| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
57.50 |
1.1114 |
0.2356 |
247 |
1 |
57.50 |
2009-05-08 |
| 2. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
55.08 |
1.0016 |
0.2880 |
218 |
4 |
42.76 |
2009-11-27 |
| 3. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
55.01 |
1.0214 |
0.2660 |
166 |
3 |
43.37 |
2009-04-08 |
| 4. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
54.36 |
1.0787 |
0.1949 |
237 |
1 |
54.36 |
2009-11-25 |
| 5. |
Specialized uniforms, such as nun and priest garb, can be mo... |
54.18 |
0.9161 |
0.3526 |
200 |
1 |
54.18 |
2009-11-04 |
| 6. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
54.17 |
0.9350 |
0.3334 |
195 |
1 |
54.17 |
2009-12-10 |
| 7. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
54.04 |
0.9756 |
0.2907 |
229 |
5 |
44.14 |
2009-05-08 |
| 8. |
There are two kinds of fibers in our muscles, red and white.... |
54.04 |
0.9938 |
0.2731 |
339 |
1 |
54.04 |
2009-11-25 |
| 9. |
The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time ha... |
53.59 |
1.1068 |
0.1848 |
393 |
1 |
53.59 |
2009-11-27 |
| 10. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
53.11 |
0.9976 |
0.2697 |
174 |
1 |
53.11 |
2009-11-27 |
| 11. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
52.81 |
1.1016 |
0.1353 |
233 |
3 |
45.62 |
2009-04-16 |
| 12. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
52.04 |
1.0352 |
0.1858 |
341 |
1 |
52.04 |
2009-05-08 |
| 13. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
52.00 |
1.0352 |
0.1844 |
341 |
1 |
52.00 |
2009-04-14 |
| 14. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
51.83 |
1.0463 |
0.1652 |
182 |
4 |
48.02 |
2009-05-07 |
| 15. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
51.70 |
1.0788 |
0.1295 |
171 |
1 |
51.70 |
2009-05-07 |
| 16. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
51.27 |
1.0483 |
0.1513 |
227 |
4 |
41.55 |
2009-04-09 |
| 17. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
51.21 |
1.0711 |
0.1250 |
213 |
2 |
44.64 |
2009-04-29 |
| 18. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
51.19 |
1.1018 |
0.0942 |
220 |
3 |
48.09 |
2009-04-08 |
| 19. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
51.07 |
0.8811 |
0.3175 |
239 |
4 |
42.61 |
2009-11-04 |
| 20. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
50.96 |
1.0885 |
0.1060 |
315 |
1 |
50.96 |
2009-05-07 |
| 21. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
50.95 |
1.0829 |
0.1115 |
288 |
2 |
49.45 |
2009-04-11 |
| 22. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
50.32 |
0.9865 |
0.1930 |
276 |
2 |
47.12 |
2009-11-27 |
| 23. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
50.00 |
1.0565 |
0.1130 |
247 |
2 |
48.74 |
2009-04-13 |
| 24. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
49.96 |
1.0797 |
0.0875 |
210 |
3 |
45.80 |
2009-04-22 |
| 25. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
49.84 |
1.0349 |
0.1320 |
234 |
3 |
45.51 |
2009-04-14 |
| 26. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
49.66 |
0.9430 |
0.2181 |
211 |
2 |
39.25 |
2009-11-04 |
| 27. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
49.32 |
1.0257 |
0.1325 |
401 |
2 |
49.22 |
2009-05-07 |
| 28. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
49.32 |
0.9763 |
0.1792 |
289 |
2 |
45.30 |
2009-05-02 |
| 29. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
49.19 |
1.0796 |
0.0691 |
129 |
2 |
42.28 |
2009-04-07 |
| 30. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
49.00 |
0.9682 |
0.1785 |
143 |
4 |
41.83 |
2009-04-22 |
| 31. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
48.86 |
1.0099 |
0.1339 |
207 |
4 |
41.93 |
2009-05-08 |
| 32. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
48.79 |
1.0120 |
0.1311 |
290 |
2 |
45.39 |
2009-08-07 |
| 33. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
48.78 |
1.0334 |
0.1055 |
131 |
3 |
36.76 |
2009-05-07 |
| 34. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
48.77 |
1.0619 |
0.0811 |
354 |
1 |
48.77 |
2009-04-16 |
| 35. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
48.77 |
0.9886 |
0.1544 |
220 |
3 |
46.92 |
2009-04-07 |
| 36. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
48.72 |
1.0799 |
0.0584 |
243 |
2 |
45.26 |
2009-04-05 |
| 37. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
48.67 |
0.9729 |
0.1663 |
255 |
3 |
40.77 |
2009-11-25 |
| 38. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
48.60 |
1.0252 |
0.1102 |
176 |
5 |
39.70 |
2009-04-05 |
| 39. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
48.53 |
1.0462 |
0.0874 |
184 |
2 |
38.45 |
2009-04-14 |
| 40. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
48.38 |
1.0668 |
0.0668 |
350 |
1 |
48.38 |
2009-04-14 |
| 41. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
48.29 |
1.0296 |
0.1041 |
437 |
1 |
48.29 |
2009-04-08 |
| 42. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
48.28 |
0.9780 |
0.1527 |
337 |
1 |
48.28 |
2009-04-22 |
| 43. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
48.20 |
1.0389 |
0.0910 |
340 |
1 |
48.20 |
2009-05-07 |
| 44. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
48.14 |
1.0767 |
0.0492 |
212 |
3 |
44.71 |
2009-11-25 |
| 45. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
48.03 |
1.0168 |
0.1080 |
271 |
4 |
42.82 |
2009-04-29 |
| 46. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
47.99 |
0.9411 |
0.1841 |
318 |
3 |
44.48 |
2009-12-31 |
| 47. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
47.95 |
1.0201 |
0.1049 |
375 |
1 |
47.95 |
2009-04-22 |
| 48. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
47.95 |
0.9513 |
0.1736 |
354 |
2 |
43.07 |
2009-05-08 |
| 49. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
47.88 |
0.9844 |
0.1382 |
293 |
1 |
47.88 |
2009-04-14 |
| 50. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
47.86 |
1.0314 |
0.1240 |
452 |
1 |
47.86 |
2009-11-25 |
| 51. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
47.81 |
1.0004 |
0.1168 |
212 |
3 |
40.30 |
2009-04-18 |
| 52. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
47.81 |
0.8947 |
0.2289 |
366 |
2 |
47.37 |
2009-11-25 |
| 53. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
47.79 |
0.9576 |
0.1620 |
212 |
2 |
46.53 |
2009-05-02 |
| 54. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
47.74 |
0.8941 |
0.2250 |
216 |
3 |
37.37 |
2009-11-27 |
| 55. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
47.68 |
0.9278 |
0.1908 |
295 |
2 |
44.48 |
2009-04-18 |
| 56. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
47.65 |
1.0034 |
0.1118 |
302 |
3 |
41.58 |
2009-05-07 |
| 57. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
47.46 |
1.0167 |
0.0978 |
378 |
3 |
45.57 |
2009-05-02 |
| 58. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
47.27 |
0.9965 |
0.1107 |
277 |
3 |
41.45 |
2009-11-25 |
| 59. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
47.25 |
1.0529 |
0.0536 |
351 |
2 |
45.47 |
2009-04-13 |
| 60. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
47.19 |
1.0025 |
0.1023 |
256 |
2 |
43.41 |
2009-04-13 |
| 61. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
47.16 |
1.0361 |
0.0685 |
269 |
1 |
47.16 |
2009-04-07 |
| 62. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
46.96 |
0.9196 |
0.1784 |
148 |
1 |
46.96 |
2009-04-11 |
| 63. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
46.95 |
1.0331 |
0.0639 |
234 |
1 |
46.95 |
2009-05-07 |
| 64. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
46.83 |
0.9758 |
0.1210 |
314 |
5 |
41.80 |
2009-11-04 |
| 65. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
46.81 |
0.9316 |
0.1663 |
287 |
3 |
43.51 |
2009-04-14 |
| 66. |
You cannot entice a true thief, and thief by vocation, into ... |
46.77 |
0.8914 |
0.2036 |
366 |
1 |
46.77 |
2009-12-10 |
| 67. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
46.71 |
1.0477 |
0.0470 |
360 |
1 |
46.71 |
2009-04-30 |
| 68. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
46.70 |
0.9941 |
0.0977 |
217 |
2 |
42.79 |
2009-04-09 |
| 69. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
46.64 |
0.9578 |
0.1334 |
281 |
3 |
45.56 |
2009-04-22 |
| 70. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
46.61 |
1.0029 |
0.0859 |
209 |
2 |
38.59 |
2009-03-30 |
| 71. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
46.60 |
0.8809 |
0.2067 |
127 |
3 |
38.09 |
2009-03-20 |
| 72. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
46.33 |
0.9646 |
0.1197 |
264 |
3 |
41.63 |
2009-04-14 |
| 73. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
46.27 |
0.9991 |
0.0839 |
225 |
2 |
43.65 |
2009-11-04 |
| 74. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
46.24 |
1.0487 |
0.0312 |
231 |
2 |
43.47 |
2009-11-27 |
| 75. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
46.15 |
0.9088 |
0.1749 |
348 |
2 |
42.71 |
2009-04-14 |
| 76. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
46.07 |
0.9593 |
0.1216 |
398 |
1 |
46.07 |
2009-11-27 |
| 77. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
45.96 |
0.9500 |
0.1276 |
362 |
2 |
44.63 |
2009-11-04 |
| 78. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
45.95 |
1.0316 |
0.0455 |
333 |
1 |
45.95 |
2009-04-11 |
| 79. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
45.94 |
1.0368 |
0.0381 |
276 |
2 |
44.38 |
2009-04-14 |
| 80. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
45.94 |
0.9527 |
0.1228 |
251 |
2 |
44.29 |
2009-11-27 |
| 81. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
45.84 |
0.9966 |
0.0765 |
259 |
2 |
39.48 |
2009-04-07 |
| 82. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
45.82 |
0.8442 |
0.2307 |
265 |
2 |
34.92 |
2009-04-14 |
| 83. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
45.81 |
0.9619 |
0.1135 |
393 |
2 |
43.98 |
2009-04-17 |
| 84. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
45.75 |
1.0060 |
0.0624 |
171 |
1 |
45.75 |
2009-04-08 |
| 85. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
45.69 |
0.9899 |
0.0769 |
163 |
2 |
44.56 |
2009-04-19 |
| 86. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
45.58 |
0.9884 |
0.0776 |
233 |
5 |
37.00 |
2009-04-16 |
| 87. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
45.40 |
0.9964 |
0.0661 |
203 |
4 |
35.01 |
2009-04-18 |
| 88. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
45.28 |
0.9614 |
0.0992 |
292 |
3 |
43.08 |
2009-04-18 |
| 89. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
45.21 |
0.9785 |
0.0816 |
335 |
1 |
45.21 |
2009-11-04 |
| 90. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
45.20 |
1.0124 |
0.0441 |
204 |
3 |
37.97 |
2009-11-04 |
| 91. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
45.19 |
0.8573 |
0.2026 |
270 |
2 |
44.35 |
2009-04-18 |
| 92. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
45.17 |
0.9226 |
0.1364 |
177 |
2 |
42.33 |
2009-03-26 |
| 93. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
45.12 |
1.0396 |
0.0124 |
149 |
3 |
41.60 |
2009-04-09 |
| 94. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
45.04 |
1.0399 |
0.0155 |
294 |
2 |
43.59 |
2009-04-08 |
| 95. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
44.90 |
1.0138 |
0.0364 |
231 |
4 |
36.93 |
2009-11-29 |
| 96. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
44.89 |
0.8553 |
0.1934 |
174 |
2 |
42.05 |
2009-04-22 |
| 97. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
44.81 |
1.0297 |
0.0181 |
249 |
2 |
43.39 |
2009-04-09 |
| 98. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
44.80 |
0.9426 |
0.1068 |
317 |
3 |
44.52 |
2009-04-18 |
| 99. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
44.79 |
0.9724 |
0.0761 |
237 |
2 |
42.30 |
2009-04-14 |
| 100. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
44.78 |
1.0023 |
0.0436 |
211 |
2 |
39.28 |
2009-04-22 |
| 101. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
44.77 |
0.9636 |
0.0848 |
254 |
1 |
44.77 |
2009-04-22 |
| 102. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
44.73 |
0.8975 |
0.1493 |
268 |
4 |
36.31 |
2009-11-04 |
| 103. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
44.71 |
0.9251 |
0.1225 |
177 |
3 |
42.54 |
2009-04-03 |
| 104. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
44.70 |
0.9005 |
0.1461 |
212 |
2 |
40.19 |
2009-11-25 |
| 105. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
44.64 |
1.0429 |
0.0009 |
259 |
3 |
40.52 |
2009-04-13 |
| 106. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
44.57 |
0.8653 |
0.1829 |
255 |
4 |
39.96 |
2009-04-09 |
| 107. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
44.52 |
0.9045 |
0.1375 |
235 |
3 |
39.20 |
2009-04-22 |
| 108. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
44.46 |
0.9072 |
0.1325 |
237 |
2 |
38.54 |
2009-04-03 |
| 109. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
44.39 |
0.9286 |
0.1091 |
194 |
3 |
38.77 |
2009-04-06 |
| 110. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
44.37 |
1.0444 |
-0.0098 |
197 |
3 |
43.48 |
2009-03-22 |
| 111. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
44.32 |
0.9019 |
0.1385 |
204 |
3 |
37.48 |
2009-11-25 |
| 112. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
44.19 |
0.9851 |
0.0498 |
317 |
2 |
38.62 |
2009-04-08 |
| 113. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
44.19 |
0.9171 |
0.1158 |
165 |
1 |
44.19 |
2009-03-26 |
| 114. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
43.92 |
1.0183 |
0.0067 |
191 |
3 |
39.04 |
2009-04-14 |
| 115. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
43.90 |
0.9997 |
0.0297 |
382 |
1 |
43.90 |
2009-11-29 |
| 116. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
43.90 |
0.9633 |
0.0637 |
304 |
3 |
38.28 |
2009-11-04 |
| 117. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
43.67 |
0.9307 |
0.0973 |
246 |
3 |
41.27 |
2009-03-30 |
| 118. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
43.58 |
0.9635 |
0.0581 |
389 |
1 |
43.58 |
2009-04-08 |
| 119. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
43.58 |
0.9148 |
0.1067 |
317 |
1 |
43.58 |
2009-04-22 |
| 120. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
43.52 |
0.9084 |
0.1110 |
300 |
1 |
43.52 |
2009-04-13 |
| 121. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
43.42 |
0.8951 |
0.1209 |
193 |
3 |
39.36 |
2009-04-08 |
| 122. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
43.39 |
1.0201 |
-0.0080 |
172 |
3 |
40.11 |
2009-03-30 |
| 123. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
43.36 |
1.0385 |
-0.0249 |
230 |
3 |
42.82 |
2009-04-11 |
| 124. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
43.36 |
1.0485 |
0.0034 |
153 |
1 |
43.36 |
2009-11-27 |
| 125. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
43.35 |
0.9572 |
0.0556 |
201 |
4 |
38.37 |
2009-04-10 |
| 126. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
43.29 |
0.9710 |
0.0387 |
173 |
2 |
39.19 |
2009-04-08 |
| 127. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
43.22 |
0.9342 |
0.0793 |
434 |
5 |
37.93 |
2011-03-11 |
| 128. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
43.19 |
0.9776 |
0.0333 |
308 |
3 |
39.77 |
2009-04-14 |
| 129. |
Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the wi... |
43.14 |
0.9814 |
0.0671 |
364 |
1 |
43.14 |
2009-11-04 |
| 130. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
43.06 |
0.8353 |
0.1760 |
283 |
2 |
38.51 |
2009-11-04 |
| 131. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
43.05 |
0.9226 |
0.0869 |
348 |
3 |
40.66 |
2009-05-03 |
| 132. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
43.04 |
0.8602 |
0.1462 |
206 |
1 |
43.04 |
2009-11-04 |
| 133. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
43.01 |
1.0577 |
-0.0539 |
247 |
1 |
43.01 |
2009-03-31 |
| 134. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
42.96 |
0.9697 |
0.0363 |
249 |
3 |
37.45 |
2009-03-22 |
| 135. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
42.91 |
0.9468 |
0.0565 |
276 |
2 |
37.67 |
2009-04-22 |
| 136. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
42.90 |
1.0251 |
-0.0228 |
261 |
1 |
42.90 |
2009-04-19 |
| 137. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
42.79 |
0.9266 |
0.0746 |
267 |
2 |
42.65 |
2009-04-14 |
| 138. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
42.75 |
1.0567 |
-0.0558 |
303 |
3 |
40.52 |
2009-04-11 |
| 139. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
42.74 |
0.9893 |
0.0110 |
323 |
3 |
40.25 |
2009-04-05 |
| 140. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
42.67 |
0.9936 |
0.0046 |
311 |
2 |
39.64 |
2009-03-22 |
| 141. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
42.63 |
0.8878 |
0.1097 |
346 |
2 |
35.99 |
2009-04-29 |
| 142. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
42.52 |
0.8533 |
0.1417 |
232 |
4 |
39.13 |
2009-04-09 |
| 143. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
42.46 |
0.8077 |
0.1843 |
167 |
1 |
42.46 |
2009-03-26 |
| 144. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
42.22 |
0.9260 |
0.0670 |
243 |
2 |
42.12 |
2009-04-06 |
| 145. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
42.18 |
0.9740 |
0.0109 |
209 |
5 |
36.04 |
2009-03-31 |
| 146. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
42.16 |
1.0398 |
-0.0597 |
110 |
1 |
42.16 |
2009-04-11 |
| 147. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
42.16 |
0.9769 |
0.0080 |
263 |
4 |
37.01 |
2009-03-30 |
| 148. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
42.13 |
1.0521 |
-0.0690 |
171 |
2 |
39.78 |
2009-03-24 |
| 149. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
42.08 |
0.9597 |
0.0270 |
347 |
2 |
36.51 |
2009-04-13 |
| 150. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
42.07 |
0.9772 |
0.0060 |
217 |
3 |
33.99 |
2009-04-03 |
| 151. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
41.99 |
0.8958 |
0.0887 |
322 |
1 |
41.99 |
2009-04-08 |
| 152. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
41.97 |
0.9202 |
0.0620 |
254 |
3 |
35.36 |
2009-04-09 |
| 153. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
41.92 |
0.9540 |
0.0262 |
285 |
2 |
38.27 |
2009-12-10 |
| 154. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
41.90 |
0.9852 |
-0.0053 |
264 |
2 |
38.32 |
2009-04-12 |
| 155. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
41.87 |
0.9843 |
-0.0074 |
234 |
5 |
35.50 |
2009-04-12 |
| 156. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
41.87 |
0.9293 |
0.0509 |
355 |
1 |
41.87 |
2009-04-22 |
| 157. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
41.85 |
1.0340 |
-0.0528 |
406 |
1 |
41.85 |
2009-04-14 |
| 158. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
41.76 |
0.8793 |
0.0971 |
157 |
1 |
41.76 |
2011-03-11 |
| 159. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
41.72 |
1.0441 |
-0.0682 |
252 |
2 |
40.80 |
2009-03-22 |
| 160. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
41.70 |
1.0486 |
-0.0732 |
289 |
1 |
41.70 |
2009-04-07 |
| 161. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
41.68 |
1.0033 |
-0.0320 |
189 |
1 |
41.68 |
2009-03-22 |
| 162. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
41.66 |
0.9684 |
0.0072 |
388 |
1 |
41.66 |
2009-04-09 |
| 163. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
41.62 |
0.9798 |
-0.0099 |
199 |
3 |
40.68 |
2009-04-07 |
| 164. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
41.61 |
0.9281 |
0.0477 |
273 |
4 |
36.56 |
2009-04-07 |
| 165. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
41.61 |
0.9672 |
0.0089 |
396 |
1 |
41.61 |
2009-04-09 |
| 166. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
41.57 |
1.0109 |
-0.0386 |
276 |
2 |
40.68 |
2009-04-12 |
| 167. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
41.52 |
0.9795 |
-0.0083 |
308 |
2 |
41.46 |
2009-04-05 |
| 168. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
41.33 |
0.8722 |
0.0964 |
285 |
3 |
36.68 |
2009-11-04 |
| 169. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
41.29 |
0.9266 |
0.0385 |
278 |
1 |
41.29 |
2009-03-26 |
| 170. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
41.17 |
0.9365 |
0.0269 |
248 |
3 |
36.30 |
2009-03-22 |
| 171. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
41.12 |
0.9612 |
0.0010 |
256 |
2 |
37.76 |
2009-04-08 |
| 172. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
41.07 |
1.0013 |
-0.0412 |
273 |
1 |
41.07 |
2009-03-26 |
| 173. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
40.95 |
1.0417 |
-0.0853 |
253 |
1 |
40.95 |
2009-03-22 |
| 174. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
40.83 |
0.9048 |
0.0523 |
271 |
3 |
37.30 |
2009-03-22 |
| 175. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
40.77 |
0.9213 |
0.0328 |
295 |
2 |
40.41 |
2009-04-14 |
| 176. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
40.77 |
0.9649 |
-0.0121 |
193 |
3 |
34.79 |
2009-04-14 |
| 177. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
40.59 |
1.0053 |
-0.0570 |
232 |
1 |
40.59 |
2009-04-03 |
| 178. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
40.41 |
0.9485 |
-0.0033 |
236 |
1 |
40.41 |
2009-04-17 |
| 179. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
40.41 |
1.0696 |
-0.1267 |
226 |
3 |
35.17 |
2009-03-22 |
| 180. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
40.32 |
0.9514 |
-0.0086 |
237 |
2 |
33.41 |
2009-04-11 |
| 181. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
40.25 |
0.9128 |
0.0306 |
133 |
1 |
40.25 |
2009-03-20 |
| 182. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
40.25 |
0.9866 |
-0.0477 |
218 |
1 |
40.25 |
2009-04-05 |
| 183. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
40.23 |
0.9965 |
-0.0561 |
310 |
1 |
40.23 |
2009-04-07 |
| 184. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
40.10 |
0.8916 |
0.0462 |
216 |
3 |
31.47 |
2009-05-02 |
| 185. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
40.10 |
0.9212 |
0.0174 |
323 |
2 |
37.84 |
2009-04-07 |
| 186. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
39.95 |
0.9168 |
0.0174 |
240 |
5 |
33.90 |
2009-04-09 |
| 187. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
39.84 |
0.9894 |
-0.0558 |
323 |
1 |
39.84 |
2009-04-14 |
| 188. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
39.82 |
0.9233 |
0.0043 |
168 |
2 |
37.53 |
2009-04-09 |
| 189. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
39.79 |
0.9946 |
-0.0652 |
246 |
1 |
39.79 |
2009-04-03 |
| 190. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
39.78 |
0.8899 |
0.0447 |
293 |
2 |
34.95 |
2009-03-22 |
| 191. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
39.54 |
0.9532 |
-0.0295 |
258 |
1 |
39.54 |
2009-05-02 |
| 192. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
39.54 |
0.8791 |
0.0443 |
190 |
2 |
34.72 |
2009-04-07 |
| 193. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
39.39 |
0.9125 |
0.0090 |
308 |
4 |
36.38 |
2009-04-22 |
| 194. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
39.15 |
0.9068 |
0.0098 |
269 |
2 |
35.28 |
2009-03-31 |
| 195. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
39.13 |
0.9965 |
-0.0839 |
168 |
1 |
39.13 |
2009-03-30 |
| 196. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
38.96 |
1.0213 |
-0.1122 |
240 |
4 |
31.80 |
2009-03-26 |
| 197. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
38.87 |
0.9309 |
-0.0238 |
284 |
1 |
38.87 |
2009-04-03 |
| 198. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
38.80 |
1.0426 |
-0.1354 |
323 |
1 |
38.80 |
2009-03-22 |
| 199. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
38.75 |
0.8956 |
0.0114 |
217 |
1 |
38.75 |
2009-03-30 |
| 200. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
38.67 |
0.8821 |
0.0200 |
176 |
2 |
36.32 |
2009-03-22 |
| 201. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
38.58 |
0.9863 |
-0.0827 |
339 |
1 |
38.58 |
2009-03-22 |
| 202. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
38.41 |
0.9897 |
-0.0931 |
274 |
3 |
37.00 |
2009-04-08 |
| 203. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
38.39 |
1.0263 |
-0.1296 |
267 |
2 |
36.01 |
2009-03-26 |
| 204. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
38.27 |
0.9986 |
-0.1042 |
283 |
1 |
38.27 |
2009-03-30 |
| 205. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
38.23 |
1.0292 |
-0.1368 |
262 |
1 |
38.23 |
2009-03-20 |
| 206. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
38.15 |
1.0389 |
-0.1473 |
318 |
2 |
37.93 |
2009-04-05 |
| 207. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
38.11 |
1.0261 |
-0.1367 |
273 |
1 |
38.11 |
2009-03-22 |
| 208. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
37.95 |
1.0203 |
-0.1313 |
261 |
2 |
33.80 |
2009-04-08 |
| 209. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
37.89 |
0.8709 |
0.0189 |
202 |
2 |
35.06 |
2009-03-22 |
| 210. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
37.89 |
0.8295 |
0.0580 |
209 |
2 |
33.49 |
2009-03-30 |
| 211. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
37.82 |
0.8892 |
-0.0017 |
207 |
3 |
32.62 |
2009-03-30 |
| 212. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
37.74 |
0.8323 |
0.0484 |
145 |
2 |
34.43 |
2009-03-18 |
| 213. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
37.58 |
0.8996 |
-0.0245 |
192 |
1 |
37.58 |
2009-04-09 |
| 214. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
37.45 |
0.9786 |
-0.1056 |
193 |
2 |
36.81 |
2009-04-07 |
| 215. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
37.43 |
0.8961 |
-0.0219 |
189 |
3 |
31.86 |
2009-03-21 |
| 216. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
37.36 |
0.7876 |
0.0880 |
316 |
5 |
34.66 |
2009-04-17 |
| 217. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
37.02 |
0.8919 |
-0.0275 |
205 |
3 |
34.20 |
2009-04-05 |
| 218. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
36.75 |
1.0025 |
-0.1437 |
336 |
1 |
36.75 |
2009-03-24 |
| 219. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
36.72 |
0.8788 |
-0.0237 |
134 |
3 |
34.65 |
2009-04-05 |
| 220. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
36.71 |
0.8595 |
-0.0012 |
242 |
1 |
36.71 |
2009-04-05 |
| 221. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
36.67 |
0.8105 |
0.0442 |
204 |
2 |
36.44 |
2009-04-18 |
| 222. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
36.57 |
1.0498 |
-0.1988 |
180 |
1 |
36.57 |
2009-03-20 |
| 223. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
36.50 |
1.0445 |
-0.1916 |
373 |
1 |
36.50 |
2009-03-20 |
| 224. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
36.50 |
1.0666 |
-0.2154 |
297 |
1 |
36.50 |
2009-03-20 |
| 225. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
36.27 |
0.8615 |
-0.0139 |
110 |
2 |
33.88 |
2009-03-30 |
| 226. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
35.97 |
0.9429 |
-0.1027 |
287 |
2 |
32.22 |
2009-03-20 |
| 227. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
35.89 |
0.8153 |
0.0243 |
200 |
2 |
31.58 |
2009-03-18 |
| 228. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
35.85 |
0.9289 |
-0.0929 |
204 |
1 |
35.85 |
2009-03-20 |
| 229. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
35.82 |
1.0516 |
-0.2156 |
281 |
1 |
35.82 |
2009-03-20 |
| 230. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
35.48 |
0.8887 |
-0.0502 |
128 |
2 |
33.04 |
2009-03-26 |
| 231. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
35.26 |
0.8666 |
-0.0407 |
150 |
2 |
33.31 |
2009-03-20 |
| 232. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
35.20 |
0.8382 |
-0.0160 |
268 |
1 |
35.20 |
2009-08-07 |
| 233. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
35.13 |
0.9325 |
-0.1147 |
156 |
2 |
31.89 |
2009-03-20 |
| 234. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
34.74 |
1.0218 |
-0.2128 |
268 |
1 |
34.74 |
2009-03-30 |
| 235. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
34.35 |
0.9164 |
-0.1128 |
305 |
2 |
34.12 |
2009-03-22 |
| 236. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
34.10 |
0.7852 |
0.0119 |
149 |
1 |
34.10 |
2009-03-18 |
| 237. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
33.81 |
0.9084 |
-0.1172 |
404 |
1 |
33.81 |
2009-03-20 |
| 238. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
33.64 |
0.8660 |
-0.0799 |
193 |
1 |
33.64 |
2009-03-20 |
| 239. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
33.64 |
0.9263 |
-0.1400 |
188 |
1 |
33.64 |
2009-03-18 |
| 240. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
33.60 |
0.8360 |
-0.0523 |
170 |
1 |
33.60 |
2009-03-18 |
| 241. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
33.54 |
1.0197 |
-0.2391 |
226 |
1 |
33.54 |
2009-03-18 |
| 242. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
33.48 |
1.0337 |
-0.2541 |
214 |
1 |
33.48 |
2009-03-22 |
| 243. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
33.30 |
1.0523 |
-0.2773 |
256 |
2 |
31.71 |
2009-03-18 |
| 244. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
32.73 |
0.9691 |
-0.2051 |
223 |
2 |
32.49 |
2009-03-20 |
| 245. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
32.57 |
0.9907 |
-0.2324 |
211 |
1 |
32.57 |
2009-03-22 |
| 246. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
32.06 |
0.8792 |
-0.1269 |
296 |
1 |
32.06 |
2009-03-18 |
| 247. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
31.90 |
0.8826 |
-0.1370 |
296 |
1 |
31.90 |
2009-03-30 |
| 248. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
31.61 |
0.9275 |
-0.1921 |
211 |
1 |
31.61 |
2009-03-18 |
| 249. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
30.81 |
0.9257 |
-0.2035 |
317 |
1 |
30.81 |
2009-03-18 |
| 250. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
30.77 |
1.0214 |
-0.3046 |
269 |
1 |
30.77 |
2009-03-18 |
| 251. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
30.36 |
0.9857 |
-0.2784 |
293 |
1 |
30.36 |
2009-03-18 |
| 252. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
30.30 |
1.0714 |
-0.3695 |
129 |
1 |
30.30 |
2009-03-18 |
| 253. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
30.15 |
0.8422 |
-0.1382 |
164 |
1 |
30.15 |
2009-03-18 |
| 254. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
30.10 |
0.9820 |
-0.2792 |
267 |
2 |
30.01 |
2009-03-20 |
| 255. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
29.75 |
1.0095 |
-0.3167 |
316 |
1 |
29.75 |
2009-03-18 |
| 256. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
29.44 |
0.8700 |
-0.1850 |
127 |
1 |
29.44 |
2009-03-20 |
| 257. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
29.37 |
0.8715 |
-0.1883 |
130 |
1 |
29.37 |
2009-03-18 |
| 258. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
28.65 |
0.7850 |
-0.1191 |
154 |
1 |
28.65 |
2009-03-18 |
| 259. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
28.56 |
0.8190 |
-0.1488 |
135 |
1 |
28.56 |
2009-03-18 |
| 260. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
28.27 |
0.8739 |
-0.2202 |
136 |
1 |
28.27 |
2009-03-18 |
| 261. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
27.74 |
0.8900 |
-0.2422 |
164 |
2 |
26.89 |
2009-03-18 |
| 262. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
27.51 |
0.8096 |
-0.1645 |
209 |
1 |
27.51 |
2009-03-18 |
| 263. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
27.06 |
0.8118 |
-0.1793 |
109 |
1 |
27.06 |
2009-03-18 |
| 264. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
26.81 |
0.7375 |
-0.1135 |
148 |
1 |
26.81 |
2009-03-18 |
| 265. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
25.07 |
0.8263 |
-0.2436 |
162 |
1 |
25.07 |
2009-03-18 |
| 266. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
24.41 |
0.8152 |
-0.2471 |
163 |
1 |
24.41 |
2009-03-18 |
| 267. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
23.53 |
0.7352 |
-0.1880 |
106 |
1 |
23.53 |
2009-03-18 |