| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
102.66 |
1.0993 |
0.1636 |
265 |
4 |
94.63 |
2009-04-09 |
| 2. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
98.59 |
1.0214 |
0.1875 |
166 |
9 |
86.41 |
2009-04-12 |
| 3. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
94.79 |
0.9682 |
0.1969 |
143 |
4 |
80.37 |
2009-04-12 |
| 4. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
94.09 |
1.0711 |
0.0821 |
213 |
4 |
82.75 |
2009-04-12 |
| 5. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
93.92 |
1.0251 |
0.1289 |
261 |
3 |
89.09 |
2009-04-09 |
| 6. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
93.09 |
1.0885 |
0.0607 |
315 |
7 |
84.60 |
2009-07-07 |
| 7. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
93.05 |
1.0060 |
0.1347 |
171 |
4 |
79.97 |
2009-05-14 |
| 8. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
92.87 |
1.0368 |
0.1072 |
276 |
9 |
83.33 |
2009-11-19 |
| 9. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
92.00 |
1.0714 |
0.0520 |
129 |
6 |
82.58 |
2009-04-12 |
| 10. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
91.95 |
1.0016 |
0.1255 |
218 |
7 |
77.26 |
2009-04-12 |
| 11. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
91.73 |
1.0444 |
0.0779 |
197 |
2 |
87.95 |
2009-07-19 |
| 12. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
91.60 |
1.0565 |
0.0682 |
247 |
4 |
87.28 |
2009-04-12 |
| 13. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
91.24 |
1.0183 |
0.0989 |
191 |
6 |
85.16 |
2009-04-09 |
| 14. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
91.21 |
1.0389 |
0.0853 |
318 |
3 |
85.66 |
2009-04-12 |
| 15. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
91.19 |
1.0340 |
0.0934 |
406 |
10 |
80.99 |
2009-04-13 |
| 16. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
91.02 |
1.0390 |
0.0773 |
205 |
3 |
86.41 |
2009-04-12 |
| 17. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
90.49 |
1.0023 |
0.1093 |
211 |
3 |
69.21 |
2009-04-09 |
| 18. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
90.36 |
1.1018 |
0.0037 |
220 |
2 |
83.88 |
2009-04-12 |
| 19. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
90.32 |
0.9785 |
0.1361 |
335 |
7 |
77.86 |
2009-06-07 |
| 20. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
90.28 |
1.0668 |
0.0466 |
350 |
5 |
82.83 |
2009-04-12 |
| 21. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
90.16 |
1.0263 |
0.0823 |
267 |
6 |
81.85 |
2009-06-09 |
| 22. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
90.13 |
1.0797 |
0.0237 |
210 |
3 |
85.52 |
2009-06-09 |
| 23. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
90.02 |
1.0796 |
0.0232 |
129 |
3 |
84.87 |
2009-04-22 |
| 24. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
89.93 |
0.9233 |
0.1749 |
168 |
4 |
85.00 |
2009-04-12 |
| 25. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
89.91 |
1.0297 |
0.0754 |
249 |
4 |
86.21 |
2009-04-09 |
| 26. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
89.84 |
1.0201 |
0.0893 |
375 |
3 |
77.01 |
2009-04-09 |
| 27. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
89.81 |
1.0131 |
0.0880 |
225 |
4 |
81.93 |
2009-04-22 |
| 28. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
89.79 |
1.0165 |
0.0922 |
392 |
6 |
78.69 |
2009-04-12 |
| 29. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
89.72 |
0.9965 |
0.1077 |
310 |
8 |
80.40 |
2009-06-09 |
| 30. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
89.66 |
1.0201 |
0.0763 |
172 |
2 |
79.72 |
2009-04-06 |
| 31. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
89.46 |
1.0619 |
0.0424 |
354 |
7 |
81.74 |
2009-07-19 |
| 32. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
89.42 |
1.0213 |
0.0757 |
240 |
6 |
84.27 |
2009-04-14 |
| 33. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
89.39 |
0.8996 |
0.1947 |
192 |
6 |
78.05 |
2009-04-12 |
| 34. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
89.00 |
0.9756 |
0.1180 |
229 |
5 |
80.59 |
2009-04-12 |
| 35. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
88.97 |
0.9632 |
0.1378 |
392 |
1 |
88.97 |
2009-04-09 |
| 36. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
88.95 |
1.0120 |
0.0815 |
290 |
3 |
82.84 |
2009-04-09 |
| 37. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
88.77 |
1.0788 |
0.0077 |
171 |
3 |
88.13 |
2009-04-09 |
| 38. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
88.74 |
1.0445 |
0.0481 |
373 |
5 |
83.65 |
2009-05-14 |
| 39. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
88.70 |
1.0799 |
0.0076 |
243 |
4 |
83.45 |
2009-04-09 |
| 40. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
88.67 |
1.0167 |
0.0809 |
378 |
6 |
80.41 |
2009-07-07 |
| 41. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
88.63 |
1.0125 |
0.0755 |
224 |
5 |
79.26 |
2009-04-22 |
| 42. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
88.32 |
0.9946 |
0.0917 |
246 |
4 |
83.90 |
2009-04-12 |
| 43. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
88.08 |
0.9266 |
0.1587 |
278 |
2 |
79.44 |
2009-04-12 |
| 44. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
87.79 |
1.0595 |
0.0229 |
379 |
3 |
87.15 |
2009-04-12 |
| 45. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
87.76 |
0.9811 |
0.1011 |
272 |
4 |
72.63 |
2009-04-09 |
| 46. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
87.73 |
0.9846 |
0.0934 |
281 |
4 |
80.70 |
2009-04-12 |
| 47. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
87.49 |
1.0417 |
0.0320 |
253 |
6 |
84.32 |
2009-07-07 |
| 48. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
87.38 |
1.0257 |
0.0555 |
401 |
5 |
80.68 |
2009-04-09 |
| 49. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
87.37 |
1.0252 |
0.0430 |
176 |
4 |
83.13 |
2009-04-12 |
| 50. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
87.33 |
0.9780 |
0.0972 |
337 |
6 |
75.67 |
2009-04-12 |
| 51. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
87.25 |
1.0337 |
0.0389 |
214 |
6 |
82.45 |
2009-06-09 |
| 52. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
87.12 |
0.9843 |
0.0822 |
234 |
4 |
81.65 |
2009-05-14 |
| 53. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
86.83 |
1.0419 |
0.0260 |
261 |
5 |
80.30 |
2009-05-14 |
| 54. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
86.74 |
1.0385 |
0.0265 |
230 |
2 |
78.65 |
2009-04-07 |
| 55. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
86.65 |
1.0334 |
0.0258 |
131 |
3 |
71.23 |
2009-04-12 |
| 56. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
86.50 |
1.0062 |
0.0576 |
288 |
4 |
81.83 |
2009-05-14 |
| 57. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
86.38 |
0.9897 |
0.0703 |
274 |
8 |
75.75 |
2009-04-22 |
| 58. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
86.30 |
1.0109 |
0.0512 |
276 |
6 |
82.51 |
2009-04-12 |
| 59. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
86.23 |
1.0138 |
0.0463 |
231 |
6 |
77.95 |
2009-04-12 |
| 60. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
86.07 |
0.9965 |
0.0572 |
168 |
2 |
80.95 |
2009-06-09 |
| 61. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
86.01 |
0.8975 |
0.1607 |
268 |
4 |
72.90 |
2009-04-12 |
| 62. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
85.69 |
0.9281 |
0.1307 |
273 |
1 |
85.69 |
2009-03-29 |
| 63. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
85.66 |
1.0441 |
0.0108 |
252 |
4 |
77.55 |
2009-07-19 |
| 64. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
85.60 |
1.0389 |
0.0161 |
340 |
3 |
80.39 |
2009-04-06 |
| 65. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
85.37 |
0.9966 |
0.0526 |
259 |
5 |
77.53 |
2009-04-22 |
| 66. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
85.35 |
0.9763 |
0.0727 |
289 |
3 |
82.64 |
2009-06-09 |
| 67. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
85.34 |
1.0613 |
-0.0069 |
456 |
3 |
81.67 |
2009-04-12 |
| 68. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
85.24 |
1.0577 |
-0.0131 |
247 |
2 |
81.01 |
2009-04-06 |
| 69. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
85.16 |
1.0528 |
-0.0107 |
201 |
3 |
78.76 |
2009-04-06 |
| 70. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
85.13 |
1.0426 |
0.0035 |
323 |
4 |
79.79 |
2009-05-14 |
| 71. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
85.13 |
1.0296 |
0.0236 |
437 |
3 |
78.70 |
2009-04-12 |
| 72. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
85.04 |
0.9351 |
0.1051 |
190 |
6 |
75.99 |
2009-06-09 |
| 73. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
84.97 |
1.0289 |
0.0203 |
276 |
5 |
78.71 |
2009-04-12 |
| 74. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
84.89 |
0.9411 |
0.1035 |
318 |
4 |
75.17 |
2009-04-12 |
| 75. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
84.82 |
1.1016 |
-0.0586 |
233 |
5 |
80.74 |
2009-04-12 |
| 76. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
84.71 |
0.9048 |
0.1413 |
271 |
3 |
80.67 |
2009-04-12 |
| 77. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
84.71 |
0.9851 |
0.0586 |
317 |
2 |
73.67 |
2009-05-14 |
| 78. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
84.65 |
1.0316 |
0.0130 |
333 |
2 |
83.45 |
2009-04-01 |
| 79. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
84.65 |
1.0261 |
0.0128 |
273 |
3 |
80.24 |
2009-04-12 |
| 80. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
84.38 |
1.0013 |
0.0352 |
273 |
7 |
73.74 |
2009-04-12 |
| 81. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
84.37 |
1.0521 |
-0.0196 |
171 |
4 |
81.18 |
2009-04-09 |
| 82. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
84.34 |
0.9964 |
0.0406 |
203 |
2 |
80.15 |
2009-04-09 |
| 83. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
84.19 |
0.9068 |
0.1313 |
269 |
2 |
74.16 |
2009-04-12 |
| 84. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
83.95 |
1.0004 |
0.0256 |
212 |
5 |
79.08 |
2009-04-12 |
| 85. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
83.89 |
1.0486 |
-0.0165 |
289 |
2 |
81.59 |
2009-05-14 |
| 86. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
83.87 |
0.9697 |
0.0616 |
249 |
3 |
78.60 |
2009-04-22 |
| 87. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
83.78 |
1.0099 |
0.0172 |
207 |
3 |
74.79 |
2009-04-09 |
| 88. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
83.74 |
0.9776 |
0.0521 |
308 |
5 |
79.56 |
2009-04-12 |
| 89. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
83.70 |
0.9769 |
0.0500 |
263 |
2 |
81.44 |
2009-04-09 |
| 90. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
83.66 |
0.8553 |
0.1681 |
174 |
4 |
73.49 |
2009-04-14 |
| 91. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
83.45 |
1.0555 |
-0.0282 |
363 |
2 |
81.73 |
2009-04-03 |
| 92. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
83.36 |
1.0454 |
-0.0244 |
255 |
2 |
80.70 |
2009-06-09 |
| 93. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
83.36 |
1.0361 |
-0.0104 |
269 |
3 |
79.02 |
2009-04-12 |
| 94. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
83.33 |
1.0515 |
-0.0290 |
250 |
2 |
77.20 |
2009-04-03 |
| 95. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
83.31 |
1.0025 |
0.0225 |
336 |
3 |
81.54 |
2009-04-09 |
| 96. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
83.27 |
1.1114 |
-0.0905 |
247 |
5 |
75.54 |
2009-04-13 |
| 97. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
83.21 |
1.0567 |
-0.0332 |
303 |
2 |
79.08 |
2009-04-12 |
| 98. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
83.19 |
0.9597 |
0.0670 |
347 |
5 |
76.08 |
2009-04-13 |
| 99. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
83.14 |
1.0596 |
-0.0397 |
239 |
1 |
83.14 |
2009-04-12 |
| 100. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
83.09 |
1.0613 |
-0.0390 |
266 |
2 |
82.33 |
2009-04-09 |
| 101. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
82.81 |
0.8947 |
0.1281 |
366 |
3 |
71.83 |
2009-04-12 |
| 102. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
82.74 |
0.9798 |
0.0315 |
199 |
4 |
76.17 |
2009-04-13 |
| 103. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
82.69 |
1.0033 |
0.0064 |
189 |
3 |
72.08 |
2009-04-01 |
| 104. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
82.56 |
0.8919 |
0.1212 |
205 |
4 |
70.76 |
2009-04-14 |
| 105. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
82.54 |
0.9286 |
0.0849 |
194 |
4 |
74.67 |
2009-04-12 |
| 106. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
82.42 |
1.0496 |
-0.0373 |
314 |
3 |
77.10 |
2009-04-07 |
| 107. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
82.28 |
0.9997 |
0.0152 |
382 |
5 |
73.79 |
2009-04-12 |
| 108. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
82.27 |
1.0034 |
0.0063 |
302 |
6 |
79.06 |
2009-04-12 |
| 109. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
82.17 |
0.9772 |
0.0292 |
217 |
3 |
79.35 |
2009-04-07 |
| 110. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
82.12 |
1.0063 |
0.0034 |
371 |
2 |
80.78 |
2009-04-12 |
| 111. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
82.11 |
0.9636 |
0.0455 |
254 |
4 |
76.11 |
2009-04-06 |
| 112. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
81.94 |
0.9687 |
0.0431 |
371 |
3 |
77.47 |
2009-06-07 |
| 113. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
81.94 |
1.0787 |
-0.0729 |
237 |
1 |
81.94 |
2009-04-09 |
| 114. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
81.83 |
0.9893 |
0.0165 |
323 |
1 |
81.83 |
2009-04-09 |
| 115. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
81.81 |
0.9619 |
0.0487 |
393 |
5 |
75.28 |
2009-06-09 |
| 116. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
81.72 |
1.0829 |
-0.0771 |
288 |
2 |
79.18 |
2009-04-12 |
| 117. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
81.66 |
1.0463 |
-0.0473 |
182 |
4 |
79.15 |
2009-04-06 |
| 118. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
81.64 |
0.9910 |
0.0142 |
295 |
3 |
74.91 |
2009-07-07 |
| 119. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
81.57 |
0.9045 |
0.0983 |
235 |
3 |
76.73 |
2009-05-23 |
| 120. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
81.56 |
1.0189 |
-0.0133 |
337 |
1 |
81.56 |
2009-04-09 |
| 121. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
81.54 |
0.9768 |
0.0279 |
387 |
4 |
77.63 |
2009-04-12 |
| 122. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
81.49 |
1.0214 |
-0.0216 |
269 |
5 |
80.59 |
2009-04-12 |
| 123. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
81.41 |
0.9084 |
0.0962 |
404 |
5 |
75.37 |
2009-04-12 |
| 124. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
81.37 |
1.0498 |
-0.0546 |
180 |
2 |
79.81 |
2009-04-12 |
| 125. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
81.33 |
1.0331 |
-0.0358 |
234 |
1 |
81.33 |
2009-04-09 |
| 126. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
81.21 |
0.9941 |
0.0015 |
217 |
3 |
77.02 |
2009-04-09 |
| 127. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
81.19 |
0.9557 |
0.0483 |
331 |
1 |
81.19 |
2009-04-12 |
| 128. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
81.06 |
0.9734 |
0.0224 |
289 |
2 |
77.80 |
2009-04-03 |
| 129. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
81.01 |
0.9724 |
0.0267 |
237 |
1 |
81.01 |
2009-04-12 |
| 130. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
80.82 |
1.0197 |
-0.0295 |
226 |
4 |
74.26 |
2009-04-12 |
| 131. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
80.81 |
0.9710 |
0.0155 |
173 |
3 |
73.60 |
2009-04-12 |
| 132. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
80.55 |
0.9865 |
0.0044 |
276 |
4 |
73.07 |
2009-04-12 |
| 133. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
80.52 |
0.9740 |
0.0113 |
209 |
2 |
79.44 |
2009-04-07 |
| 134. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
80.48 |
0.9372 |
0.0557 |
320 |
4 |
77.25 |
2009-06-09 |
| 135. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
80.45 |
0.9786 |
0.0094 |
235 |
4 |
78.33 |
2009-04-12 |
| 136. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
80.42 |
0.9857 |
0.0014 |
293 |
6 |
73.66 |
2009-04-22 |
| 137. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
80.40 |
1.0352 |
-0.0447 |
341 |
2 |
78.88 |
2009-04-12 |
| 138. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
80.33 |
0.9500 |
0.0392 |
362 |
8 |
73.00 |
2009-04-12 |
| 139. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
80.27 |
0.9266 |
0.0598 |
267 |
5 |
75.58 |
2009-04-12 |
| 140. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
80.26 |
0.9109 |
0.0779 |
401 |
8 |
68.98 |
2009-04-12 |
| 141. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
80.25 |
0.9833 |
0.0043 |
355 |
2 |
77.65 |
2009-04-01 |
| 142. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
80.23 |
0.9905 |
0.0031 |
377 |
3 |
75.94 |
2009-04-09 |
| 143. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
80.18 |
0.9681 |
0.0254 |
378 |
4 |
75.05 |
2009-05-14 |
| 144. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
80.16 |
0.9684 |
0.0192 |
388 |
4 |
78.29 |
2009-04-12 |
| 145. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
80.09 |
0.9844 |
0.0044 |
293 |
4 |
74.74 |
2009-04-09 |
| 146. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
79.98 |
1.0477 |
-0.0626 |
360 |
3 |
77.17 |
2009-04-09 |
| 147. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
79.92 |
0.9376 |
0.0497 |
367 |
5 |
73.01 |
2009-06-14 |
| 148. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
79.79 |
0.9795 |
0.0008 |
308 |
3 |
76.25 |
2009-04-09 |
| 149. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
79.72 |
0.9279 |
0.0580 |
317 |
6 |
72.74 |
2009-04-12 |
| 150. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
79.67 |
1.0203 |
-0.0381 |
261 |
4 |
77.36 |
2009-04-12 |
| 151. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
79.63 |
0.9899 |
-0.0163 |
163 |
4 |
72.17 |
2009-04-12 |
| 152. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
79.59 |
0.9942 |
-0.0076 |
483 |
2 |
79.22 |
2009-04-09 |
| 153. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
79.38 |
0.9567 |
0.0183 |
273 |
2 |
74.64 |
2009-04-12 |
| 154. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
79.34 |
0.9676 |
0.0154 |
442 |
3 |
74.00 |
2009-06-09 |
| 155. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
79.33 |
1.0529 |
-0.0784 |
351 |
2 |
77.70 |
2009-04-12 |
| 156. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
79.32 |
0.8951 |
0.0816 |
193 |
1 |
79.32 |
2009-04-02 |
| 157. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
79.29 |
0.9731 |
-0.0115 |
129 |
3 |
74.48 |
2009-04-12 |
| 158. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
79.28 |
1.0201 |
-0.0457 |
303 |
7 |
74.17 |
2009-07-07 |
| 159. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
79.27 |
1.0429 |
-0.0705 |
259 |
4 |
72.68 |
2009-04-12 |
| 160. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
79.26 |
0.9468 |
0.0264 |
276 |
1 |
79.26 |
2009-04-12 |
| 161. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
79.25 |
0.9758 |
-0.0015 |
314 |
6 |
73.91 |
2009-07-07 |
| 162. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
79.05 |
0.9527 |
0.0183 |
251 |
2 |
78.94 |
2009-04-12 |
| 163. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
78.97 |
0.9570 |
0.0148 |
287 |
6 |
73.59 |
2009-04-12 |
| 164. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
78.81 |
1.0173 |
-0.0050 |
268 |
1 |
78.81 |
2009-11-19 |
| 165. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
78.78 |
0.9699 |
-0.0028 |
269 |
1 |
78.78 |
2009-04-12 |
| 166. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
78.69 |
0.9863 |
-0.0153 |
339 |
4 |
75.29 |
2009-04-12 |
| 167. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
78.60 |
0.9936 |
-0.0284 |
311 |
3 |
74.57 |
2009-04-12 |
| 168. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
78.58 |
1.0168 |
-0.0502 |
271 |
2 |
77.10 |
2009-03-29 |
| 169. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
78.49 |
0.9907 |
-0.0282 |
211 |
1 |
78.49 |
2009-04-12 |
| 170. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
78.48 |
0.9309 |
0.0312 |
284 |
2 |
75.36 |
2009-04-12 |
| 171. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
78.42 |
0.8722 |
0.0940 |
285 |
6 |
73.16 |
2009-06-09 |
| 172. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
78.27 |
0.9723 |
-0.0072 |
364 |
3 |
75.80 |
2009-04-12 |
| 173. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
78.19 |
1.0399 |
-0.0743 |
294 |
2 |
70.01 |
2009-04-13 |
| 174. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
78.18 |
0.9429 |
0.0187 |
287 |
3 |
69.03 |
2009-04-22 |
| 175. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
78.10 |
0.9612 |
-0.0019 |
256 |
4 |
75.25 |
2009-04-12 |
| 176. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
78.09 |
0.9572 |
0.0008 |
201 |
3 |
72.82 |
2009-04-12 |
| 177. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
78.08 |
1.0073 |
-0.0403 |
369 |
1 |
78.08 |
2009-05-14 |
| 178. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
78.00 |
0.9866 |
-0.0323 |
218 |
3 |
69.91 |
2009-06-09 |
| 179. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
77.88 |
0.9884 |
-0.0327 |
233 |
2 |
76.27 |
2009-04-12 |
| 180. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
77.87 |
0.8852 |
0.0733 |
201 |
5 |
64.09 |
2009-04-13 |
| 181. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
77.83 |
1.0462 |
-0.0964 |
184 |
1 |
77.83 |
2009-04-12 |
| 182. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
77.76 |
1.0124 |
-0.0598 |
204 |
2 |
74.97 |
2009-04-13 |
| 183. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
77.70 |
0.9339 |
0.0189 |
310 |
4 |
69.61 |
2009-04-24 |
| 184. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
77.55 |
0.9464 |
0.0111 |
323 |
2 |
77.42 |
2009-06-09 |
| 185. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
77.53 |
0.9213 |
0.0314 |
295 |
1 |
77.53 |
2009-04-06 |
| 186. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
77.50 |
0.9820 |
-0.0274 |
267 |
4 |
74.64 |
2009-04-12 |
| 187. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
77.50 |
1.0292 |
-0.0787 |
262 |
3 |
75.08 |
2009-04-12 |
| 188. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
77.43 |
0.9289 |
0.0197 |
204 |
4 |
74.07 |
2009-04-12 |
| 189. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
77.36 |
1.0068 |
-0.0534 |
358 |
2 |
76.74 |
2009-04-12 |
| 190. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
77.22 |
1.0487 |
-0.1054 |
231 |
3 |
75.70 |
2009-04-12 |
| 191. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
77.03 |
1.0025 |
-0.0567 |
256 |
2 |
75.96 |
2009-04-01 |
| 192. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
76.90 |
0.8602 |
0.0819 |
206 |
3 |
72.22 |
2009-07-07 |
| 193. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
76.89 |
0.9894 |
-0.0408 |
323 |
3 |
72.91 |
2009-04-12 |
| 194. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
76.86 |
0.9675 |
-0.0142 |
383 |
3 |
73.29 |
2009-04-12 |
| 195. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
76.75 |
0.9148 |
0.0291 |
317 |
6 |
68.39 |
2009-04-12 |
| 196. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
76.69 |
0.8971 |
0.0499 |
266 |
1 |
76.69 |
2009-03-29 |
| 197. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
76.68 |
0.9164 |
0.0300 |
305 |
3 |
66.62 |
2009-04-12 |
| 198. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
76.58 |
0.9430 |
-0.0100 |
211 |
5 |
73.22 |
2009-04-12 |
| 199. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
76.56 |
0.9540 |
-0.0157 |
285 |
3 |
71.80 |
2009-04-12 |
| 200. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
76.56 |
0.9991 |
-0.0585 |
225 |
1 |
76.56 |
2009-04-03 |
| 201. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
76.46 |
0.9879 |
-0.0403 |
450 |
2 |
73.33 |
2009-04-06 |
| 202. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
76.44 |
0.8981 |
0.0451 |
393 |
4 |
68.66 |
2009-04-09 |
| 203. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
76.32 |
0.9553 |
-0.0110 |
430 |
3 |
71.80 |
2009-04-13 |
| 204. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
76.21 |
0.9293 |
0.0072 |
355 |
2 |
76.19 |
2009-04-12 |
| 205. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
76.14 |
0.9426 |
-0.0046 |
317 |
4 |
73.70 |
2009-04-06 |
| 206. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
76.05 |
0.9635 |
-0.0244 |
389 |
3 |
69.35 |
2009-07-07 |
| 207. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
75.94 |
0.9342 |
0.0017 |
434 |
3 |
72.64 |
2009-04-12 |
| 208. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
75.82 |
0.8770 |
0.0571 |
300 |
4 |
66.80 |
2009-04-12 |
| 209. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
75.69 |
0.9578 |
-0.0290 |
281 |
2 |
70.80 |
2009-04-09 |
| 210. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
75.63 |
0.9514 |
-0.0226 |
237 |
1 |
75.63 |
2009-04-06 |
| 211. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
75.58 |
1.0398 |
-0.1224 |
110 |
3 |
70.63 |
2009-04-12 |
| 212. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
75.33 |
0.9202 |
0.0039 |
254 |
2 |
66.89 |
2009-04-09 |
| 213. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
75.30 |
0.9622 |
-0.0314 |
392 |
4 |
68.74 |
2009-04-12 |
| 214. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
75.13 |
0.9212 |
0.0044 |
323 |
5 |
71.69 |
2009-04-12 |
| 215. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
75.04 |
1.0534 |
-0.1300 |
357 |
1 |
75.04 |
2009-03-29 |
| 216. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
74.69 |
0.8878 |
0.0288 |
346 |
5 |
68.75 |
2009-04-24 |
| 217. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
74.66 |
0.9072 |
0.0075 |
237 |
1 |
74.66 |
2009-04-09 |
| 218. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
74.65 |
0.9278 |
-0.0088 |
295 |
2 |
72.05 |
2009-04-09 |
| 219. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
74.57 |
0.8811 |
0.0388 |
239 |
1 |
74.57 |
2009-04-02 |
| 220. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
74.34 |
0.9330 |
-0.0139 |
360 |
2 |
71.39 |
2009-04-12 |
| 221. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
74.28 |
0.8941 |
0.0196 |
216 |
2 |
69.44 |
2009-04-12 |
| 222. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
74.26 |
0.9986 |
-0.0865 |
283 |
1 |
74.26 |
2009-03-29 |
| 223. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
74.12 |
0.9653 |
-0.0473 |
394 |
2 |
69.98 |
2009-04-12 |
| 224. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
73.89 |
0.9365 |
-0.0282 |
248 |
2 |
65.74 |
2009-04-12 |
| 225. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
73.62 |
0.8442 |
0.0633 |
265 |
1 |
73.62 |
2009-04-02 |
| 226. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
73.32 |
0.9672 |
-0.0609 |
396 |
1 |
73.32 |
2009-03-29 |
| 227. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
73.23 |
0.9049 |
-0.0009 |
351 |
4 |
68.80 |
2009-04-09 |
| 228. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
73.17 |
0.8958 |
0.0067 |
322 |
1 |
73.17 |
2009-04-09 |
| 229. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
73.09 |
0.9398 |
-0.0336 |
419 |
3 |
69.57 |
2009-04-12 |
| 230. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
72.77 |
0.8382 |
0.0552 |
268 |
4 |
64.62 |
2009-06-09 |
| 231. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
72.66 |
0.9646 |
-0.0739 |
264 |
4 |
65.21 |
2009-04-09 |
| 232. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
72.64 |
0.9005 |
-0.0107 |
212 |
6 |
66.90 |
2009-04-12 |
| 233. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
72.51 |
0.8533 |
0.0375 |
232 |
1 |
72.51 |
2009-04-02 |
| 234. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
72.35 |
0.9234 |
-0.0303 |
346 |
4 |
68.54 |
2009-04-14 |
| 235. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
72.17 |
1.0483 |
-0.1658 |
227 |
2 |
64.15 |
2009-04-12 |
| 236. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
72.15 |
0.9691 |
-0.0844 |
223 |
2 |
70.49 |
2009-04-12 |
| 237. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
72.13 |
0.9532 |
-0.0695 |
258 |
2 |
68.47 |
2009-04-12 |
| 238. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
71.94 |
0.9088 |
-0.0210 |
348 |
1 |
71.94 |
2009-04-12 |
| 239. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
71.44 |
0.9852 |
-0.1085 |
264 |
3 |
69.76 |
2009-04-09 |
| 240. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
71.03 |
0.9275 |
-0.0595 |
211 |
2 |
67.51 |
2009-04-12 |
| 241. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
70.76 |
0.8961 |
-0.0316 |
189 |
2 |
65.48 |
2009-04-12 |
| 242. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
69.97 |
0.9831 |
-0.1170 |
469 |
1 |
69.97 |
2009-03-26 |
| 243. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
69.95 |
0.9084 |
-0.0488 |
300 |
5 |
65.39 |
2009-07-07 |
| 244. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
69.93 |
0.9125 |
-0.0531 |
308 |
4 |
66.37 |
2009-05-14 |
| 245. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
69.63 |
0.9805 |
-0.1221 |
292 |
1 |
69.63 |
2009-04-01 |
| 246. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
69.59 |
0.9614 |
-0.1051 |
292 |
2 |
69.31 |
2009-04-09 |
| 247. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
69.00 |
0.8826 |
-0.0352 |
296 |
1 |
69.00 |
2009-03-30 |
| 248. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
68.93 |
1.0523 |
-0.2115 |
256 |
3 |
67.74 |
2009-04-12 |
| 249. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
68.85 |
0.9513 |
-0.1034 |
354 |
1 |
68.85 |
2009-04-09 |
| 250. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
68.75 |
0.8956 |
-0.0481 |
322 |
1 |
68.75 |
2009-04-12 |
| 251. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
68.68 |
0.9601 |
-0.1134 |
308 |
4 |
66.04 |
2009-04-14 |
| 252. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
68.62 |
1.0349 |
-0.1943 |
234 |
2 |
66.96 |
2009-04-09 |
| 253. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
68.46 |
0.8753 |
-0.0268 |
427 |
3 |
62.53 |
2009-04-01 |
| 254. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
68.37 |
0.9485 |
-0.1086 |
236 |
4 |
64.92 |
2009-04-12 |
| 255. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
67.57 |
0.8573 |
-0.0255 |
270 |
1 |
67.57 |
2009-04-12 |
| 256. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
67.48 |
0.8933 |
-0.0598 |
363 |
3 |
62.85 |
2009-04-12 |
| 257. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
66.11 |
0.8595 |
-0.0477 |
242 |
2 |
65.31 |
2009-04-06 |
| 258. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
65.61 |
0.9087 |
-0.0942 |
393 |
2 |
65.34 |
2009-04-07 |
| 259. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
65.42 |
0.9965 |
-0.1945 |
277 |
1 |
65.42 |
2009-04-07 |
| 260. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
65.34 |
1.0218 |
-0.2243 |
268 |
1 |
65.34 |
2009-04-06 |
| 261. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
65.07 |
0.9884 |
-0.1870 |
262 |
1 |
65.07 |
2009-03-29 |
| 262. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
64.68 |
0.9074 |
-0.1087 |
396 |
1 |
64.68 |
2009-04-09 |
| 263. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
64.43 |
1.0029 |
-0.2202 |
209 |
1 |
64.43 |
2009-04-01 |
| 264. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
63.16 |
0.9593 |
-0.1813 |
398 |
1 |
63.16 |
2009-11-19 |
| 265. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
61.71 |
0.8105 |
-0.0596 |
204 |
3 |
57.87 |
2009-04-12 |
| 266. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
59.95 |
0.9786 |
-0.2505 |
193 |
1 |
59.95 |
2009-03-29 |
| 267. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
57.97 |
0.7876 |
-0.0763 |
316 |
1 |
57.97 |
2009-04-12 |
| 268. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
56.51 |
0.8890 |
-0.2021 |
199 |
1 |
56.51 |
2009-04-01 |
| 269. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
54.33 |
0.9649 |
-0.3026 |
193 |
2 |
53.09 |
2009-06-14 |