |
1.0417 |
0.2041 |
253 |
5 |
48.20 |
2009-04-17 |
| 7. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
55.59 |
1.0521 |
0.1875 |
171 |
6 |
47.81 |
2009-05-10 |
| 8. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
55.29 |
1.0565 |
0.1785 |
247 |
3 |
47.04 |
2009-06-25 |
| 9. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
55.01 |
0.9769 |
0.2523 |
263 |
4 |
42.99 |
2009-03-16 |
| 10. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
54.90 |
1.0396 |
0.1820 |
149 |
4 |
46.22 |
2009-03-22 |
| 11. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
54.82 |
0.8442 |
0.3868 |
265 |
5 |
43.77 |
2009-06-14 |
| 12. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
53.98 |
1.0516 |
0.1560 |
281 |
6 |
47.16 |
2009-04-22 |
| 13. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
53.68 |
1.0487 |
0.1475 |
231 |
8 |
42.52 |
2009-04-01 |
| 14. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
53.67 |
1.0120 |
0.1882 |
290 |
8 |
47.89 |
2009-06-14 |
| 15. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
52.99 |
1.0441 |
0.1430 |
252 |
5 |
45.42 |
2009-06-26 |
| 16. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
52.44 |
1.0767 |
0.0943 |
212 |
6 |
46.54 |
2009-03-15 |
| 17. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
51.72 |
0.8852 |
0.2738 |
201 |
8 |
41.52 |
2009-06-25 |
| 18. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
51.66 |
0.9731 |
0.1699 |
129 |
5 |
44.73 |
2009-03-16 |
| 19. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
51.59 |
0.9196 |
0.2360 |
148 |
3 |
47.74 |
2009-03-10 |
| 20. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
50.91 |
0.9072 |
0.2297 |
237 |
4 |
42.92 |
2009-03-18 |
| 21. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
50.85 |
1.0138 |
0.1230 |
231 |
7 |
41.47 |
2009-06-25 |
| 22. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
50.85 |
1.0696 |
0.0641 |
226 |
5 |
43.80 |
2009-03-27 |
| 23. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
50.79 |
0.9941 |
0.1394 |
217 |
6 |
44.19 |
2009-04-27 |
| 24. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
50.69 |
1.0095 |
0.1230 |
316 |
7 |
45.44 |
2009-04-17 |
| 25. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
50.55 |
1.0331 |
0.0951 |
234 |
3 |
45.78 |
2009-03-14 |
| 26. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
50.36 |
0.9857 |
0.1394 |
293 |
5 |
42.31 |
2009-04-09 |
| 27. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
50.33 |
0.9946 |
0.1306 |
246 |
5 |
41.44 |
2009-05-10 |
| 28. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
50.32 |
1.0263 |
0.0981 |
267 |
2 |
44.53 |
2009-06-25 |
| 29. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
49.90 |
1.0124 |
0.1009 |
204 |
3 |
45.29 |
2009-03-31 |
| 30. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
49.88 |
1.0251 |
0.0880 |
261 |
5 |
40.72 |
2009-03-23 |
| 31. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
49.85 |
0.9213 |
0.1938 |
295 |
4 |
42.27 |
2009-04-30 |
| 32. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
49.77 |
0.9910 |
0.1237 |
295 |
9 |
41.64 |
2009-06-25 |
| 33. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
49.77 |
1.0787 |
0.0328 |
237 |
7 |
45.18 |
2009-03-18 |
| 34. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
49.76 |
1.0060 |
0.1019 |
171 |
2 |
43.78 |
2009-06-25 |
| 35. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
49.71 |
0.9576 |
0.1584 |
212 |
4 |
40.27 |
2009-06-14 |
| 36. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
49.55 |
0.9897 |
0.1158 |
274 |
3 |
45.73 |
2009-04-15 |
| 37. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
49.47 |
0.9772 |
0.1253 |
217 |
8 |
41.89 |
2009-05-10 |
| 38. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
49.37 |
0.9886 |
0.1176 |
220 |
6 |
43.01 |
2009-04-03 |
| 39. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
49.33 |
0.9884 |
0.1136 |
233 |
6 |
41.16 |
2009-04-27 |
| 40. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
49.26 |
1.0390 |
0.0584 |
205 |
5 |
42.77 |
2009-05-09 |
| 41. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
49.24 |
1.0523 |
0.0442 |
256 |
6 |
40.88 |
2009-03-23 |
| 42. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
49.19 |
1.0025 |
0.0971 |
256 |
7 |
41.81 |
2009-03-24 |
| 43. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
49.14 |
1.0183 |
0.0746 |
191 |
9 |
39.59 |
2009-05-03 |
| 44. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
49.06 |
1.0462 |
0.0444 |
184 |
10 |
42.26 |
2009-05-04 |
| 45. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
48.98 |
0.9846 |
0.1092 |
281 |
4 |
44.19 |
2009-03-11 |
| 46. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
48.83 |
1.0483 |
0.0402 |
227 |
3 |
44.70 |
2009-06-20 |
| 47. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
48.75 |
1.0993 |
-0.0117 |
265 |
5 |
42.16 |
2009-04-22 |
| 48. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
48.74 |
1.0515 |
0.0361 |
250 |
4 |
44.22 |
2009-03-21 |
| 49. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
48.64 |
1.0797 |
0.0019 |
210 |
6 |
41.76 |
2009-03-19 |
| 50. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
48.63 |
0.9513 |
0.1395 |
354 |
2 |
42.81 |
2009-03-19 |
| 51. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
48.53 |
0.9636 |
0.1210 |
254 |
4 |
44.56 |
2009-05-09 |
| 52. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
48.37 |
1.0252 |
0.0494 |
176 |
7 |
42.42 |
2009-06-25 |
| 53. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
48.27 |
1.0023 |
0.0747 |
211 |
4 |
42.37 |
2009-04-17 |
| 54. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
48.22 |
0.9019 |
0.1810 |
204 |
4 |
39.70 |
2009-05-03 |
| 55. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
48.08 |
1.0666 |
0.0081 |
297 |
2 |
44.21 |
2009-03-10 |
| 56. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
48.03 |
1.0463 |
0.0225 |
182 |
6 |
41.48 |
2009-04-09 |
| 57. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
47.99 |
1.0063 |
0.0666 |
371 |
8 |
43.07 |
2009-03-18 |
| 58. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
47.96 |
1.0419 |
0.0299 |
261 |
5 |
42.16 |
2009-04-06 |
| 59. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
47.89 |
0.9729 |
0.0976 |
255 |
5 |
44.05 |
2009-03-18 |
| 60. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
47.77 |
1.0444 |
0.0165 |
197 |
9 |
42.07 |
2009-04-27 |
| 61. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
47.76 |
0.9202 |
0.1464 |
254 |
1 |
47.76 |
2009-03-20 |
| 62. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
47.75 |
0.7876 |
0.2821 |
316 |
12 |
35.30 |
2009-06-25 |
| 63. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
47.74 |
1.0711 |
-0.0093 |
213 |
4 |
46.64 |
2009-04-03 |
| 64. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
47.69 |
0.9863 |
0.0838 |
339 |
7 |
41.65 |
2009-04-15 |
| 65. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
47.57 |
0.9411 |
0.1227 |
318 |
3 |
42.91 |
2009-03-22 |
| 66. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
47.49 |
0.9965 |
0.0599 |
168 |
3 |
42.78 |
2009-03-23 |
| 67. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
47.47 |
1.0168 |
0.0454 |
271 |
4 |
41.62 |
2009-06-14 |
| 68. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
47.45 |
1.0385 |
0.0200 |
230 |
6 |
38.89 |
2009-04-06 |
| 69. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
47.33 |
0.9740 |
0.0795 |
209 |
4 |
39.65 |
2009-05-02 |
| 70. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
47.28 |
1.0167 |
0.0466 |
378 |
2 |
47.06 |
2009-06-20 |
| 71. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
47.26 |
0.9233 |
0.1244 |
168 |
4 |
38.96 |
2009-03-13 |
| 72. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
47.23 |
1.0218 |
0.0306 |
268 |
2 |
41.57 |
2009-05-10 |
| 73. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
47.15 |
0.8941 |
0.1614 |
216 |
6 |
40.81 |
2009-03-23 |
| 74. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
47.07 |
1.0389 |
0.0152 |
340 |
7 |
41.32 |
2009-08-14 |
| 75. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
47.03 |
1.0595 |
-0.0062 |
379 |
2 |
45.20 |
2009-04-03 |
| 76. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
46.98 |
1.0289 |
0.0252 |
276 |
1 |
46.98 |
2009-06-25 |
| 77. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
46.80 |
0.9005 |
0.1436 |
212 |
7 |
40.54 |
2009-03-27 |
| 78. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
46.76 |
1.0025 |
0.0431 |
336 |
2 |
44.20 |
2009-06-14 |
| 79. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
46.76 |
1.0034 |
0.0398 |
302 |
4 |
40.60 |
2009-04-09 |
| 80. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
46.62 |
0.9966 |
0.0443 |
259 |
6 |
42.50 |
2009-06-14 |
| 81. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
46.61 |
0.9171 |
0.1245 |
165 |
5 |
42.50 |
2009-02-27 |
| 82. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
46.52 |
0.9646 |
0.0738 |
264 |
4 |
43.60 |
2009-03-20 |
| 83. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
46.51 |
1.1114 |
-0.0751 |
247 |
3 |
43.53 |
2009-03-05 |
| 84. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
46.41 |
0.9527 |
0.0840 |
251 |
7 |
41.86 |
2009-06-25 |
| 85. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
46.38 |
0.8353 |
0.2083 |
283 |
7 |
40.49 |
2009-03-21 |
| 86. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
46.35 |
0.9514 |
0.0843 |
237 |
5 |
45.08 |
2009-04-09 |
| 87. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
46.34 |
0.9286 |
0.1056 |
194 |
2 |
43.52 |
2009-04-03 |
| 88. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
46.32 |
1.0529 |
-0.0183 |
351 |
4 |
41.02 |
2009-04-17 |
| 89. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
46.24 |
0.9724 |
0.0641 |
237 |
5 |
41.44 |
2009-06-14 |
| 90. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
46.21 |
1.0555 |
-0.0218 |
363 |
3 |
44.67 |
2009-06-25 |
| 91. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
46.12 |
1.0189 |
0.0146 |
337 |
3 |
43.95 |
2009-06-14 |
| 92. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
46.08 |
0.9776 |
0.0519 |
308 |
2 |
41.57 |
2009-04-27 |
| 93. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
46.06 |
0.8770 |
0.1551 |
300 |
6 |
38.22 |
2009-06-25 |
| 94. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
46.01 |
0.8792 |
0.1578 |
296 |
2 |
41.38 |
2009-03-11 |
| 95. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
45.99 |
0.8951 |
0.1344 |
193 |
3 |
44.14 |
2009-03-16 |
| 96. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
45.90 |
1.0004 |
0.0187 |
212 |
4 |
43.62 |
2009-05-02 |
| 97. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
45.89 |
0.9578 |
0.0667 |
281 |
9 |
39.53 |
2009-06-26 |
| 98. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
45.84 |
0.9260 |
0.1083 |
243 |
5 |
38.70 |
2009-08-14 |
| 99. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
45.82 |
0.9275 |
0.0926 |
211 |
3 |
42.97 |
2009-02-27 |
| 100. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
45.81 |
1.0389 |
-0.0140 |
318 |
6 |
38.57 |
2009-03-31 |
| 101. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
45.62 |
0.9907 |
0.0266 |
211 |
2 |
40.69 |
2009-03-03 |
| 102. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
45.61 |
0.8910 |
0.1294 |
150 |
6 |
40.19 |
2009-02-27 |
| 103. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
45.56 |
0.9756 |
0.0407 |
229 |
6 |
41.56 |
2009-04-22 |
| 104. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
45.53 |
1.0498 |
-0.0377 |
180 |
3 |
35.44 |
2009-04-03 |
| 105. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
45.52 |
1.0577 |
-0.0445 |
247 |
4 |
42.93 |
2009-06-20 |
| 106. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
45.51 |
0.9763 |
0.0396 |
289 |
5 |
39.59 |
2009-05-10 |
| 107. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
45.46 |
1.0567 |
-0.0408 |
303 |
4 |
41.46 |
2009-06-25 |
| 108. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
45.46 |
0.9795 |
0.0358 |
308 |
4 |
40.41 |
2009-04-03 |
| 109. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
45.45 |
0.9893 |
0.0259 |
323 |
3 |
37.00 |
2009-03-14 |
| 110. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
45.38 |
1.1016 |
-0.0880 |
233 |
3 |
43.64 |
2009-04-03 |
| 111. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
45.36 |
0.9128 |
0.1057 |
133 |
5 |
40.81 |
2009-03-24 |
| 112. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
45.34 |
0.8947 |
0.1228 |
366 |
1 |
45.34 |
2009-04-16 |
| 113. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
45.31 |
0.8788 |
0.1296 |
134 |
4 |
39.02 |
2009-02-20 |
| 114. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
45.30 |
1.0016 |
0.0055 |
218 |
3 |
40.62 |
2009-03-19 |
| 115. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
45.24 |
1.0257 |
-0.0090 |
401 |
4 |
42.97 |
2009-03-22 |
| 116. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
45.21 |
0.8958 |
0.1184 |
322 |
6 |
38.58 |
2009-04-03 |
| 117. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
45.20 |
0.9710 |
0.0319 |
173 |
6 |
37.99 |
2009-06-25 |
| 118. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
45.19 |
0.9226 |
0.0904 |
177 |
4 |
39.40 |
2009-03-10 |
| 119. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
45.13 |
0.9691 |
0.0382 |
223 |
5 |
40.99 |
2009-03-16 |
| 120. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
44.97 |
0.9884 |
0.0201 |
262 |
3 |
41.34 |
2009-06-14 |
| 121. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
44.92 |
0.9786 |
0.0240 |
235 |
7 |
36.83 |
2009-06-25 |
| 122. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
44.92 |
1.0619 |
-0.0552 |
354 |
1 |
44.92 |
2009-03-18 |
| 123. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
44.91 |
1.0368 |
-0.0330 |
276 |
2 |
43.32 |
2009-04-27 |
| 124. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
44.88 |
1.0033 |
-0.0078 |
189 |
4 |
42.48 |
2009-04-27 |
| 125. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
44.82 |
1.0714 |
-0.0795 |
129 |
3 |
39.05 |
2009-05-03 |
| 126. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
44.69 |
0.9532 |
0.0434 |
258 |
4 |
38.36 |
2009-06-14 |
| 127. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
44.62 |
0.9212 |
0.0784 |
323 |
6 |
37.42 |
2009-03-31 |
| 128. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
44.60 |
0.9429 |
0.0542 |
287 |
6 |
36.94 |
2009-04-15 |
| 129. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
44.56 |
0.9754 |
0.0256 |
362 |
2 |
42.27 |
2009-04-09 |
| 130. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
44.46 |
0.9851 |
0.0098 |
317 |
3 |
43.11 |
2009-03-11 |
| 131. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
44.46 |
0.9125 |
0.0820 |
308 |
5 |
40.57 |
2009-04-09 |
| 132. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
44.41 |
1.0062 |
-0.0147 |
288 |
1 |
44.41 |
2009-05-10 |
| 133. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
44.41 |
1.0214 |
-0.0353 |
166 |
4 |
40.11 |
2009-03-21 |
| 134. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
44.19 |
1.0429 |
-0.0577 |
259 |
6 |
38.61 |
2009-04-03 |
| 135. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
44.16 |
1.0885 |
-0.0993 |
315 |
2 |
43.07 |
2009-06-14 |
| 136. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
44.15 |
1.0340 |
-0.0431 |
406 |
3 |
40.45 |
2009-06-26 |
| 137. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
44.13 |
1.0426 |
-0.0581 |
323 |
5 |
39.23 |
2009-03-31 |
| 138. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
44.13 |
0.9342 |
0.0545 |
434 |
5 |
40.81 |
2009-04-22 |
| 139. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
44.12 |
1.0349 |
-0.0506 |
234 |
5 |
40.51 |
2009-06-26 |
| 140. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
44.10 |
0.9865 |
-0.0009 |
276 |
2 |
41.16 |
2009-05-03 |
| 141. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
44.02 |
0.9866 |
-0.0076 |
218 |
2 |
40.94 |
2009-06-20 |
| 142. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
43.85 |
0.9307 |
0.0562 |
246 |
4 |
39.55 |
2009-03-15 |
| 143. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
43.80 |
0.9899 |
-0.0168 |
163 |
4 |
39.21 |
2009-03-23 |
| 144. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
43.79 |
0.9084 |
0.0732 |
404 |
5 |
37.95 |
2009-05-03 |
| 145. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
43.78 |
0.8628 |
0.1111 |
196 |
3 |
40.76 |
2009-03-24 |
| 146. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
43.78 |
0.9281 |
0.0543 |
273 |
3 |
40.46 |
2009-03-24 |
| 147. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
43.76 |
0.9572 |
0.0185 |
201 |
5 |
36.87 |
2009-05-09 |
| 148. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
43.75 |
1.0829 |
-0.1048 |
288 |
3 |
40.84 |
2009-05-10 |
| 149. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
43.65 |
0.9257 |
0.0542 |
317 |
2 |
41.01 |
2009-02-25 |
| 150. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
43.62 |
0.9697 |
0.0042 |
249 |
5 |
38.70 |
2009-06-25 |
| 151. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
43.62 |
0.9500 |
0.0259 |
362 |
6 |
39.22 |
2009-03-24 |
| 152. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
43.60 |
0.8900 |
0.0844 |
164 |
2 |
42.11 |
2009-03-21 |
| 153. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
43.56 |
0.9684 |
0.0066 |
388 |
3 |
40.37 |
2009-04-03 |
| 154. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
43.52 |
0.8602 |
0.1090 |
206 |
8 |
36.24 |
2009-06-26 |
| 155. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
43.47 |
1.0337 |
-0.0640 |
214 |
3 |
39.04 |
2009-04-03 |
| 156. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
43.46 |
0.9325 |
0.0309 |
156 |
2 |
37.88 |
2009-03-05 |
| 157. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
43.45 |
1.0053 |
-0.0375 |
232 |
1 |
43.45 |
2009-02-15 |
| 158. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
43.45 |
0.8811 |
0.0933 |
239 |
6 |
37.68 |
2009-04-17 |
| 159. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
43.45 |
1.0099 |
-0.0430 |
207 |
4 |
38.19 |
2009-03-22 |
| 160. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
43.33 |
0.8899 |
0.0883 |
293 |
3 |
36.61 |
2009-03-15 |
| 161. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
43.22 |
0.9289 |
0.0334 |
204 |
3 |
39.40 |
2009-03-23 |
| 162. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
43.21 |
0.9234 |
0.0464 |
346 |
2 |
40.66 |
2009-03-27 |
| 163. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
43.15 |
1.0534 |
-0.0881 |
357 |
1 |
43.15 |
2009-03-27 |
| 164. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
43.14 |
0.9316 |
0.0372 |
287 |
3 |
39.99 |
2009-08-14 |
| 165. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
43.08 |
0.9986 |
-0.0365 |
283 |
2 |
38.10 |
2009-05-16 |
| 166. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
42.95 |
0.8382 |
0.1208 |
268 |
6 |
38.01 |
2009-05-02 |
| 167. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
42.94 |
0.9649 |
-0.0077 |
193 |
2 |
41.24 |
2009-03-20 |
| 168. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
42.94 |
0.8573 |
0.1046 |
270 |
1 |
42.94 |
2009-03-24 |
| 169. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
42.93 |
0.9758 |
-0.0170 |
314 |
4 |
37.94 |
2009-05-03 |
| 170. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
42.93 |
0.9068 |
0.0543 |
269 |
3 |
41.60 |
2009-02-27 |
| 171. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
42.87 |
0.9593 |
0.0021 |
398 |
1 |
42.87 |
2009-03-20 |
| 172. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
42.73 |
0.9045 |
0.0494 |
235 |
4 |
38.17 |
2009-05-02 |
| 173. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
42.61 |
1.0201 |
-0.0689 |
303 |
3 |
39.46 |
2009-03-11 |
| 174. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
42.58 |
0.8892 |
0.0670 |
207 |
5 |
36.67 |
2009-03-05 |
| 175. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
42.49 |
0.9365 |
0.0130 |
248 |
5 |
38.26 |
2009-04-22 |
| 176. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
42.45 |
1.0109 |
-0.0629 |
276 |
5 |
39.95 |
2009-03-23 |
| 177. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
42.33 |
0.9109 |
0.0362 |
401 |
2 |
39.88 |
2009-04-09 |
| 178. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
42.30 |
0.9597 |
-0.0118 |
347 |
3 |
40.13 |
2009-06-25 |
| 179. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
42.30 |
1.0334 |
-0.0961 |
131 |
4 |
37.77 |
2009-03-31 |
| 180. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
42.13 |
0.9485 |
-0.0068 |
236 |
4 |
38.45 |
2009-05-03 |
| 181. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
42.13 |
1.0131 |
-0.0770 |
225 |
2 |
39.78 |
2009-02-25 |
| 182. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
42.00 |
0.9309 |
0.0042 |
284 |
3 |
39.18 |
2009-04-09 |
| 183. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
41.97 |
0.9279 |
0.0150 |
317 |
2 |
40.49 |
2009-04-03 |
| 184. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
41.95 |
0.8709 |
0.0729 |
202 |
2 |
41.88 |
2009-03-02 |
| 185. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
41.93 |
0.9048 |
0.0353 |
271 |
2 |
39.24 |
2009-03-11 |
| 186. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
41.92 |
0.9997 |
-0.0609 |
382 |
1 |
41.92 |
2009-04-06 |
| 187. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
41.86 |
0.8821 |
0.0513 |
176 |
1 |
41.86 |
2009-02-12 |
| 188. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
41.77 |
0.9266 |
0.0070 |
278 |
7 |
36.66 |
2009-06-25 |
| 189. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
41.76 |
0.9843 |
-0.0577 |
234 |
3 |
36.47 |
2009-03-21 |
| 190. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
41.64 |
0.9570 |
-0.0264 |
287 |
1 |
41.64 |
2009-05-02 |
| 191. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
41.55 |
0.8956 |
0.0339 |
217 |
2 |
40.89 |
2009-02-20 |
| 192. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
41.34 |
0.8887 |
0.0474 |
128 |
3 |
36.48 |
2009-03-27 |
| 193. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
41.33 |
0.9612 |
-0.0393 |
256 |
2 |
37.08 |
2009-04-17 |
| 194. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
41.27 |
1.0201 |
-0.1064 |
172 |
2 |
39.55 |
2009-02-03 |
| 195. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
41.26 |
0.9263 |
-0.0025 |
188 |
2 |
36.79 |
2009-03-18 |
| 196. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
41.24 |
0.9084 |
0.0133 |
300 |
5 |
37.24 |
2009-03-15 |
| 197. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
41.16 |
0.9653 |
-0.0390 |
394 |
2 |
40.24 |
2009-06-14 |
| 198. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
41.16 |
0.9088 |
0.0144 |
348 |
1 |
41.16 |
2009-04-06 |
| 199. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
41.14 |
0.8791 |
0.0376 |
190 |
2 |
39.26 |
2009-06-20 |
| 200. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
41.12 |
1.0486 |
-0.1307 |
289 |
4 |
38.71 |
2009-08-14 |
| 201. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
40.98 |
1.0477 |
-0.1313 |
360 |
2 |
40.63 |
2009-03-14 |
| 202. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
40.90 |
0.9991 |
-0.0864 |
225 |
3 |
38.39 |
2009-08-14 |
| 203. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
40.81 |
0.9339 |
-0.0253 |
310 |
1 |
40.81 |
2009-03-10 |
| 204. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
40.78 |
0.9430 |
-0.0409 |
211 |
4 |
38.92 |
2009-06-26 |
| 205. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
40.75 |
0.9734 |
-0.0649 |
289 |
1 |
40.75 |
2009-03-10 |
| 206. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
40.71 |
1.0261 |
-0.1201 |
273 |
3 |
36.82 |
2009-03-18 |
| 207. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
40.66 |
0.9820 |
-0.0725 |
267 |
4 |
35.13 |
2009-05-10 |
| 208. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
40.66 |
0.9614 |
-0.0517 |
292 |
2 |
34.62 |
2009-03-05 |
| 209. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
40.64 |
0.9330 |
-0.0201 |
360 |
1 |
40.64 |
2009-03-20 |
| 210. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
40.51 |
0.8615 |
0.0419 |
110 |
2 |
40.04 |
2009-03-27 |
| 211. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
40.50 |
0.8105 |
0.0883 |
204 |
4 |
36.07 |
2009-07-23 |
| 212. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
40.42 |
0.9293 |
-0.0272 |
355 |
1 |
40.42 |
2009-03-16 |
| 213. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
40.42 |
1.0013 |
-0.1009 |
273 |
3 |
36.47 |
2009-03-20 |
| 214. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
40.34 |
1.0528 |
-0.1583 |
201 |
1 |
40.34 |
2009-02-19 |
| 215. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
40.29 |
0.9376 |
-0.0338 |
367 |
2 |
37.60 |
2009-06-26 |
| 216. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
40.21 |
0.9936 |
-0.0973 |
311 |
3 |
38.79 |
2009-03-03 |
| 217. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
40.18 |
0.9965 |
-0.1003 |
310 |
1 |
40.18 |
2009-04-03 |
| 218. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
40.18 |
0.9468 |
-0.0514 |
276 |
2 |
39.84 |
2009-03-11 |
| 219. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
40.18 |
1.0796 |
-0.1885 |
129 |
2 |
37.61 |
2009-06-20 |
| 220. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
40.17 |
0.9540 |
-0.0601 |
285 |
3 |
38.86 |
2009-06-26 |
| 221. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
40.16 |
1.0297 |
-0.1355 |
249 |
3 |
37.21 |
2009-03-24 |
| 222. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
40.14 |
1.0292 |
-0.1355 |
262 |
2 |
38.54 |
2009-06-20 |
| 223. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
40.12 |
1.0125 |
-0.1203 |
224 |
5 |
36.40 |
2009-03-11 |
| 224. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
40.10 |
0.8878 |
0.0061 |
346 |
3 |
36.69 |
2009-04-03 |
| 225. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
40.10 |
0.8553 |
0.0337 |
174 |
5 |
35.36 |
2009-04-09 |
| 226. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
39.96 |
0.9785 |
-0.0844 |
335 |
1 |
39.96 |
2009-03-15 |
| 227. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
39.96 |
1.0068 |
-0.1126 |
358 |
2 |
39.44 |
2009-03-11 |
| 228. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
39.81 |
0.8826 |
0.0063 |
296 |
5 |
36.29 |
2009-04-03 |
| 229. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
39.79 |
0.9633 |
-0.0740 |
304 |
4 |
37.20 |
2009-06-20 |
| 230. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
39.76 |
0.9844 |
-0.0932 |
293 |
2 |
39.63 |
2009-06-25 |
| 231. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
39.45 |
0.8971 |
-0.0124 |
266 |
3 |
36.80 |
2009-03-15 |
| 232. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
39.38 |
0.9672 |
-0.0829 |
396 |
1 |
39.38 |
2009-04-03 |
| 233. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
39.30 |
0.8975 |
-0.0210 |
268 |
6 |
35.28 |
2009-03-31 |
| 234. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
39.14 |
0.8810 |
-0.0078 |
282 |
4 |
36.38 |
2009-03-31 |
| 235. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
39.06 |
1.0029 |
-0.1388 |
209 |
2 |
36.28 |
2009-03-21 |
| 236. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
39.03 |
0.8653 |
0.0159 |
255 |
2 |
35.53 |
2009-02-20 |
| 237. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
39.00 |
0.9049 |
-0.0303 |
351 |
1 |
39.00 |
2009-04-09 |
| 238. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
38.95 |
0.9278 |
-0.0570 |
295 |
1 |
38.95 |
2009-04-01 |
| 239. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
38.89 |
0.8595 |
0.0090 |
242 |
5 |
36.63 |
2009-05-03 |
| 240. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
38.83 |
0.9226 |
-0.0510 |
348 |
1 |
38.83 |
2009-03-24 |
| 241. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
38.80 |
1.0496 |
-0.1856 |
314 |
1 |
38.80 |
2009-04-17 |
| 242. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
38.67 |
0.9168 |
-0.0538 |
240 |
3 |
37.39 |
2009-05-02 |
| 243. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
38.66 |
0.9426 |
-0.0780 |
317 |
1 |
38.66 |
2009-03-20 |
| 244. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
38.62 |
0.8154 |
0.0470 |
193 |
2 |
36.30 |
2009-02-25 |
| 245. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
38.42 |
0.9251 |
-0.0640 |
177 |
2 |
37.68 |
2009-03-05 |
| 246. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
38.30 |
0.8722 |
-0.0159 |
285 |
4 |
35.49 |
2009-06-20 |
| 247. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
38.21 |
1.0613 |
-0.2091 |
266 |
2 |
37.21 |
2009-03-23 |
| 248. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
38.16 |
1.0352 |
-0.1824 |
341 |
1 |
38.16 |
2009-04-09 |
| 249. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
38.05 |
0.9852 |
-0.1372 |
264 |
4 |
35.68 |
2009-04-17 |
| 250. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
37.84 |
1.0296 |
-0.1802 |
437 |
1 |
37.84 |
2009-03-10 |
| 251. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
37.80 |
1.0203 |
-0.1749 |
261 |
3 |
36.95 |
2009-03-13 |
| 252. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
37.78 |
0.8533 |
-0.0106 |
232 |
1 |
37.78 |
2009-02-27 |
| 253. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
37.77 |
0.8933 |
-0.0455 |
363 |
2 |
37.48 |
2009-04-22 |
| 254. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
37.74 |
0.9811 |
-0.1377 |
272 |
2 |
37.05 |
2009-03-11 |
| 255. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
37.58 |
0.9798 |
-0.1484 |
199 |
4 |
32.34 |
2009-02-08 |
| 256. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
37.40 |
0.8077 |
0.0234 |
167 |
4 |
33.59 |
2009-07-27 |
| 257. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
37.40 |
0.9965 |
-0.1629 |
277 |
2 |
36.83 |
2009-03-13 |
| 258. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
36.70 |
0.9841 |
-0.1631 |
334 |
2 |
36.60 |
2009-03-11 |
| 259. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
36.67 |
0.8890 |
-0.0761 |
199 |
2 |
34.91 |
2009-03-14 |
| 260. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
36.53 |
0.9351 |
-0.1273 |
190 |
3 |
32.84 |
2009-03-12 |
| 261. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
36.32 |
0.8096 |
0.0069 |
209 |
4 |
33.16 |
2009-03-18 |
| 262. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
36.24 |
0.8916 |
-0.0845 |
216 |
4 |
31.24 |
2009-05-10 |
| 263. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
36.23 |
1.0213 |
-0.2180 |
240 |
1 |
36.23 |
2009-03-18 |
| 264. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
35.61 |
0.8961 |
-0.1070 |
189 |
5 |
33.94 |
2009-06-20 |
| 265. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
35.47 |
0.9964 |
-0.2070 |
203 |
1 |
35.47 |
2009-03-09 |
| 266. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
35.34 |
0.8295 |
-0.0413 |
209 |
3 |
31.91 |
2009-02-20 |
| 267. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
35.09 |
0.9682 |
-0.1893 |
143 |
1 |
35.09 |
2009-02-04 |
| 268. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
34.64 |
1.0445 |
-0.2730 |
373 |
1 |
34.64 |
2009-02-20 |
| 269. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
34.54 |
0.8809 |
-0.1148 |
127 |
1 |
34.54 |
2009-03-05 |
| 270. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
33.58 |
0.9266 |
-0.1799 |
267 |
3 |
33.31 |
2009-02-27 |
| 271. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
33.09 |
0.9786 |
-0.2483 |
193 |
1 |
33.09 |
2009-03-11 |
| 272. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
32.96 |
0.8919 |
-0.1610 |
205 |
2 |
32.92 |
2009-03-31 |
| 273. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
32.89 |
0.9164 |
-0.1806 |
305 |
2 |
31.89 |
2009-02-13 |
| 274. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
31.95 |
0.8996 |
-0.1954 |
192 |
1 |
31.95 |
2009-02-04 |
| 275. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
30.78 |
0.9567 |
-0.2736 |
273 |
1 |
30.78 |
2009-03-18 |