Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
1. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
83.88 |
1.0476 |
0.3309 |
110 |
25 |
64.34 |
2009-03-14 |
2. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
78.46 |
1.0960 |
0.2060 |
315 |
44 |
66.86 |
2009-03-16 |
3. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
78.00 |
1.1093 |
0.1753 |
220 |
48 |
63.97 |
2009-03-13 |
4. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
76.87 |
1.0881 |
0.1794 |
210 |
24 |
64.27 |
2009-03-14 |
5. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
76.82 |
1.0676 |
0.2076 |
456 |
22 |
66.23 |
2009-03-20 |
6. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
76.48 |
1.0426 |
0.2183 |
131 |
23 |
63.47 |
2009-03-20 |
7. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
76.47 |
1.0800 |
0.1778 |
129 |
31 |
62.08 |
2009-03-13 |
8. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
76.08 |
1.0582 |
0.1970 |
180 |
20 |
61.62 |
2009-03-07 |
9. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
76.07 |
1.1086 |
0.1499 |
233 |
29 |
66.67 |
2009-03-14 |
10. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
75.68 |
0.9807 |
0.2593 |
129 |
33 |
65.42 |
2009-03-14 |
11. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
75.21 |
1.1198 |
0.1230 |
247 |
25 |
65.15 |
2009-03-13 |
12. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
74.96 |
1.0654 |
0.1718 |
247 |
34 |
64.86 |
2009-03-17 |
13. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
74.60 |
1.1070 |
0.1256 |
265 |
29 |
62.48 |
2009-03-19 |
14. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
74.52 |
1.0590 |
0.1723 |
250 |
22 |
59.39 |
2009-03-01 |
15. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
74.07 |
1.0540 |
0.1659 |
184 |
36 |
62.85 |
2009-03-16 |
16. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
73.81 |
1.0103 |
0.2046 |
209 |
19 |
60.26 |
2009-03-17 |
17. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
73.72 |
1.0194 |
0.1976 |
224 |
10 |
63.44 |
2009-03-01 |
18. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
73.57 |
1.0777 |
0.1368 |
226 |
33 |
65.85 |
2009-03-13 |
19. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
73.54 |
1.0466 |
0.1691 |
230 |
26 |
61.83 |
2009-03-12 |
20. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
73.30 |
1.0199 |
0.1884 |
225 |
28 |
61.64 |
2009-03-13 |
21. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
73.14 |
1.0867 |
0.1183 |
171 |
26 |
61.26 |
2009-03-03 |
22. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
73.14 |
1.0506 |
0.1584 |
259 |
29 |
60.98 |
2009-03-13 |
23. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
72.85 |
1.0432 |
0.1620 |
276 |
21 |
59.04 |
2009-01-27 |
24. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
72.81 |
1.0132 |
0.1913 |
371 |
12 |
60.35 |
2009-03-13 |
25. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
72.73 |
1.0197 |
0.1811 |
204 |
18 |
60.94 |
2009-03-09 |
26. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
72.68 |
1.0521 |
0.1441 |
197 |
32 |
59.93 |
2009-03-09 |
27. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
72.64 |
1.0682 |
0.1340 |
266 |
25 |
62.78 |
2009-03-14 |
28. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
72.55 |
1.0615 |
0.1351 |
201 |
21 |
61.24 |
2009-03-07 |
29. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
72.53 |
1.0125 |
0.1853 |
232 |
12 |
59.84 |
2009-03-09 |
30. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
72.44 |
1.0481 |
0.1420 |
255 |
23 |
64.77 |
2009-03-16 |
31. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
72.33 |
1.0529 |
0.1457 |
373 |
30 |
62.76 |
2009-03-16 |
32. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
72.07 |
1.0301 |
0.1602 |
268 |
13 |
64.39 |
2009-03-05 |
33. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
71.95 |
1.0472 |
0.1362 |
149 |
18 |
62.21 |
2009-03-20 |
34. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
71.69 |
0.9866 |
0.1991 |
308 |
25 |
60.53 |
2009-03-17 |
35. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
71.60 |
1.0028 |
0.1799 |
259 |
19 |
64.26 |
2009-03-09 |
36. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
71.34 |
1.0042 |
0.1715 |
168 |
15 |
55.89 |
2009-03-02 |
37. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
71.25 |
1.0617 |
0.1144 |
171 |
14 |
65.73 |
2009-03-13 |
38. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
71.13 |
1.0115 |
0.1593 |
189 |
10 |
64.33 |
2009-03-10 |
39. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
71.03 |
1.0414 |
0.1321 |
234 |
24 |
60.71 |
2009-03-05 |
40. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
70.93 |
1.0130 |
0.1598 |
288 |
20 |
59.65 |
2009-03-14 |
41. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
70.91 |
1.0543 |
0.1204 |
360 |
25 |
59.80 |
2009-03-20 |
42. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
70.87 |
1.0800 |
0.0888 |
213 |
45 |
61.82 |
2009-03-04 |
43. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
70.75 |
1.0639 |
0.1069 |
303 |
20 |
59.89 |
2009-03-07 |
44. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
70.61 |
1.0059 |
0.1627 |
283 |
14 |
65.94 |
2009-03-20 |
45. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
70.50 |
1.0418 |
0.1246 |
214 |
25 |
59.91 |
2009-03-19 |
46. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
69.87 |
1.0607 |
0.0972 |
357 |
12 |
61.52 |
2009-03-07 |
47. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
69.84 |
1.0334 |
0.1206 |
261 |
21 |
60.64 |
2009-03-14 |
48. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
69.83 |
1.0567 |
0.0974 |
314 |
19 |
60.81 |
2009-03-13 |
49. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
69.65 |
1.0845 |
0.0658 |
212 |
5 |
64.64 |
2009-02-18 |
50. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
69.52 |
1.0250 |
0.1272 |
271 |
27 |
61.99 |
2009-03-14 |
51. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
69.48 |
1.0865 |
0.0619 |
237 |
36 |
61.20 |
2009-03-17 |
52. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
69.46 |
0.9927 |
0.1523 |
234 |
15 |
58.95 |
2009-03-20 |
53. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
69.40 |
0.9885 |
0.1589 |
355 |
18 |
64.05 |
2009-03-16 |
54. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
69.40 |
1.0333 |
0.1089 |
176 |
19 |
59.42 |
2009-03-07 |
55. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
69.39 |
1.0086 |
0.1342 |
218 |
12 |
58.91 |
2009-03-20 |
56. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
69.24 |
1.0125 |
0.1272 |
171 |
10 |
55.14 |
2009-03-10 |
57. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
69.22 |
1.0487 |
0.0934 |
253 |
21 |
60.61 |
2009-02-27 |
58. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
69.16 |
0.9952 |
0.1505 |
220 |
7 |
52.97 |
2009-03-09 |
59. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
69.11 |
0.9931 |
0.1455 |
218 |
8 |
60.64 |
2009-01-23 |
60. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
69.00 |
1.0479 |
0.0911 |
205 |
13 |
59.34 |
2009-03-12 |
61. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
68.81 |
1.0291 |
0.1063 |
240 |
15 |
58.29 |
2009-03-07 |
62. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
68.79 |
1.0628 |
0.0763 |
363 |
18 |
58.43 |
2009-03-10 |
63. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
68.72 |
1.0576 |
0.0756 |
231 |
13 |
61.44 |
2009-03-20 |
64. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
68.54 |
1.0287 |
0.1032 |
269 |
24 |
60.07 |
2009-03-14 |
65. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
68.52 |
0.9299 |
0.1943 |
168 |
8 |
50.48 |
2009-03-10 |
66. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
68.52 |
1.0279 |
0.0990 |
172 |
15 |
60.28 |
2009-03-14 |
67. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
68.43 |
1.0033 |
0.1281 |
203 |
12 |
59.42 |
2009-03-04 |
68. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
68.34 |
1.0461 |
0.0858 |
318 |
15 |
59.17 |
2009-03-19 |
69. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
68.34 |
1.0495 |
0.0797 |
323 |
26 |
58.69 |
2009-03-03 |
70. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
68.29 |
0.9503 |
0.1718 |
211 |
17 |
57.89 |
2009-02-27 |
71. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
68.27 |
1.0669 |
0.0648 |
379 |
10 |
59.28 |
2009-03-17 |
72. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
68.00 |
1.0877 |
0.0329 |
129 |
12 |
60.41 |
2009-03-12 |
73. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
67.99 |
1.0736 |
0.0528 |
350 |
24 |
61.25 |
2009-03-14 |
74. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
67.95 |
1.0561 |
0.0652 |
227 |
12 |
59.28 |
2009-02-24 |
75. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
67.94 |
1.0270 |
0.0966 |
303 |
9 |
62.26 |
2009-03-12 |
76. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
67.90 |
1.0372 |
0.0847 |
249 |
8 |
58.79 |
2009-03-20 |
77. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
67.68 |
1.0743 |
0.0455 |
297 |
18 |
59.25 |
2009-03-19 |
78. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
67.66 |
1.0638 |
0.0526 |
247 |
23 |
59.75 |
2009-03-07 |
79. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
67.46 |
1.0264 |
0.0844 |
191 |
10 |
55.66 |
2009-01-26 |
80. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
67.13 |
0.9981 |
0.1105 |
211 |
6 |
54.25 |
2009-03-09 |
81. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
67.07 |
1.0404 |
0.0730 |
406 |
11 |
59.52 |
2009-03-12 |
82. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
67.02 |
1.0341 |
0.0730 |
273 |
5 |
63.97 |
2009-03-19 |
83. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
66.92 |
1.0511 |
0.0568 |
252 |
28 |
60.17 |
2009-03-13 |
84. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
66.90 |
1.0601 |
0.0424 |
256 |
22 |
59.55 |
2009-03-12 |
85. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
66.87 |
1.0464 |
0.0638 |
294 |
9 |
61.26 |
2009-03-05 |
86. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
66.66 |
1.0332 |
0.0679 |
267 |
12 |
59.87 |
2009-03-09 |
87. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
66.61 |
1.0686 |
0.0359 |
354 |
30 |
58.92 |
2009-02-26 |
88. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
66.47 |
0.9780 |
0.1144 |
173 |
11 |
59.63 |
2009-01-31 |
89. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
66.44 |
1.0427 |
0.0563 |
269 |
7 |
64.67 |
2009-03-10 |
90. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
66.41 |
1.0265 |
0.0748 |
375 |
18 |
58.25 |
2009-03-07 |
91. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
66.30 |
1.0600 |
0.0360 |
351 |
18 |
58.81 |
2009-02-27 |
92. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
66.28 |
0.9836 |
0.1119 |
289 |
7 |
50.45 |
2009-03-03 |
93. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
66.27 |
1.0320 |
0.0692 |
401 |
12 |
59.60 |
2009-03-02 |
94. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
66.18 |
1.0362 |
0.0639 |
437 |
22 |
58.45 |
2009-03-13 |
95. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
66.17 |
1.0082 |
0.0804 |
212 |
10 |
60.17 |
2009-03-01 |
96. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
65.96 |
1.0588 |
0.0314 |
281 |
16 |
57.87 |
2009-02-28 |
97. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
65.94 |
1.0106 |
0.0782 |
302 |
11 |
51.78 |
2009-03-12 |
98. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
65.90 |
1.0901 |
0.0010 |
288 |
10 |
57.27 |
2009-03-04 |
99. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
65.70 |
0.9680 |
0.1179 |
256 |
12 |
55.12 |
2009-02-24 |
100. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
65.60 |
1.0411 |
0.0448 |
341 |
9 |
60.33 |
2009-02-25 |
101. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
65.52 |
1.0462 |
0.0396 |
340 |
9 |
57.49 |
2009-02-27 |
102. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
65.47 |
1.0543 |
0.0244 |
182 |
4 |
61.83 |
2009-03-07 |
103. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
65.39 |
1.0387 |
0.0461 |
333 |
7 |
63.24 |
2009-03-09 |
104. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
65.37 |
1.0403 |
0.0383 |
234 |
12 |
53.09 |
2009-03-18 |
105. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
65.29 |
0.9974 |
0.0777 |
163 |
6 |
55.02 |
2009-02-25 |
106. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
65.26 |
1.0288 |
0.0450 |
166 |
9 |
57.62 |
2009-03-03 |
107. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
65.15 |
0.9885 |
0.0948 |
469 |
9 |
61.47 |
2009-03-01 |
108. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
65.07 |
1.0094 |
0.0660 |
256 |
7 |
55.98 |
2009-02-25 |
109. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
64.88 |
0.9869 |
0.0816 |
193 |
15 |
57.00 |
2009-03-20 |
110. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
64.78 |
1.0135 |
0.0603 |
358 |
6 |
55.15 |
2009-02-25 |
111. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
64.65 |
1.0178 |
0.0488 |
207 |
7 |
54.28 |
2009-02-01 |
112. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
64.55 |
0.9948 |
0.0708 |
233 |
10 |
52.91 |
2009-02-27 |
113. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
64.52 |
0.9763 |
0.0894 |
143 |
7 |
53.67 |
2009-02-27 |
114. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
64.41 |
1.0208 |
0.0434 |
231 |
7 |
60.66 |
2009-01-27 |
115. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
64.36 |
1.0873 |
-0.0268 |
243 |
10 |
59.75 |
2009-03-01 |
116. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
64.23 |
1.0006 |
0.0607 |
311 |
9 |
54.23 |
2009-03-13 |
117. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
64.09 |
0.9890 |
0.0739 |
272 |
6 |
42.37 |
2009-03-13 |
118. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
64.04 |
1.0016 |
0.0550 |
217 |
11 |
50.92 |
2009-03-12 |
119. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
63.78 |
1.0227 |
0.0373 |
378 |
13 |
55.53 |
2009-01-16 |
120. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
63.73 |
0.9713 |
0.0803 |
193 |
5 |
55.11 |
2009-02-27 |
121. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
63.58 |
1.0498 |
0.0019 |
261 |
4 |
49.47 |
2009-01-26 |
122. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
63.57 |
1.0672 |
-0.0180 |
239 |
2 |
60.45 |
2009-01-16 |
123. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
63.24 |
1.0272 |
0.0156 |
226 |
11 |
55.79 |
2009-02-27 |
124. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
63.00 |
0.9922 |
0.0493 |
264 |
9 |
50.17 |
2009-01-14 |
125. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
62.88 |
1.0450 |
-0.0008 |
358 |
5 |
61.19 |
2009-01-16 |
126. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
62.87 |
0.9631 |
0.0751 |
273 |
8 |
51.23 |
2009-03-02 |
127. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
62.81 |
1.0419 |
-0.0011 |
341 |
9 |
59.55 |
2009-03-13 |
128. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
62.59 |
0.9927 |
0.0420 |
276 |
6 |
48.45 |
2009-03-09 |
129. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
61.94 |
1.0079 |
0.0144 |
273 |
1 |
61.94 |
2009-01-08 |
130. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
61.26 |
1.0101 |
0.0037 |
336 |
5 |
52.61 |
2009-01-19 |
131. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
61.20 |
1.0018 |
0.0095 |
246 |
3 |
49.35 |
2009-01-27 |
132. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
60.96 |
0.9068 |
0.0983 |
212 |
4 |
50.74 |
2009-01-04 |
133. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
60.83 |
0.9709 |
0.0326 |
264 |
3 |
55.55 |
2008-12-12 |
134. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
60.81 |
1.0557 |
-0.0500 |
289 |
3 |
54.71 |
2008-11-19 |
135. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
60.79 |
1.0035 |
0.0013 |
310 |
3 |
52.24 |
2009-01-11 |
136. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
60.22 |
0.9927 |
0.0039 |
262 |
5 |
49.33 |
2008-11-12 |
137. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
59.98 |
0.9841 |
0.0033 |
217 |
5 |
51.76 |
2009-03-12 |
138. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
59.97 |
1.0060 |
-0.0148 |
225 |
3 |
45.79 |
2009-01-12 |
139. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
59.59 |
0.9996 |
-0.0079 |
483 |
1 |
59.59 |
2008-12-12 |
140. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
59.57 |
0.9271 |
0.0564 |
295 |
4 |
50.33 |
2009-03-13 |
141. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
59.27 |
0.8986 |
0.0786 |
205 |
5 |
45.41 |
2009-01-10 |
142. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
58.59 |
0.9909 |
-0.0194 |
334 |
3 |
57.41 |
2009-01-03 |
143. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
58.52 |
0.9880 |
-0.0258 |
199 |
2 |
53.12 |
2008-12-12 |
144. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
58.29 |
0.9787 |
-0.0127 |
364 |
1 |
58.29 |
2009-01-09 |
145. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
58.08 |
1.0234 |
-0.0602 |
392 |
6 |
55.47 |
2008-12-09 |
146. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
58.04 |
0.9070 |
0.0467 |
192 |
3 |
48.42 |
2009-01-12 |
147. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
57.69 |
0.9931 |
-0.0360 |
339 |
2 |
55.06 |
2008-11-14 |
148. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
57.49 |
0.9632 |
-0.0127 |
287 |
1 |
57.49 |
2008-12-09 |
149. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
57.32 |
0.9849 |
-0.0372 |
337 |
4 |
53.81 |
2008-11-11 |
150. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
56.43 |
0.9957 |
-0.0642 |
323 |
7 |
50.75 |
2008-11-12 |
151. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
55.67 |
0.9023 |
0.0154 |
268 |
5 |
51.43 |
2008-11-06 |
152. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
55.46 |
1.0181 |
-0.1012 |
276 |
7 |
49.81 |
2008-11-13 |
153. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
55.31 |
0.9621 |
-0.0519 |
201 |
9 |
50.04 |
2008-11-10 |
154. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
55.22 |
1.0189 |
-0.1079 |
290 |
7 |
47.67 |
2008-11-05 |
155. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
55.13 |
0.9809 |
-0.0747 |
209 |
5 |
50.25 |
2008-11-13 |
156. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
54.97 |
0.9685 |
-0.0604 |
304 |
3 |
51.21 |
2008-11-11 |
157. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
54.62 |
0.9315 |
-0.0281 |
273 |
3 |
49.90 |
2008-10-24 |
158. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
53.88 |
0.9839 |
-0.0948 |
308 |
4 |
49.66 |
2008-11-11 |
159. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
53.77 |
0.9561 |
-0.0670 |
362 |
4 |
48.89 |
2008-11-27 |
160. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
53.69 |
0.9756 |
-0.0901 |
223 |
4 |
48.98 |
2008-11-12 |
161. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
53.57 |
0.9841 |
-0.1015 |
263 |
4 |
48.84 |
2008-11-06 |
162. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
53.50 |
0.9402 |
-0.0591 |
310 |
3 |
46.15 |
2008-10-26 |
163. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
53.30 |
0.8959 |
-0.0108 |
328 |
3 |
47.23 |
2008-10-24 |
164. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
53.04 |
0.9833 |
-0.1055 |
387 |
5 |
51.21 |
2008-11-13 |
165. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
53.01 |
0.9963 |
-0.1238 |
274 |
2 |
46.17 |
2008-11-06 |
166. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
52.90 |
0.9352 |
-0.0633 |
194 |
2 |
49.26 |
2008-11-05 |
167. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
52.84 |
1.0165 |
-0.1453 |
316 |
3 |
49.13 |
2008-11-06 |
168. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
52.78 |
0.9673 |
-0.0941 |
292 |
3 |
47.20 |
2008-10-27 |
169. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
52.76 |
0.9084 |
-0.0362 |
271 |
3 |
51.43 |
2008-11-13 |
170. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
52.67 |
0.9260 |
-0.0538 |
348 |
1 |
52.67 |
2008-11-08 |
171. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
52.54 |
1.0267 |
-0.1566 |
261 |
1 |
52.54 |
2008-10-28 |
172. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
52.27 |
0.9928 |
-0.1308 |
293 |
1 |
52.27 |
2008-11-11 |
173. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
52.26 |
0.9332 |
-0.0708 |
267 |
7 |
45.02 |
2008-11-11 |
174. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
52.26 |
0.9310 |
-0.0691 |
278 |
3 |
49.34 |
2008-10-21 |
175. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
52.23 |
0.9801 |
-0.1185 |
289 |
4 |
46.77 |
2008-11-06 |
176. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
52.12 |
0.9917 |
-0.1295 |
317 |
3 |
47.96 |
2008-10-31 |
177. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
52.10 |
0.9621 |
-0.1000 |
212 |
3 |
48.69 |
2008-11-12 |
178. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
51.98 |
1.0351 |
-0.1735 |
276 |
3 |
47.77 |
2008-10-27 |
179. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
51.93 |
0.8988 |
-0.0419 |
216 |
4 |
46.01 |
2008-10-28 |
180. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
51.92 |
0.9842 |
-0.1253 |
335 |
3 |
49.48 |
2008-11-12 |
181. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
51.75 |
0.9538 |
-0.1001 |
276 |
6 |
44.24 |
2008-10-27 |
182. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
51.70 |
0.9357 |
-0.0848 |
204 |
1 |
51.70 |
2008-11-10 |
183. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
51.06 |
0.9768 |
-0.1331 |
237 |
5 |
46.55 |
2008-11-11 |
184. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
50.90 |
0.8572 |
-0.0191 |
232 |
1 |
50.90 |
2008-10-28 |
185. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
50.75 |
0.9400 |
-0.1001 |
434 |
6 |
45.78 |
2008-10-24 |
186. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
50.66 |
0.9829 |
-0.1478 |
229 |
3 |
46.67 |
2008-11-12 |
187. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
50.63 |
0.9228 |
-0.0830 |
305 |
4 |
45.22 |
2008-11-11 |
188. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
50.51 |
0.9500 |
-0.1150 |
287 |
5 |
46.43 |
2008-11-08 |
189. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
50.36 |
0.8381 |
-0.0037 |
283 |
3 |
47.31 |
2008-10-26 |
190. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
50.20 |
0.9541 |
-0.1253 |
236 |
3 |
46.61 |
2008-11-06 |
191. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
50.05 |
1.0095 |
-0.1852 |
211 |
4 |
46.96 |
2008-11-11 |
192. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
49.94 |
0.9650 |
-0.1385 |
347 |
2 |
49.90 |
2008-11-11 |
193. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
49.88 |
1.0057 |
-0.1800 |
382 |
2 |
49.71 |
2008-11-11 |
194. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
49.85 |
0.8666 |
-0.0468 |
206 |
4 |
40.73 |
2008-11-09 |
195. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
49.71 |
0.9636 |
-0.1450 |
281 |
5 |
45.29 |
2008-10-27 |
196. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
49.63 |
0.8847 |
-0.0682 |
282 |
1 |
49.63 |
2008-11-08 |
197. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
49.56 |
0.9980 |
-0.1783 |
295 |
5 |
41.74 |
2008-10-31 |
198. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
49.48 |
0.9779 |
-0.1632 |
255 |
3 |
46.11 |
2008-10-26 |
199. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
49.46 |
0.9252 |
-0.1087 |
148 |
1 |
49.46 |
2008-10-08 |
200. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
49.28 |
0.7923 |
0.0212 |
316 |
1 |
49.28 |
2008-11-12 |
201. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
49.16 |
0.9010 |
-0.0876 |
266 |
5 |
45.88 |
2008-10-24 |
202. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
49.11 |
0.9425 |
-0.1318 |
248 |
3 |
45.55 |
2008-11-12 |
203. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
49.10 |
0.9346 |
-0.1276 |
211 |
8 |
43.95 |
2008-11-05 |
204. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
48.87 |
0.9745 |
-0.1664 |
388 |
4 |
45.78 |
2008-10-24 |
205. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
48.67 |
0.9864 |
-0.1799 |
292 |
2 |
45.98 |
2008-10-28 |
206. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
47.54 |
0.9332 |
-0.1479 |
295 |
1 |
47.54 |
2008-11-05 |
207. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
47.52 |
0.9597 |
-0.1759 |
251 |
4 |
46.36 |
2008-10-26 |
208. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
47.41 |
0.8474 |
-0.0651 |
265 |
2 |
44.30 |
2008-10-22 |
209. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
47.37 |
0.8830 |
-0.0994 |
300 |
3 |
44.66 |
2008-10-23 |
210. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
47.34 |
0.8986 |
-0.1174 |
216 |
5 |
43.68 |
2008-11-06 |
211. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
47.27 |
0.8880 |
-0.1084 |
296 |
5 |
44.35 |
2008-10-31 |
212. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
46.81 |
0.8988 |
-0.1278 |
193 |
2 |
42.61 |
2008-10-24 |
213. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
46.05 |
0.9884 |
-0.2267 |
267 |
1 |
46.05 |
2008-10-14 |
214. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
45.44 |
0.9704 |
-0.2214 |
254 |
4 |
42.55 |
2008-10-16 |
215. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
44.88 |
0.8603 |
-0.1207 |
270 |
3 |
40.34 |
2008-10-20 |
216. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
44.83 |
0.9265 |
-0.1887 |
254 |
1 |
44.83 |
2008-11-06 |
217. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
44.82 |
0.9644 |
-0.2226 |
398 |
2 |
43.08 |
2008-10-17 |
218. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
44.66 |
0.9143 |
-0.1772 |
300 |
1 |
44.66 |
2008-10-13 |
219. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
44.36 |
0.9479 |
-0.2151 |
317 |
2 |
43.06 |
2008-10-16 |
220. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
44.36 |
0.9810 |
-0.2449 |
362 |
1 |
44.36 |
2008-11-06 |
221. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
44.27 |
0.9103 |
-0.1809 |
269 |
1 |
44.27 |
2008-10-08 |
222. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
44.21 |
0.9762 |
-0.2476 |
249 |
1 |
44.21 |
2008-10-08 |
223. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
43.64 |
0.9183 |
-0.1983 |
308 |
1 |
43.64 |
2008-10-14 |
224. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
43.59 |
0.9957 |
-0.2734 |
323 |
1 |
43.59 |
2008-10-16 |
225. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
43.58 |
0.9726 |
-0.2493 |
396 |
1 |
43.58 |
2008-10-16 |
226. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
43.51 |
0.8845 |
-0.1662 |
239 |
2 |
42.93 |
2008-10-16 |
227. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
43.49 |
0.9827 |
-0.2652 |
314 |
1 |
43.49 |
2008-10-15 |
228. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
43.45 |
0.8778 |
-0.1600 |
285 |
1 |
43.45 |
2008-10-15 |
229. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
43.26 |
0.9604 |
-0.2497 |
285 |
1 |
43.26 |
2008-10-20 |
230. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
43.11 |
0.9271 |
-0.2143 |
323 |
2 |
40.91 |
2008-10-20 |
231. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
43.10 |
0.9422 |
-0.2372 |
190 |
2 |
41.76 |
2008-10-21 |
232. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
42.87 |
0.9909 |
-0.2800 |
293 |
1 |
42.87 |
2008-10-20 |
233. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
42.05 |
0.9027 |
-0.2135 |
189 |
1 |
42.05 |
2008-10-13 |
234. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
41.89 |
0.9468 |
-0.2570 |
318 |
1 |
41.89 |
2008-10-14 |
235. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
41.79 |
0.9380 |
-0.2511 |
284 |
2 |
40.78 |
2008-10-15 |
236. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
41.58 |
0.9264 |
-0.2406 |
177 |
1 |
41.58 |
2008-10-08 |
237. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
41.28 |
0.9286 |
-0.2469 |
177 |
1 |
41.28 |
2008-10-08 |
238. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
40.91 |
0.8913 |
-0.2161 |
201 |
2 |
39.69 |
2008-10-15 |
239. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
40.74 |
0.8742 |
-0.1988 |
202 |
1 |
40.74 |
2008-10-08 |
240. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
40.65 |
0.8624 |
-0.1977 |
174 |
2 |
39.24 |
2008-10-20 |
241. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
40.33 |
0.9012 |
-0.2336 |
322 |
1 |
40.33 |
2008-10-16 |
242. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
40.29 |
0.8936 |
-0.2313 |
346 |
1 |
40.29 |
2008-10-15 |
243. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
38.98 |
0.9166 |
-0.2723 |
133 |
1 |
38.98 |
2008-10-08 |
244. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
38.57 |
0.8964 |
-0.2644 |
199 |
1 |
38.57 |
2008-10-16 |
245. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
37.94 |
0.8172 |
-0.1971 |
204 |
1 |
37.94 |
2008-10-13 |