| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
171.09 |
1.0696 |
0.1554 |
226 |
3 |
149.31 |
2008-11-07 |
| 2. |
One day you're in a funk about things, telling a friend that... |
168.75 |
1.1323 |
0.1129 |
341 |
1 |
168.75 |
2011-03-13 |
| 3. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
166.24 |
1.0487 |
0.1396 |
231 |
2 |
158.39 |
2008-10-30 |
| 4. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
163.25 |
1.0483 |
0.1203 |
227 |
7 |
141.22 |
2008-11-08 |
| 5. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
163.15 |
1.0025 |
0.1693 |
336 |
3 |
133.78 |
2008-11-12 |
| 6. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
161.37 |
1.0297 |
0.1271 |
249 |
4 |
136.89 |
2011-03-13 |
| 7. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
160.89 |
1.0289 |
0.1300 |
276 |
2 |
147.09 |
2008-11-04 |
| 8. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
160.61 |
1.0787 |
0.0725 |
237 |
9 |
137.24 |
2011-03-02 |
| 9. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
159.55 |
1.0829 |
0.0634 |
288 |
4 |
149.73 |
2008-10-28 |
| 10. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
158.55 |
1.1114 |
0.0234 |
247 |
7 |
144.04 |
2009-01-08 |
| 11. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
158.37 |
1.0528 |
0.0784 |
201 |
2 |
145.95 |
2008-11-08 |
| 12. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
158.21 |
1.0165 |
0.1225 |
392 |
3 |
149.20 |
2011-03-14 |
| 13. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
158.12 |
1.0613 |
0.0781 |
456 |
3 |
141.57 |
2008-11-05 |
| 14. |
I don't believe in an interventionist God, but I know, darli... |
158.09 |
1.0677 |
0.0969 |
284 |
1 |
158.09 |
2011-03-14 |
| 15. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
157.86 |
1.0391 |
0.0995 |
358 |
3 |
148.96 |
2011-03-14 |
| 16. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
157.53 |
0.9843 |
0.1408 |
234 |
5 |
138.12 |
2009-01-09 |
| 17. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
157.24 |
0.9907 |
0.1357 |
211 |
4 |
153.84 |
2009-01-29 |
| 18. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
157.03 |
1.0574 |
0.0970 |
205 |
1 |
157.03 |
2011-03-10 |
| 19. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
156.52 |
1.0534 |
0.0716 |
357 |
5 |
136.70 |
2008-11-07 |
| 20. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
156.42 |
0.9863 |
0.1402 |
339 |
7 |
141.23 |
2009-01-14 |
| 21. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
156.42 |
1.0396 |
0.0753 |
149 |
4 |
146.71 |
2008-11-01 |
| 22. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
155.41 |
1.0389 |
0.0776 |
318 |
3 |
141.74 |
2011-03-14 |
| 23. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
155.37 |
1.0668 |
0.0502 |
350 |
4 |
135.30 |
2008-11-08 |
| 24. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
155.36 |
1.0138 |
0.1002 |
231 |
1 |
155.36 |
2008-11-13 |
| 25. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
155.36 |
1.0214 |
0.0876 |
166 |
2 |
148.95 |
2011-03-15 |
| 26. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
155.27 |
1.0993 |
0.0123 |
265 |
6 |
141.79 |
2011-03-14 |
| 27. |
He rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' ... |
155.09 |
1.0502 |
0.0887 |
535 |
1 |
155.09 |
2011-03-15 |
| 28. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
155.03 |
0.9786 |
0.1282 |
193 |
4 |
133.28 |
2011-03-15 |
| 29. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
154.93 |
1.0441 |
0.0687 |
252 |
7 |
139.95 |
2011-03-15 |
| 30. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
154.52 |
1.0445 |
0.0647 |
373 |
2 |
142.78 |
2008-10-30 |
| 31. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
154.45 |
1.0013 |
0.1056 |
273 |
2 |
148.86 |
2011-03-10 |
| 32. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
154.44 |
1.0613 |
0.0473 |
266 |
3 |
143.89 |
2011-03-02 |
| 33. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
154.06 |
1.0608 |
0.0775 |
258 |
1 |
154.06 |
2011-03-15 |
| 34. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
154.04 |
0.9514 |
0.1537 |
237 |
3 |
130.54 |
2008-11-03 |
| 35. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
153.51 |
1.0714 |
0.0207 |
129 |
1 |
153.51 |
2008-10-13 |
| 36. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
153.19 |
0.9772 |
0.1179 |
217 |
3 |
143.14 |
2008-11-05 |
| 37. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
153.16 |
1.0429 |
0.0541 |
259 |
2 |
142.37 |
2008-11-08 |
| 38. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
152.52 |
1.0711 |
0.0176 |
213 |
3 |
137.60 |
2008-11-05 |
| 39. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
152.18 |
0.9905 |
0.1322 |
337 |
1 |
152.18 |
2011-03-10 |
| 40. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
151.31 |
1.0555 |
0.0309 |
363 |
2 |
145.18 |
2009-01-09 |
| 41. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
151.06 |
1.0797 |
-0.0021 |
210 |
2 |
145.40 |
2008-11-03 |
| 42. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
150.94 |
0.9936 |
0.0884 |
311 |
2 |
136.12 |
2008-10-30 |
| 43. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
150.91 |
1.0296 |
0.0589 |
437 |
7 |
135.77 |
2011-03-15 |
| 44. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
150.65 |
1.0419 |
0.0383 |
261 |
2 |
142.92 |
2008-11-05 |
| 45. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
150.62 |
0.9965 |
0.0787 |
168 |
2 |
142.93 |
2008-10-28 |
| 46. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
150.42 |
1.0515 |
0.0251 |
250 |
3 |
146.59 |
2011-03-14 |
| 47. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
150.18 |
0.9612 |
0.1156 |
256 |
4 |
136.73 |
2011-03-15 |
| 48. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
150.10 |
1.0068 |
0.0727 |
358 |
3 |
138.92 |
2008-11-06 |
| 49. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
149.80 |
0.9527 |
0.1212 |
251 |
3 |
137.12 |
2008-11-03 |
| 50. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
149.72 |
1.0788 |
-0.0109 |
171 |
2 |
148.78 |
2011-03-13 |
| 51. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
149.28 |
1.0124 |
0.0555 |
204 |
2 |
141.84 |
2011-03-13 |
| 52. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
149.23 |
1.0417 |
0.0257 |
253 |
5 |
140.87 |
2008-11-08 |
| 53. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
149.05 |
1.0029 |
0.0593 |
209 |
2 |
134.71 |
2008-10-28 |
| 54. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
148.83 |
1.0885 |
-0.0182 |
315 |
5 |
131.66 |
2008-11-06 |
| 55. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
148.75 |
1.0619 |
0.0081 |
354 |
2 |
146.64 |
2008-11-07 |
| 56. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
148.70 |
1.0062 |
0.0599 |
288 |
4 |
139.80 |
2011-03-14 |
| 57. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
148.56 |
0.9965 |
0.0689 |
310 |
3 |
137.20 |
2008-11-03 |
| 58. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
148.52 |
0.9578 |
0.1065 |
281 |
3 |
127.97 |
2008-11-08 |
| 59. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
148.41 |
1.0368 |
0.0281 |
276 |
4 |
134.63 |
2008-11-04 |
| 60. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
148.34 |
0.9986 |
0.0655 |
283 |
2 |
141.74 |
2008-10-09 |
| 61. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
148.07 |
1.0399 |
0.0268 |
294 |
3 |
133.10 |
2009-01-09 |
| 62. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
148.06 |
0.9846 |
0.0757 |
281 |
4 |
136.57 |
2008-11-07 |
| 63. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
148.06 |
0.9084 |
0.1571 |
404 |
4 |
128.82 |
2009-10-07 |
| 64. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
147.92 |
1.0257 |
0.0411 |
401 |
4 |
137.38 |
2011-03-13 |
| 65. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
147.91 |
1.0331 |
0.0250 |
234 |
3 |
136.11 |
2008-11-01 |
| 66. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
147.62 |
0.9699 |
0.0877 |
269 |
2 |
139.88 |
2011-03-15 |
| 67. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
147.56 |
1.0565 |
-0.0013 |
247 |
6 |
135.23 |
2008-11-04 |
| 68. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
147.49 |
1.0352 |
0.0247 |
341 |
4 |
128.07 |
2011-03-15 |
| 69. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
147.32 |
1.0201 |
0.0400 |
375 |
1 |
147.32 |
2008-11-03 |
| 70. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
147.05 |
0.9731 |
0.0685 |
129 |
2 |
125.99 |
2008-11-04 |
| 71. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
147.02 |
1.0666 |
-0.0126 |
297 |
2 |
140.86 |
2008-10-23 |
| 72. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
146.95 |
1.0063 |
0.0475 |
371 |
6 |
134.35 |
2009-01-09 |
| 73. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
146.83 |
1.0340 |
0.0237 |
406 |
7 |
133.19 |
2011-03-02 |
| 74. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
146.66 |
0.9540 |
0.0955 |
285 |
3 |
124.33 |
2008-10-23 |
| 75. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
146.64 |
0.9351 |
0.1105 |
190 |
4 |
122.90 |
2011-03-13 |
| 76. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
146.19 |
0.9905 |
0.0652 |
377 |
4 |
133.83 |
2008-10-30 |
| 77. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
146.08 |
0.9991 |
0.0485 |
225 |
3 |
137.44 |
2008-11-13 |
| 78. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
145.98 |
1.0337 |
0.0120 |
214 |
5 |
135.49 |
2008-10-28 |
| 79. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
145.89 |
1.0390 |
0.0029 |
205 |
4 |
137.13 |
2008-11-04 |
| 80. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
145.88 |
0.8919 |
0.1520 |
205 |
5 |
134.45 |
2011-03-10 |
| 81. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
145.55 |
0.9723 |
0.0746 |
364 |
2 |
134.95 |
2008-11-01 |
| 82. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
145.54 |
1.0284 |
0.0580 |
282 |
1 |
145.54 |
2011-03-02 |
| 83. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
145.24 |
1.1018 |
-0.0672 |
220 |
3 |
136.88 |
2011-03-10 |
| 84. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
145.13 |
0.9500 |
0.0924 |
362 |
3 |
134.69 |
2008-11-05 |
| 85. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
145.12 |
1.0454 |
-0.0090 |
255 |
3 |
135.10 |
2008-11-05 |
| 86. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
145.03 |
1.0334 |
-0.0005 |
131 |
1 |
145.03 |
2008-10-22 |
| 87. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
145.00 |
1.0201 |
0.0123 |
172 |
1 |
145.00 |
2011-03-15 |
| 88. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
144.88 |
0.9293 |
0.1098 |
355 |
5 |
129.35 |
2008-10-30 |
| 89. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
144.76 |
1.0595 |
-0.0195 |
379 |
2 |
134.74 |
2008-10-28 |
| 90. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
144.70 |
1.0389 |
0.0005 |
340 |
2 |
141.63 |
2011-03-15 |
| 91. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
144.54 |
1.0183 |
0.0120 |
191 |
3 |
136.44 |
2008-11-03 |
| 92. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
144.25 |
0.9899 |
0.0392 |
163 |
4 |
123.16 |
2008-10-30 |
| 93. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
143.66 |
0.9884 |
0.0403 |
233 |
6 |
132.13 |
2011-03-10 |
| 94. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
143.61 |
1.0252 |
-0.0026 |
176 |
5 |
127.46 |
2011-03-13 |
| 95. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
143.47 |
0.9763 |
0.0513 |
289 |
2 |
123.58 |
2008-11-07 |
| 96. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
143.22 |
1.0477 |
-0.0190 |
360 |
5 |
137.85 |
2008-11-01 |
| 97. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
143.10 |
0.9966 |
0.0282 |
259 |
5 |
125.77 |
2008-11-07 |
| 98. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
143.05 |
1.0662 |
-0.0034 |
407 |
1 |
143.05 |
2011-03-13 |
| 99. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
142.86 |
1.0398 |
-0.0266 |
110 |
1 |
142.86 |
2008-10-30 |
| 100. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
142.82 |
0.9339 |
0.0880 |
310 |
6 |
131.56 |
2008-11-07 |
| 101. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
142.82 |
0.8961 |
0.1239 |
189 |
3 |
130.46 |
2008-11-13 |
| 102. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
142.36 |
0.9569 |
0.0901 |
410 |
1 |
142.36 |
2011-03-13 |
| 103. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
142.27 |
1.0516 |
-0.0326 |
281 |
3 |
128.28 |
2008-11-12 |
| 104. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
142.24 |
0.9687 |
0.0552 |
371 |
3 |
127.79 |
2011-03-11 |
| 105. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
142.12 |
0.9831 |
0.0432 |
469 |
2 |
130.81 |
2008-11-03 |
| 106. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
141.96 |
0.9851 |
0.0343 |
317 |
1 |
141.96 |
2008-10-29 |
| 107. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
141.74 |
0.9168 |
0.1001 |
240 |
6 |
131.33 |
2008-11-06 |
| 108. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
141.53 |
0.9676 |
0.0547 |
442 |
6 |
129.51 |
2008-11-05 |
| 109. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
141.32 |
1.0352 |
-0.0196 |
341 |
3 |
136.36 |
2008-11-08 |
| 110. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
141.30 |
0.9941 |
0.0159 |
217 |
4 |
133.92 |
2009-02-18 |
| 111. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
141.16 |
1.0197 |
-0.0112 |
226 |
3 |
137.94 |
2008-11-08 |
| 112. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
141.13 |
1.0498 |
-0.0435 |
180 |
2 |
126.63 |
2008-10-27 |
| 113. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
141.07 |
0.9942 |
0.0253 |
483 |
2 |
137.12 |
2008-11-04 |
| 114. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
140.74 |
0.9570 |
0.0530 |
287 |
3 |
124.94 |
2008-11-06 |
| 115. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
140.56 |
1.0444 |
-0.0440 |
197 |
2 |
136.98 |
2011-03-15 |
| 116. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
140.46 |
1.0167 |
-0.0036 |
378 |
6 |
133.05 |
2011-03-13 |
| 117. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
140.41 |
0.9074 |
0.1050 |
396 |
6 |
124.92 |
2008-11-08 |
| 118. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
140.38 |
0.9653 |
0.0487 |
394 |
3 |
121.46 |
2008-10-29 |
| 119. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
140.35 |
1.0621 |
-0.0372 |
263 |
1 |
140.35 |
2011-03-14 |
| 120. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
140.32 |
1.0214 |
-0.0178 |
269 |
6 |
120.65 |
2011-03-15 |
| 121. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
140.04 |
0.8878 |
0.1152 |
346 |
5 |
122.90 |
2009-01-28 |
| 122. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
139.99 |
0.9893 |
0.0137 |
323 |
3 |
133.65 |
2008-10-13 |
| 123. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
139.73 |
0.9485 |
0.0542 |
236 |
3 |
127.68 |
2011-03-10 |
| 124. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
139.69 |
0.9879 |
0.0215 |
450 |
1 |
139.69 |
2008-10-22 |
| 125. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
139.54 |
1.0177 |
0.0201 |
392 |
1 |
139.54 |
2011-03-15 |
| 126. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
139.52 |
1.0263 |
-0.0276 |
267 |
1 |
139.52 |
2008-11-04 |
| 127. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
139.50 |
0.9833 |
0.0176 |
355 |
2 |
131.97 |
2009-01-14 |
| 128. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
139.47 |
1.0596 |
-0.0626 |
239 |
2 |
137.81 |
2008-12-28 |
| 129. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
138.98 |
0.9691 |
0.0259 |
223 |
3 |
128.74 |
2008-10-27 |
| 130. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
138.97 |
1.0346 |
0.0029 |
244 |
1 |
138.97 |
2011-03-10 |
| 131. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
138.91 |
0.9740 |
0.0169 |
209 |
6 |
130.59 |
2008-12-28 |
| 132. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
138.83 |
1.0073 |
-0.0049 |
369 |
3 |
129.47 |
2009-02-18 |
| 133. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
138.63 |
0.9756 |
0.0161 |
229 |
4 |
122.51 |
2009-02-02 |
| 134. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
138.55 |
0.9601 |
0.0370 |
308 |
3 |
126.05 |
2008-11-04 |
| 135. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
138.44 |
0.9646 |
0.0261 |
264 |
4 |
133.05 |
2009-01-09 |
| 136. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
138.37 |
0.9758 |
0.0160 |
314 |
4 |
130.04 |
2009-01-08 |
| 137. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
138.30 |
1.0201 |
-0.0291 |
303 |
2 |
129.38 |
2008-10-30 |
| 138. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
138.28 |
0.9125 |
0.0798 |
308 |
4 |
124.70 |
2008-11-04 |
| 139. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
138.24 |
0.9213 |
0.0694 |
295 |
6 |
128.25 |
2008-11-04 |
| 140. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
138.24 |
0.9429 |
0.0486 |
287 |
3 |
132.29 |
2008-11-04 |
| 141. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
138.04 |
0.9084 |
0.0821 |
300 |
1 |
138.04 |
2008-11-04 |
| 142. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
137.96 |
0.9776 |
0.0107 |
308 |
3 |
128.69 |
2011-03-15 |
| 143. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
137.91 |
0.9567 |
0.0309 |
273 |
3 |
133.09 |
2008-11-07 |
| 144. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
137.83 |
0.9697 |
0.0177 |
249 |
5 |
122.81 |
2009-01-08 |
| 145. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
137.75 |
0.9468 |
0.0393 |
276 |
1 |
137.75 |
2009-01-08 |
| 146. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
137.58 |
1.0796 |
-0.0990 |
129 |
3 |
131.79 |
2008-11-07 |
| 147. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
137.54 |
0.9365 |
0.0500 |
248 |
1 |
137.54 |
2008-11-08 |
| 148. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
137.38 |
0.9464 |
0.0426 |
323 |
2 |
132.56 |
2008-10-29 |
| 149. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
137.08 |
0.9682 |
0.0117 |
143 |
4 |
122.31 |
2008-11-08 |
| 150. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
136.76 |
1.0016 |
-0.0268 |
218 |
2 |
126.63 |
2008-11-03 |
| 151. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
136.71 |
1.0261 |
-0.0489 |
273 |
4 |
127.60 |
2008-12-28 |
| 152. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
136.63 |
0.9614 |
0.0201 |
292 |
1 |
136.63 |
2008-10-22 |
| 153. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
136.61 |
0.8826 |
0.0971 |
296 |
2 |
128.70 |
2008-11-07 |
| 154. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
136.24 |
0.9426 |
0.0362 |
317 |
4 |
113.66 |
2008-11-05 |
| 155. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
136.07 |
1.0131 |
-0.0426 |
225 |
2 |
130.52 |
2008-10-22 |
| 156. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
135.90 |
0.9330 |
0.0468 |
360 |
4 |
125.86 |
2008-11-07 |
| 157. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
135.89 |
0.9553 |
0.0250 |
430 |
3 |
130.61 |
2008-11-08 |
| 158. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
134.83 |
1.0462 |
-0.0869 |
184 |
6 |
122.03 |
2011-03-10 |
| 159. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
134.64 |
0.9852 |
-0.0209 |
264 |
3 |
119.63 |
2009-01-08 |
| 160. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
134.55 |
0.9566 |
0.0294 |
576 |
1 |
134.55 |
2011-03-10 |
| 161. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
134.41 |
0.8553 |
0.1020 |
174 |
2 |
124.67 |
2008-10-30 |
| 162. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
134.24 |
0.9768 |
-0.0131 |
387 |
3 |
131.97 |
2008-10-30 |
| 163. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
134.19 |
0.9672 |
0.0001 |
396 |
3 |
129.06 |
2008-11-08 |
| 164. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
134.19 |
1.0023 |
-0.0434 |
211 |
3 |
125.33 |
2008-10-27 |
| 165. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
133.77 |
0.9622 |
0.0019 |
392 |
3 |
123.00 |
2008-11-06 |
| 166. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
133.66 |
1.0095 |
-0.0537 |
316 |
5 |
127.76 |
2009-01-29 |
| 167. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
133.60 |
0.8722 |
0.0872 |
285 |
2 |
131.81 |
2008-11-08 |
| 168. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
133.48 |
1.0203 |
-0.0613 |
261 |
3 |
128.35 |
2008-11-03 |
| 169. |
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit. And the ... |
133.37 |
1.0679 |
-0.0928 |
177 |
1 |
133.37 |
2011-03-10 |
| 170. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
133.24 |
1.0189 |
-0.0617 |
337 |
1 |
133.24 |
2011-03-02 |
| 171. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
133.11 |
1.0577 |
-0.1083 |
247 |
4 |
120.46 |
2008-10-28 |
| 172. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
132.91 |
1.0025 |
-0.0511 |
256 |
1 |
132.91 |
2008-10-23 |
| 173. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
132.78 |
1.0060 |
-0.0601 |
171 |
3 |
128.53 |
2009-01-14 |
| 174. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
131.97 |
0.9164 |
0.0331 |
305 |
1 |
131.97 |
2009-01-14 |
| 175. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
131.90 |
1.0213 |
-0.0803 |
240 |
1 |
131.90 |
2011-03-02 |
| 176. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
131.89 |
0.9309 |
0.0113 |
284 |
4 |
127.40 |
2008-11-13 |
| 177. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
131.82 |
1.0251 |
-0.0837 |
261 |
3 |
127.99 |
2008-11-04 |
| 178. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
131.43 |
0.8958 |
0.0496 |
322 |
6 |
117.97 |
2008-10-30 |
| 179. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
131.36 |
0.9886 |
-0.0459 |
220 |
2 |
119.47 |
2008-11-03 |
| 180. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
131.34 |
1.0567 |
-0.1160 |
303 |
2 |
127.14 |
2009-01-08 |
| 181. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
131.22 |
0.9910 |
-0.0499 |
295 |
1 |
131.22 |
2008-10-22 |
| 182. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
131.00 |
0.9684 |
-0.0281 |
388 |
2 |
126.54 |
2008-11-04 |
| 183. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
130.98 |
0.9212 |
0.0196 |
323 |
2 |
122.80 |
2008-11-08 |
| 184. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
130.95 |
0.9865 |
-0.0481 |
276 |
2 |
129.33 |
2008-11-08 |
| 185. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
130.84 |
0.9266 |
0.0100 |
267 |
2 |
129.96 |
2008-11-04 |
| 186. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
130.69 |
0.9636 |
-0.0283 |
254 |
1 |
130.69 |
2008-10-22 |
| 187. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
130.30 |
1.0168 |
-0.0828 |
271 |
2 |
126.14 |
2008-11-05 |
| 188. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
130.07 |
0.9202 |
0.0100 |
254 |
1 |
130.07 |
2008-10-28 |
| 189. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
129.58 |
0.9411 |
-0.0130 |
318 |
2 |
119.72 |
2008-10-25 |
| 190. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
129.53 |
0.9811 |
-0.0514 |
272 |
2 |
129.05 |
2008-11-01 |
| 191. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
129.29 |
0.9279 |
0.0038 |
317 |
5 |
118.10 |
2009-01-09 |
| 192. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
129.14 |
1.0523 |
-0.1325 |
256 |
4 |
123.50 |
2009-01-13 |
| 193. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
129.07 |
0.9342 |
-0.0071 |
434 |
4 |
113.31 |
2008-10-23 |
| 194. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
128.93 |
0.9372 |
-0.0106 |
320 |
2 |
122.12 |
2008-10-30 |
| 195. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
128.89 |
0.9734 |
-0.0514 |
289 |
3 |
127.04 |
2008-10-27 |
| 196. |
As the netted bag says, this potato was grown in Idaho, that... |
128.79 |
0.9371 |
0.0234 |
318 |
2 |
126.97 |
2011-03-10 |
| 197. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
128.60 |
1.0385 |
-0.1201 |
230 |
3 |
123.13 |
2011-03-10 |
| 198. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
128.59 |
0.9844 |
-0.0595 |
293 |
2 |
119.77 |
2008-11-07 |
| 199. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
128.24 |
0.9632 |
-0.0392 |
392 |
2 |
125.62 |
2008-10-08 |
| 200. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
127.67 |
0.9109 |
0.0052 |
401 |
3 |
123.68 |
2011-03-10 |
| 201. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
127.61 |
1.0099 |
-0.0998 |
207 |
1 |
127.61 |
2008-10-28 |
| 202. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
127.51 |
0.9234 |
-0.0057 |
346 |
3 |
122.65 |
2009-02-02 |
| 203. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
127.33 |
0.9593 |
-0.0436 |
398 |
1 |
127.33 |
2008-10-08 |
| 204. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
127.24 |
0.9841 |
-0.0699 |
334 |
1 |
127.24 |
2008-11-07 |
| 205. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
127.14 |
0.9805 |
-0.0663 |
292 |
4 |
121.24 |
2008-11-06 |
| 206. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
127.14 |
0.9289 |
-0.0216 |
204 |
4 |
119.72 |
2008-12-28 |
| 207. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
127.04 |
0.9064 |
0.0117 |
399 |
4 |
114.74 |
2008-11-03 |
| 208. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
127.02 |
1.0343 |
-0.0881 |
242 |
2 |
125.25 |
2011-03-14 |
| 209. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
126.91 |
0.9946 |
-0.0868 |
246 |
7 |
117.30 |
2008-11-13 |
| 210. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
126.61 |
0.9398 |
-0.0247 |
419 |
2 |
126.01 |
2008-10-30 |
| 211. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
126.58 |
1.0109 |
-0.1045 |
276 |
1 |
126.58 |
2008-10-26 |
| 212. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
126.54 |
1.0120 |
-0.1075 |
290 |
1 |
126.54 |
2008-11-08 |
| 213. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
126.54 |
0.8595 |
0.0476 |
242 |
2 |
112.27 |
2008-11-03 |
| 214. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
126.48 |
0.9754 |
-0.0645 |
362 |
1 |
126.48 |
2011-03-13 |
| 215. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
126.41 |
1.0486 |
-0.1435 |
289 |
4 |
122.16 |
2008-11-07 |
| 216. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
126.40 |
0.8852 |
0.0212 |
201 |
1 |
126.40 |
2008-11-06 |
| 217. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
126.02 |
0.9795 |
-0.0780 |
308 |
3 |
118.93 |
2008-10-23 |
| 218. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
125.89 |
0.9710 |
-0.0769 |
173 |
2 |
121.47 |
2008-10-28 |
| 219. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
125.69 |
0.9649 |
-0.0669 |
193 |
2 |
122.13 |
2008-10-30 |
| 220. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
125.49 |
0.9072 |
-0.0112 |
237 |
3 |
117.94 |
2009-01-08 |
| 221. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
125.44 |
0.9769 |
-0.0817 |
263 |
1 |
125.44 |
2009-01-28 |
| 222. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
125.40 |
0.9997 |
-0.0991 |
382 |
1 |
125.40 |
2008-10-27 |
| 223. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
125.13 |
1.0053 |
-0.1123 |
232 |
2 |
123.68 |
2008-10-27 |
| 224. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
125.02 |
0.9430 |
-0.0561 |
211 |
2 |
119.55 |
2008-10-30 |
| 225. |
There are men who possess a peculiarly strong visual memory,... |
124.60 |
0.9916 |
-0.0578 |
282 |
1 |
124.60 |
2011-03-15 |
| 226. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
124.53 |
0.8933 |
0.0038 |
363 |
3 |
118.98 |
2008-11-03 |
| 227. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
124.49 |
0.9376 |
-0.0418 |
367 |
2 |
121.98 |
2008-11-05 |
| 228. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
123.79 |
0.9597 |
-0.0703 |
347 |
4 |
120.16 |
2011-03-10 |
| 229. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
123.70 |
1.0426 |
-0.1586 |
323 |
1 |
123.70 |
2008-10-30 |
| 230. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
123.59 |
1.0314 |
-0.1083 |
452 |
1 |
123.59 |
2011-03-02 |
| 231. |
Since the 1980s virtually all the sodas and most of the frui... |
122.71 |
0.9881 |
-0.0701 |
424 |
1 |
122.71 |
2011-03-10 |
| 232. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
122.64 |
0.9513 |
-0.0705 |
354 |
2 |
121.30 |
2008-11-04 |
| 233. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
122.49 |
0.9148 |
-0.0375 |
317 |
3 |
121.41 |
2008-11-03 |
| 234. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
122.34 |
0.9820 |
-0.1044 |
267 |
1 |
122.34 |
2008-10-30 |
| 235. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
122.34 |
0.8916 |
-0.0165 |
216 |
4 |
120.34 |
2008-10-22 |
| 236. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
121.86 |
0.8981 |
-0.0222 |
393 |
3 |
121.16 |
2008-10-22 |
| 237. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
121.14 |
0.8753 |
0.0000 |
427 |
5 |
115.35 |
2008-10-30 |
| 238. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
120.85 |
0.8602 |
0.0016 |
206 |
4 |
116.32 |
2008-11-06 |
| 239. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
120.53 |
0.9964 |
-0.1346 |
203 |
1 |
120.53 |
2008-10-25 |
| 240. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
120.44 |
1.0320 |
-0.1337 |
293 |
1 |
120.44 |
2011-03-10 |
| 241. |
When Betty and Billy fell asleep, he walked down to the kitc... |
119.76 |
0.9693 |
-0.0918 |
360 |
1 |
119.76 |
2011-03-02 |
| 242. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
119.70 |
1.1016 |
-0.2459 |
233 |
1 |
119.70 |
2008-10-17 |
| 243. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
119.39 |
1.0349 |
-0.1822 |
234 |
3 |
111.29 |
2008-10-28 |
| 244. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
119.35 |
0.8947 |
-0.0367 |
366 |
1 |
119.35 |
2008-11-03 |
| 245. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
118.72 |
0.8382 |
0.0108 |
268 |
1 |
118.72 |
2008-10-08 |
| 246. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
118.34 |
0.9912 |
-0.1185 |
237 |
1 |
118.34 |
2011-03-10 |
| 247. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
118.21 |
0.8996 |
-0.0603 |
192 |
1 |
118.21 |
2008-10-22 |
| 248. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
116.75 |
0.8770 |
-0.0396 |
300 |
1 |
116.75 |
2008-10-25 |
| 249. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
116.58 |
0.9097 |
-0.0351 |
464 |
1 |
116.58 |
2008-10-17 |
| 250. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
116.13 |
0.9088 |
-0.0739 |
348 |
2 |
116.13 |
2008-10-28 |
| 251. |
Don't take anything personally - nothing others do is becaus... |
116.03 |
1.0684 |
-0.2096 |
253 |
1 |
116.03 |
2011-03-11 |
| 252. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
116.03 |
0.9087 |
-0.0690 |
393 |
1 |
116.03 |
2008-10-27 |
| 253. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
115.55 |
0.8956 |
-0.0655 |
322 |
1 |
115.55 |
2008-10-22 |
| 254. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
115.38 |
0.9785 |
-0.1510 |
335 |
2 |
114.76 |
2009-01-08 |
| 255. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
114.64 |
0.9675 |
-0.1391 |
383 |
2 |
111.28 |
2008-11-13 |
| 256. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
113.14 |
0.9670 |
-0.1169 |
307 |
1 |
113.14 |
2011-03-02 |
| 257. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
112.20 |
0.9619 |
-0.1555 |
393 |
2 |
109.19 |
2008-10-27 |
| 258. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
111.67 |
0.9798 |
-0.1881 |
199 |
1 |
111.67 |
2008-10-22 |
| 259. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
110.65 |
0.9045 |
-0.1142 |
235 |
1 |
110.65 |
2008-10-22 |
| 260. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
110.07 |
0.9866 |
-0.2045 |
218 |
1 |
110.07 |
2008-10-28 |
| 261. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
109.21 |
0.9532 |
-0.1750 |
258 |
1 |
109.21 |
2008-10-22 |
| 262. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
108.85 |
0.8890 |
-0.1157 |
199 |
1 |
108.85 |
2008-10-29 |
| 263. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
108.80 |
1.0719 |
-0.2677 |
360 |
1 |
108.80 |
2011-03-10 |
| 264. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
108.27 |
0.9005 |
-0.1293 |
212 |
2 |
104.92 |
2008-10-27 |
| 265. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
103.51 |
0.7876 |
-0.0468 |
316 |
2 |
99.85 |
2008-10-13 |
| 266. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
101.16 |
0.9792 |
-0.2197 |
265 |
1 |
101.16 |
2011-03-10 |