| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
135.15 |
1.0462 |
0.2926 |
184 |
8 |
99.76 |
2008-12-13 |
| 2. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
126.75 |
1.0714 |
0.1802 |
129 |
11 |
98.50 |
2008-11-22 |
| 3. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
126.01 |
1.0696 |
0.1799 |
226 |
15 |
106.70 |
2008-12-15 |
| 4. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
123.76 |
1.0251 |
0.2031 |
261 |
10 |
95.48 |
2008-12-15 |
| 5. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
123.53 |
1.0168 |
0.2127 |
271 |
14 |
95.34 |
2008-12-12 |
| 6. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
123.32 |
1.0796 |
0.1416 |
129 |
10 |
96.51 |
2008-12-15 |
| 7. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
123.22 |
1.0396 |
0.1782 |
149 |
11 |
104.83 |
2008-12-12 |
| 8. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
122.86 |
1.0668 |
0.1571 |
350 |
15 |
96.86 |
2008-12-15 |
| 9. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
120.23 |
1.1016 |
0.0935 |
233 |
14 |
98.11 |
2008-12-12 |
| 10. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
119.36 |
1.0619 |
0.1279 |
354 |
16 |
97.46 |
2008-12-22 |
| 11. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
118.48 |
1.0201 |
0.1505 |
172 |
12 |
95.87 |
2008-12-05 |
| 12. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
118.09 |
1.0788 |
0.0891 |
171 |
9 |
96.81 |
2008-12-02 |
| 13. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
117.98 |
1.0297 |
0.1415 |
249 |
7 |
100.54 |
2008-12-22 |
| 14. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
116.63 |
1.0429 |
0.1145 |
259 |
11 |
98.09 |
2008-12-15 |
| 15. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
115.83 |
0.9682 |
0.1807 |
143 |
8 |
99.82 |
2008-12-12 |
| 16. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
115.29 |
1.0120 |
0.1325 |
290 |
12 |
91.78 |
2008-12-03 |
| 17. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
114.80 |
1.0711 |
0.0642 |
213 |
8 |
103.22 |
2008-12-02 |
| 18. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
114.76 |
1.0334 |
0.1001 |
131 |
4 |
99.02 |
2008-11-25 |
| 19. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
114.74 |
1.0528 |
0.0820 |
201 |
12 |
99.57 |
2008-12-13 |
| 20. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
114.63 |
1.0483 |
0.0874 |
227 |
11 |
97.50 |
2008-12-04 |
| 21. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
114.60 |
1.0124 |
0.1236 |
204 |
13 |
95.72 |
2008-12-22 |
| 22. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
114.59 |
1.0516 |
0.0863 |
281 |
10 |
96.73 |
2008-12-22 |
| 23. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
113.94 |
1.0060 |
0.1211 |
171 |
14 |
91.93 |
2008-12-12 |
| 24. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
113.90 |
0.9740 |
0.1533 |
209 |
14 |
93.72 |
2008-12-22 |
| 25. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
112.85 |
1.0595 |
0.0638 |
379 |
9 |
96.72 |
2008-12-02 |
| 26. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
112.69 |
1.0993 |
0.0178 |
265 |
12 |
93.24 |
2008-12-02 |
| 27. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
112.38 |
1.0613 |
0.0557 |
266 |
8 |
96.28 |
2008-12-02 |
| 28. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
112.16 |
1.0799 |
0.0303 |
243 |
11 |
96.38 |
2008-12-12 |
| 29. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
112.14 |
1.0213 |
0.0892 |
240 |
17 |
92.08 |
2008-12-22 |
| 30. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
111.84 |
1.0053 |
0.1034 |
232 |
13 |
93.32 |
2008-12-05 |
| 31. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
111.29 |
0.9798 |
0.1197 |
199 |
11 |
88.31 |
2008-12-12 |
| 32. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
111.14 |
1.0666 |
0.0372 |
297 |
11 |
92.38 |
2008-12-15 |
| 33. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
110.72 |
1.0296 |
0.0762 |
437 |
8 |
96.47 |
2008-12-12 |
| 34. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
110.59 |
1.0515 |
0.0447 |
250 |
13 |
88.91 |
2008-12-22 |
| 35. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
110.58 |
1.0444 |
0.0470 |
197 |
11 |
88.22 |
2008-11-25 |
| 36. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
110.42 |
1.0498 |
0.0418 |
180 |
8 |
92.46 |
2008-12-13 |
| 37. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
110.03 |
1.0529 |
0.0395 |
351 |
15 |
96.82 |
2008-12-15 |
| 38. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
110.00 |
1.0183 |
0.0683 |
191 |
8 |
89.04 |
2008-11-22 |
| 39. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
109.96 |
1.0596 |
0.0301 |
239 |
15 |
91.92 |
2008-12-22 |
| 40. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
109.73 |
0.9941 |
0.0930 |
217 |
7 |
84.40 |
2008-12-15 |
| 41. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
109.10 |
0.9843 |
0.0939 |
234 |
15 |
94.99 |
2008-12-13 |
| 42. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
108.89 |
1.0555 |
0.0269 |
363 |
11 |
87.85 |
2008-12-13 |
| 43. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
108.82 |
1.0349 |
0.0447 |
234 |
12 |
94.58 |
2008-12-15 |
| 44. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
108.30 |
1.0445 |
0.0315 |
373 |
11 |
95.98 |
2008-12-13 |
| 45. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
108.13 |
0.9897 |
0.0814 |
274 |
16 |
88.03 |
2008-12-22 |
| 46. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
108.01 |
0.9780 |
0.0952 |
337 |
6 |
87.52 |
2008-11-23 |
| 47. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
107.95 |
1.0214 |
0.0448 |
166 |
11 |
90.86 |
2008-12-12 |
| 48. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
107.94 |
1.1114 |
-0.0426 |
247 |
9 |
93.19 |
2008-12-13 |
| 49. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
107.74 |
0.9894 |
0.0845 |
323 |
8 |
85.10 |
2008-11-21 |
| 50. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
107.45 |
1.0567 |
0.0105 |
303 |
7 |
93.33 |
2008-12-13 |
| 51. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
107.36 |
1.0398 |
0.0154 |
110 |
11 |
92.25 |
2008-12-12 |
| 52. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
106.98 |
1.0368 |
0.0260 |
276 |
10 |
93.17 |
2008-11-25 |
| 53. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
106.96 |
1.0352 |
0.0296 |
341 |
17 |
92.99 |
2008-12-13 |
| 54. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
106.89 |
0.9786 |
0.0772 |
193 |
9 |
92.86 |
2008-12-12 |
| 55. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
106.88 |
0.9376 |
0.1287 |
367 |
14 |
84.32 |
2008-12-15 |
| 56. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
106.74 |
0.9464 |
0.1181 |
323 |
11 |
86.47 |
2008-12-13 |
| 57. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
106.67 |
0.9811 |
0.0803 |
272 |
10 |
90.28 |
2008-12-12 |
| 58. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
106.53 |
1.0214 |
0.0342 |
269 |
12 |
92.93 |
2008-12-22 |
| 59. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
106.45 |
1.0487 |
0.0028 |
231 |
10 |
91.77 |
2008-12-04 |
| 60. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
106.19 |
1.0034 |
0.0490 |
302 |
13 |
94.62 |
2008-12-15 |
| 61. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
106.14 |
1.0201 |
0.0373 |
375 |
9 |
93.93 |
2008-12-15 |
| 62. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
106.04 |
1.0797 |
-0.0329 |
210 |
6 |
92.71 |
2008-11-25 |
| 63. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
105.93 |
0.9863 |
0.0694 |
339 |
12 |
91.55 |
2008-12-22 |
| 64. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
105.73 |
1.0389 |
0.0128 |
340 |
11 |
88.64 |
2008-12-13 |
| 65. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
105.73 |
1.0534 |
-0.0019 |
357 |
13 |
93.06 |
2008-12-03 |
| 66. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
105.65 |
1.0391 |
0.0155 |
358 |
10 |
92.15 |
2008-12-22 |
| 67. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
105.63 |
1.0261 |
0.0203 |
273 |
10 |
90.40 |
2008-12-04 |
| 68. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
105.44 |
1.0577 |
-0.0148 |
247 |
7 |
93.98 |
2008-11-22 |
| 69. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
105.32 |
1.0340 |
0.0164 |
406 |
10 |
91.63 |
2008-12-02 |
| 70. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
105.19 |
1.0337 |
0.0096 |
214 |
10 |
83.30 |
2008-12-12 |
| 71. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
104.65 |
0.9430 |
0.0881 |
211 |
6 |
88.30 |
2008-11-26 |
| 72. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
104.56 |
0.9884 |
0.0483 |
233 |
11 |
83.13 |
2008-12-22 |
| 73. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
104.39 |
1.0023 |
0.0316 |
211 |
11 |
91.05 |
2008-12-13 |
| 74. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
104.25 |
1.0062 |
0.0282 |
288 |
11 |
88.14 |
2008-12-11 |
| 75. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
104.24 |
1.0068 |
0.0308 |
358 |
14 |
86.21 |
2008-12-12 |
| 76. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
104.12 |
0.9841 |
0.0528 |
334 |
12 |
88.30 |
2008-12-15 |
| 77. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
104.06 |
1.0385 |
-0.0078 |
230 |
10 |
89.57 |
2008-12-12 |
| 78. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
103.96 |
1.0477 |
-0.0138 |
360 |
5 |
93.20 |
2008-11-21 |
| 79. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
103.84 |
0.9619 |
0.0736 |
393 |
12 |
87.63 |
2008-12-15 |
| 80. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
103.65 |
1.0787 |
-0.0516 |
237 |
11 |
91.05 |
2008-12-15 |
| 81. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
103.55 |
0.9635 |
0.0693 |
389 |
13 |
82.54 |
2008-12-15 |
| 82. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
103.36 |
1.0496 |
-0.0248 |
314 |
12 |
89.36 |
2008-12-12 |
| 83. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
103.35 |
0.9731 |
0.0398 |
129 |
7 |
89.64 |
2008-12-13 |
| 84. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
103.35 |
0.9846 |
0.0397 |
281 |
8 |
90.03 |
2008-12-12 |
| 85. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
103.27 |
0.9851 |
0.0417 |
317 |
14 |
87.88 |
2008-12-04 |
| 86. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
103.22 |
0.9330 |
0.0977 |
360 |
17 |
84.51 |
2008-12-22 |
| 87. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
103.16 |
0.9293 |
0.0950 |
355 |
13 |
83.23 |
2008-12-15 |
| 88. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
103.01 |
1.0565 |
-0.0371 |
247 |
11 |
87.35 |
2008-12-22 |
| 89. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
103.00 |
1.0352 |
-0.0107 |
341 |
10 |
88.79 |
2008-12-11 |
| 90. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
102.60 |
1.0441 |
-0.0247 |
252 |
2 |
95.98 |
2008-11-05 |
| 91. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
102.51 |
0.9946 |
0.0222 |
246 |
9 |
89.99 |
2008-12-13 |
| 92. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
102.33 |
1.0486 |
-0.0327 |
289 |
9 |
86.44 |
2008-12-15 |
| 93. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
102.31 |
0.9852 |
0.0300 |
264 |
11 |
82.91 |
2008-12-15 |
| 94. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
102.23 |
1.0203 |
-0.0028 |
261 |
7 |
90.41 |
2008-11-25 |
| 95. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
102.16 |
0.9005 |
0.1114 |
212 |
6 |
82.87 |
2008-11-22 |
| 96. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
101.80 |
0.9966 |
0.0126 |
259 |
12 |
85.58 |
2008-12-12 |
| 97. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
101.51 |
0.9997 |
0.0108 |
382 |
8 |
89.09 |
2008-12-12 |
| 98. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
101.33 |
0.8602 |
0.1427 |
206 |
13 |
78.41 |
2008-12-22 |
| 99. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
101.30 |
0.9769 |
0.0258 |
263 |
8 |
86.65 |
2008-12-03 |
| 100. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
101.23 |
0.9866 |
0.0138 |
218 |
15 |
85.41 |
2008-12-12 |
| 101. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
101.17 |
0.9905 |
0.0208 |
377 |
11 |
92.44 |
2008-12-15 |
| 102. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
101.16 |
1.0454 |
-0.0457 |
255 |
8 |
90.43 |
2008-12-05 |
| 103. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
100.96 |
0.9965 |
0.0001 |
168 |
10 |
84.22 |
2008-11-22 |
| 104. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
100.81 |
1.0399 |
-0.0348 |
294 |
9 |
89.45 |
2008-12-12 |
| 105. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
100.53 |
0.9681 |
0.0373 |
378 |
10 |
87.63 |
2008-12-02 |
| 106. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
100.52 |
0.9886 |
0.0109 |
220 |
7 |
83.24 |
2008-12-12 |
| 107. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
100.43 |
0.9653 |
0.0391 |
394 |
11 |
89.01 |
2008-12-12 |
| 108. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
100.24 |
1.0885 |
-0.0911 |
315 |
3 |
91.08 |
2008-11-20 |
| 109. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
100.22 |
0.9986 |
-0.0041 |
283 |
11 |
81.82 |
2008-11-23 |
| 110. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
100.16 |
1.0095 |
-0.0173 |
316 |
7 |
88.00 |
2008-12-13 |
| 111. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
100.05 |
1.1018 |
-0.1160 |
220 |
6 |
94.87 |
2008-11-22 |
| 112. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
99.91 |
0.8933 |
0.1039 |
363 |
11 |
75.55 |
2008-12-12 |
| 113. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
99.90 |
1.0523 |
-0.0659 |
256 |
9 |
90.32 |
2008-12-12 |
| 114. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
99.64 |
0.9991 |
-0.0105 |
225 |
9 |
79.87 |
2008-12-22 |
| 115. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
99.63 |
1.0390 |
-0.0548 |
205 |
6 |
84.06 |
2008-11-22 |
| 116. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
99.47 |
1.0131 |
-0.0306 |
225 |
10 |
85.55 |
2008-12-22 |
| 117. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
99.47 |
1.0167 |
-0.0235 |
378 |
7 |
88.15 |
2008-12-13 |
| 118. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
99.28 |
0.8947 |
0.0947 |
366 |
16 |
81.41 |
2008-12-22 |
| 119. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
99.25 |
0.9776 |
0.0068 |
308 |
7 |
86.65 |
2008-12-13 |
| 120. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
99.19 |
0.9899 |
-0.0110 |
163 |
11 |
86.50 |
2008-12-15 |
| 121. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
99.11 |
0.8916 |
0.0915 |
216 |
12 |
78.74 |
2008-12-22 |
| 122. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
98.93 |
1.0426 |
-0.0623 |
323 |
6 |
85.43 |
2008-12-11 |
| 123. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
98.92 |
0.9965 |
-0.0153 |
310 |
14 |
86.52 |
2008-12-05 |
| 124. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
98.90 |
0.9691 |
0.0111 |
223 |
8 |
86.99 |
2008-11-25 |
| 125. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
98.89 |
0.9233 |
0.0490 |
168 |
11 |
80.14 |
2008-12-05 |
| 126. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
98.88 |
0.9612 |
0.0193 |
256 |
12 |
86.38 |
2008-12-22 |
| 127. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
98.83 |
0.9411 |
0.0397 |
318 |
14 |
89.42 |
2008-12-05 |
| 128. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
98.80 |
0.9168 |
0.0642 |
240 |
10 |
83.70 |
2008-12-22 |
| 129. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
98.79 |
0.9772 |
-0.0011 |
217 |
12 |
81.01 |
2008-12-12 |
| 130. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
98.66 |
1.0025 |
-0.0243 |
256 |
4 |
89.62 |
2008-12-02 |
| 131. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
98.60 |
0.9936 |
-0.0162 |
311 |
6 |
90.44 |
2008-12-22 |
| 132. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
98.53 |
0.9785 |
0.0017 |
335 |
11 |
82.62 |
2008-12-22 |
| 133. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
98.49 |
0.9485 |
0.0298 |
236 |
14 |
82.23 |
2008-12-02 |
| 134. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
98.28 |
0.8770 |
0.1007 |
300 |
14 |
81.77 |
2008-12-12 |
| 135. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
98.03 |
0.9857 |
-0.0148 |
293 |
8 |
80.53 |
2008-11-25 |
| 136. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
97.99 |
1.0029 |
-0.0378 |
209 |
10 |
80.57 |
2008-11-25 |
| 137. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
97.97 |
0.9768 |
-0.0029 |
387 |
11 |
89.54 |
2008-12-22 |
| 138. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
97.95 |
0.9910 |
-0.0180 |
295 |
12 |
84.36 |
2008-12-15 |
| 139. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
97.87 |
0.9275 |
0.0395 |
211 |
10 |
86.29 |
2008-12-12 |
| 140. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
97.84 |
0.9266 |
0.0435 |
267 |
10 |
84.54 |
2008-12-12 |
| 141. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
97.77 |
1.0025 |
-0.0323 |
336 |
7 |
91.63 |
2008-12-12 |
| 142. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
97.73 |
1.0419 |
-0.0730 |
261 |
5 |
86.93 |
2008-12-12 |
| 143. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
97.70 |
0.9795 |
-0.0109 |
308 |
6 |
82.42 |
2008-11-25 |
| 144. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
97.63 |
1.0389 |
-0.0693 |
318 |
10 |
88.92 |
2008-12-22 |
| 145. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
97.50 |
0.9697 |
-0.0029 |
249 |
5 |
82.89 |
2008-12-12 |
| 146. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
97.45 |
0.9202 |
0.0452 |
254 |
15 |
82.82 |
2008-12-11 |
| 147. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
97.44 |
1.0138 |
-0.0482 |
231 |
11 |
86.15 |
2008-12-22 |
| 148. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
97.32 |
0.9164 |
0.0532 |
305 |
15 |
83.05 |
2008-12-15 |
| 149. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
97.14 |
1.0016 |
-0.0432 |
218 |
11 |
83.89 |
2008-12-15 |
| 150. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
97.10 |
0.9879 |
-0.0166 |
450 |
9 |
82.42 |
2008-12-13 |
| 151. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
97.09 |
1.0417 |
-0.0817 |
253 |
12 |
83.83 |
2008-11-28 |
| 152. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
96.88 |
0.9514 |
0.0093 |
237 |
11 |
81.36 |
2008-12-05 |
| 153. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
96.77 |
1.0073 |
-0.0400 |
369 |
8 |
87.80 |
2008-12-22 |
| 154. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
96.76 |
0.9074 |
0.0583 |
396 |
17 |
83.72 |
2008-12-22 |
| 155. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
96.66 |
1.0829 |
-0.1232 |
288 |
8 |
90.64 |
2008-11-28 |
| 156. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
96.65 |
0.9426 |
0.0186 |
317 |
9 |
84.97 |
2008-12-12 |
| 157. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
96.58 |
0.9907 |
-0.0349 |
211 |
12 |
85.45 |
2008-12-05 |
| 158. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
96.58 |
1.0257 |
-0.0619 |
401 |
8 |
89.92 |
2008-12-15 |
| 159. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
96.42 |
0.9072 |
0.0469 |
237 |
14 |
77.88 |
2008-12-15 |
| 160. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
96.01 |
0.9339 |
0.0162 |
310 |
14 |
79.02 |
2008-12-03 |
| 161. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
95.97 |
0.9632 |
-0.0056 |
392 |
9 |
82.97 |
2008-12-12 |
| 162. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
95.94 |
0.9614 |
-0.0075 |
292 |
10 |
84.81 |
2008-12-02 |
| 163. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
95.91 |
1.0263 |
-0.0765 |
267 |
2 |
94.99 |
2008-11-05 |
| 164. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
95.81 |
1.0013 |
-0.0526 |
273 |
9 |
87.52 |
2008-12-05 |
| 165. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
95.80 |
0.9723 |
-0.0191 |
364 |
10 |
84.15 |
2008-12-22 |
| 166. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
95.71 |
0.9557 |
-0.0008 |
331 |
8 |
80.10 |
2008-11-21 |
| 167. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
95.69 |
1.0004 |
-0.0581 |
212 |
11 |
85.69 |
2008-12-22 |
| 168. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
95.61 |
0.9710 |
-0.0299 |
173 |
14 |
78.97 |
2008-12-04 |
| 169. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
95.49 |
1.0165 |
-0.0662 |
392 |
8 |
84.76 |
2008-12-03 |
| 170. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
95.43 |
0.9532 |
-0.0087 |
258 |
7 |
81.39 |
2008-12-12 |
| 171. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
95.41 |
0.9398 |
0.0151 |
419 |
9 |
85.96 |
2008-12-02 |
| 172. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
95.26 |
1.0289 |
-0.0804 |
276 |
8 |
85.34 |
2008-12-12 |
| 173. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
95.09 |
0.9964 |
-0.0539 |
203 |
12 |
85.21 |
2008-12-22 |
| 174. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
95.07 |
0.9064 |
0.0450 |
399 |
12 |
80.39 |
2008-12-15 |
| 175. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
95.07 |
0.9649 |
-0.0238 |
193 |
10 |
86.85 |
2008-12-02 |
| 176. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
95.05 |
0.9865 |
-0.0434 |
276 |
9 |
85.72 |
2008-12-22 |
| 177. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
95.04 |
0.9687 |
-0.0221 |
371 |
7 |
88.35 |
2008-12-15 |
| 178. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
94.76 |
0.9601 |
-0.0163 |
308 |
13 |
86.12 |
2008-12-12 |
| 179. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
94.74 |
1.0331 |
-0.0964 |
234 |
7 |
88.00 |
2008-12-15 |
| 180. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
94.62 |
0.9148 |
0.0243 |
317 |
16 |
79.24 |
2008-12-13 |
| 181. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
94.40 |
0.9734 |
-0.0382 |
289 |
9 |
82.10 |
2008-12-03 |
| 182. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
94.37 |
0.9942 |
-0.0502 |
483 |
10 |
85.62 |
2008-12-22 |
| 183. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
94.22 |
0.9833 |
-0.0480 |
355 |
8 |
88.81 |
2008-12-11 |
| 184. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
94.02 |
0.9429 |
-0.0099 |
287 |
9 |
80.38 |
2008-12-12 |
| 185. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
93.97 |
0.9676 |
-0.0281 |
442 |
12 |
82.51 |
2008-12-11 |
| 186. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
93.89 |
1.0201 |
-0.0893 |
303 |
10 |
84.08 |
2008-12-15 |
| 187. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
93.78 |
0.9636 |
-0.0345 |
254 |
9 |
82.54 |
2008-11-25 |
| 188. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
93.74 |
1.0252 |
-0.1029 |
176 |
7 |
85.61 |
2008-12-15 |
| 189. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
93.74 |
0.9675 |
-0.0292 |
383 |
8 |
84.52 |
2008-11-25 |
| 190. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
93.69 |
0.9278 |
0.0032 |
295 |
8 |
83.85 |
2008-12-03 |
| 191. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
93.63 |
0.9513 |
-0.0198 |
354 |
7 |
84.32 |
2008-12-15 |
| 192. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
93.61 |
1.0197 |
-0.0951 |
226 |
10 |
88.15 |
2008-11-25 |
| 193. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
93.55 |
0.9754 |
-0.0424 |
362 |
11 |
82.45 |
2008-12-15 |
| 194. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
93.54 |
0.9844 |
-0.0528 |
293 |
8 |
84.82 |
2008-11-25 |
| 195. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
93.24 |
1.0613 |
-0.1325 |
456 |
6 |
88.59 |
2008-12-12 |
| 196. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
92.70 |
0.9309 |
-0.0144 |
284 |
12 |
83.49 |
2008-12-15 |
| 197. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
92.58 |
0.9597 |
-0.0384 |
347 |
8 |
85.81 |
2008-12-03 |
| 198. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
92.29 |
1.0099 |
-0.0985 |
207 |
10 |
84.29 |
2008-12-22 |
| 199. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
92.26 |
1.0063 |
-0.0919 |
371 |
9 |
79.35 |
2008-12-11 |
| 200. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
92.14 |
0.8553 |
0.0524 |
174 |
8 |
80.15 |
2008-12-15 |
| 201. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
91.91 |
0.9553 |
-0.0376 |
430 |
5 |
81.41 |
2008-12-12 |
| 202. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
91.72 |
0.9365 |
-0.0265 |
248 |
11 |
78.04 |
2008-11-22 |
| 203. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
91.59 |
0.8996 |
0.0021 |
192 |
8 |
76.87 |
2008-12-04 |
| 204. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
91.41 |
0.8956 |
0.0144 |
322 |
8 |
82.14 |
2008-12-12 |
| 205. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
91.39 |
0.8722 |
0.0359 |
285 |
13 |
83.18 |
2008-12-13 |
| 206. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
91.06 |
0.9289 |
-0.0293 |
204 |
8 |
78.09 |
2008-12-04 |
| 207. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
90.81 |
0.9567 |
-0.0575 |
273 |
10 |
80.39 |
2008-11-26 |
| 208. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
90.48 |
0.9286 |
-0.0335 |
194 |
10 |
78.80 |
2008-12-15 |
| 209. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
90.41 |
0.9893 |
-0.0938 |
323 |
9 |
80.65 |
2008-12-11 |
| 210. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
90.34 |
0.8981 |
0.0012 |
393 |
5 |
78.09 |
2008-12-13 |
| 211. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
90.31 |
0.9372 |
-0.0388 |
320 |
10 |
77.81 |
2008-12-22 |
| 212. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
90.18 |
0.9646 |
-0.0724 |
264 |
10 |
78.53 |
2008-12-03 |
| 213. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
90.14 |
0.9622 |
-0.0631 |
392 |
7 |
81.63 |
2008-12-22 |
| 214. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
89.87 |
0.9540 |
-0.0658 |
285 |
8 |
81.70 |
2008-12-04 |
| 215. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
89.87 |
0.9820 |
-0.0892 |
267 |
9 |
83.53 |
2008-12-12 |
| 216. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
89.86 |
0.9684 |
-0.0758 |
388 |
8 |
81.61 |
2008-11-21 |
| 217. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
89.42 |
0.9351 |
-0.0552 |
190 |
13 |
77.35 |
2008-12-22 |
| 218. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
89.27 |
0.9758 |
-0.0912 |
314 |
8 |
78.57 |
2008-12-13 |
| 219. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
88.79 |
0.9084 |
-0.0275 |
300 |
5 |
80.55 |
2008-11-28 |
| 220. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
88.66 |
0.9213 |
-0.0430 |
295 |
7 |
81.22 |
2008-11-26 |
| 221. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
88.37 |
0.9468 |
-0.0724 |
276 |
6 |
80.43 |
2008-12-12 |
| 222. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
88.19 |
0.9570 |
-0.0822 |
287 |
8 |
80.33 |
2008-12-05 |
| 223. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
88.08 |
0.8105 |
0.0572 |
204 |
13 |
70.21 |
2008-12-15 |
| 224. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
88.05 |
0.9578 |
-0.0866 |
281 |
6 |
78.07 |
2008-12-02 |
| 225. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
88.05 |
0.9593 |
-0.0829 |
398 |
7 |
78.71 |
2008-12-04 |
| 226. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
87.99 |
0.9279 |
-0.0503 |
317 |
7 |
81.64 |
2008-12-11 |
| 227. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
87.96 |
0.9342 |
-0.0599 |
434 |
9 |
82.51 |
2008-12-22 |
| 228. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
87.28 |
0.8878 |
-0.0241 |
346 |
11 |
73.59 |
2008-12-13 |
| 229. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
87.12 |
0.7876 |
0.0773 |
316 |
7 |
72.62 |
2008-12-15 |
| 230. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
86.98 |
0.9087 |
-0.0371 |
393 |
7 |
81.00 |
2008-12-15 |
| 231. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
86.75 |
0.9049 |
-0.0409 |
351 |
9 |
75.38 |
2008-12-13 |
| 232. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
86.54 |
0.9756 |
-0.1204 |
229 |
4 |
82.61 |
2008-12-11 |
| 233. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
86.31 |
1.0109 |
-0.1559 |
276 |
8 |
80.12 |
2008-12-02 |
| 234. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
86.02 |
0.9672 |
-0.1094 |
396 |
14 |
80.43 |
2008-12-22 |
| 235. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
85.87 |
0.8595 |
-0.0079 |
242 |
4 |
78.66 |
2008-12-03 |
| 236. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
85.57 |
0.9109 |
-0.0615 |
401 |
10 |
77.46 |
2008-12-03 |
| 237. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
85.55 |
0.8852 |
-0.0365 |
201 |
11 |
76.20 |
2008-12-12 |
| 238. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
85.40 |
0.8753 |
-0.0210 |
427 |
13 |
73.98 |
2008-12-12 |
| 239. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
85.25 |
0.9125 |
-0.0671 |
308 |
8 |
76.51 |
2008-12-22 |
| 240. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
84.89 |
0.9500 |
-0.1079 |
362 |
6 |
80.03 |
2008-12-22 |
| 241. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
84.20 |
0.9088 |
-0.0706 |
348 |
5 |
79.66 |
2008-12-11 |
| 242. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
84.19 |
0.8961 |
-0.0666 |
189 |
9 |
74.97 |
2008-12-22 |
| 243. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
83.96 |
0.8919 |
-0.0630 |
205 |
8 |
77.11 |
2008-11-19 |
| 244. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
83.77 |
0.8826 |
-0.0525 |
296 |
9 |
74.15 |
2008-12-15 |
| 245. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
83.76 |
0.9212 |
-0.0893 |
323 |
8 |
79.30 |
2008-12-12 |
| 246. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
83.60 |
0.9084 |
-0.0773 |
404 |
9 |
76.83 |
2008-11-22 |
| 247. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
83.45 |
0.9831 |
-0.1496 |
469 |
6 |
79.18 |
2008-12-22 |
| 248. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
83.34 |
0.9234 |
-0.0936 |
346 |
4 |
77.90 |
2008-12-04 |
| 249. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
83.21 |
0.8382 |
-0.0146 |
268 |
11 |
73.06 |
2008-12-05 |
| 250. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
82.24 |
0.8890 |
-0.0793 |
199 |
7 |
71.43 |
2008-12-12 |
| 251. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
82.08 |
0.9763 |
-0.1651 |
289 |
4 |
76.91 |
2008-11-21 |
| 252. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
81.92 |
0.9527 |
-0.1427 |
251 |
2 |
79.54 |
2008-11-20 |
| 253. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
80.57 |
0.9805 |
-0.1794 |
292 |
3 |
79.52 |
2008-12-13 |
| 254. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
79.75 |
0.9045 |
-0.1159 |
235 |
8 |
73.20 |
2008-11-21 |
| 255. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
74.33 |
0.9097 |
-0.1343 |
464 |
5 |
69.09 |
2008-11-21 |
| 256. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
73.52 |
0.8958 |
-0.1655 |
322 |
4 |
67.87 |
2008-12-22 |