| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
57.20 |
0.9226 |
0.5554 |
348 |
4 |
40.10 |
2009-06-13 |
| 2. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
56.47 |
0.8709 |
0.5897 |
202 |
5 |
38.08 |
2009-06-06 |
| 3. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
55.50 |
0.9212 |
0.5096 |
323 |
1 |
55.50 |
2008-12-28 |
| 4. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
53.45 |
0.9907 |
0.3820 |
211 |
10 |
33.85 |
2009-03-15 |
| 5. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
53.33 |
0.9724 |
0.4024 |
237 |
9 |
35.56 |
2009-06-06 |
| 6. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
52.53 |
0.8810 |
0.4703 |
282 |
12 |
35.60 |
2009-07-10 |
| 7. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
50.61 |
0.9986 |
0.3026 |
283 |
4 |
39.59 |
2009-05-23 |
| 8. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
50.06 |
0.9820 |
0.3072 |
267 |
7 |
36.94 |
2009-06-09 |
| 9. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
50.01 |
0.9776 |
0.3077 |
308 |
7 |
36.10 |
2009-05-23 |
| 10. |
Now did you answer 'cause you thought that's what I wanted t... |
49.83 |
0.9325 |
0.3412 |
156 |
13 |
37.87 |
2009-07-06 |
| 11. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
49.09 |
1.0426 |
0.2179 |
323 |
2 |
39.12 |
2008-12-10 |
| 12. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
48.80 |
1.0445 |
0.2101 |
373 |
5 |
42.18 |
2009-06-13 |
| 13. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
48.02 |
1.0528 |
0.1756 |
201 |
8 |
37.52 |
2009-05-21 |
| 14. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
47.20 |
0.9731 |
0.2265 |
129 |
9 |
38.90 |
2009-06-13 |
| 15. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
46.91 |
1.0203 |
0.1877 |
261 |
3 |
37.04 |
2009-04-21 |
| 16. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
46.27 |
1.0788 |
0.1036 |
171 |
9 |
33.34 |
2009-04-17 |
| 17. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
46.21 |
1.0696 |
0.1133 |
226 |
7 |
37.17 |
2009-07-16 |
| 18. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
45.85 |
0.8809 |
0.2940 |
127 |
11 |
33.76 |
2009-06-13 |
| 19. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
45.77 |
0.9946 |
0.1802 |
246 |
5 |
37.61 |
2009-05-22 |
| 20. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
45.74 |
0.9884 |
0.1901 |
262 |
5 |
39.39 |
2009-07-10 |
| 21. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
45.54 |
0.9266 |
0.2425 |
267 |
9 |
31.45 |
2009-04-17 |
| 22. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
45.06 |
1.0799 |
0.0730 |
243 |
11 |
35.51 |
2009-05-23 |
| 23. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
45.03 |
1.0251 |
0.1285 |
261 |
10 |
34.54 |
2009-07-06 |
| 24. |
You're here because you know something. What you know you ca... |
44.85 |
0.9633 |
0.1900 |
304 |
7 |
38.71 |
2009-05-11 |
| 25. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
44.82 |
0.9128 |
0.2431 |
133 |
7 |
30.95 |
2009-04-06 |
| 26. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
44.70 |
1.1016 |
0.0457 |
233 |
6 |
38.42 |
2009-07-16 |
| 27. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
44.70 |
1.0521 |
0.0903 |
171 |
4 |
41.00 |
2009-05-22 |
| 28. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
44.64 |
1.0487 |
0.0920 |
231 |
7 |
37.41 |
2009-06-09 |
| 29. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
44.59 |
0.9572 |
0.1861 |
201 |
8 |
33.82 |
2009-05-23 |
| 30. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
44.56 |
0.9316 |
0.2180 |
287 |
7 |
36.68 |
2009-07-10 |
| 31. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
44.56 |
0.9578 |
0.1853 |
281 |
4 |
37.52 |
2009-05-11 |
| 32. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
44.31 |
1.0131 |
0.1201 |
225 |
13 |
34.86 |
2009-06-06 |
| 33. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
43.93 |
0.8910 |
0.2380 |
150 |
8 |
32.90 |
2009-04-21 |
| 34. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
43.79 |
1.0993 |
0.0222 |
265 |
5 |
40.15 |
2009-05-13 |
| 35. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
43.66 |
0.9168 |
0.2047 |
240 |
11 |
30.91 |
2009-05-23 |
| 36. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
43.64 |
0.8887 |
0.2450 |
128 |
9 |
36.38 |
2009-05-13 |
| 37. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
43.61 |
0.9164 |
0.2061 |
121 |
2 |
36.87 |
2009-07-06 |
| 38. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
43.55 |
1.0168 |
0.1020 |
271 |
11 |
32.71 |
2009-05-06 |
| 39. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
43.48 |
0.8900 |
0.2268 |
164 |
9 |
37.63 |
2009-07-06 |
| 40. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
43.23 |
1.0337 |
0.0748 |
214 |
9 |
37.97 |
2009-07-16 |
| 41. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
43.23 |
0.9851 |
0.1262 |
317 |
8 |
31.69 |
2009-07-06 |
| 42. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
43.21 |
1.0523 |
0.0520 |
256 |
12 |
36.45 |
2009-05-21 |
| 43. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
43.13 |
1.1018 |
-0.0017 |
220 |
10 |
35.75 |
2009-04-26 |
| 44. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
43.09 |
0.9964 |
0.1092 |
203 |
8 |
35.46 |
2009-05-22 |
| 45. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
43.04 |
0.9857 |
0.1175 |
293 |
7 |
37.37 |
2009-05-22 |
| 46. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
43.02 |
1.0767 |
0.0247 |
212 |
2 |
42.09 |
2009-07-16 |
| 47. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
42.98 |
1.0596 |
0.0409 |
239 |
7 |
34.38 |
2009-05-29 |
| 48. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
42.93 |
1.0197 |
0.0787 |
226 |
10 |
34.90 |
2009-07-06 |
| 49. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
42.93 |
1.0334 |
0.0614 |
131 |
9 |
35.00 |
2009-05-11 |
| 50. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
42.88 |
1.0396 |
0.0532 |
149 |
7 |
33.74 |
2009-05-22 |
| 51. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
42.82 |
1.0331 |
0.0631 |
234 |
9 |
36.31 |
2009-06-21 |
| 52. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
42.78 |
0.9281 |
0.1744 |
273 |
6 |
38.79 |
2009-07-10 |
| 53. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
42.74 |
1.0292 |
0.0659 |
262 |
6 |
39.94 |
2009-06-09 |
| 54. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
42.74 |
1.0515 |
0.0430 |
250 |
5 |
38.91 |
2009-06-06 |
| 55. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
42.73 |
0.8951 |
0.2032 |
193 |
7 |
32.29 |
2009-05-29 |
| 56. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
42.72 |
1.0214 |
0.0728 |
269 |
11 |
37.12 |
2009-07-06 |
| 57. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
42.69 |
1.0034 |
0.0902 |
302 |
5 |
35.83 |
2009-07-10 |
| 58. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
42.57 |
1.0429 |
0.0477 |
259 |
7 |
37.89 |
2009-05-23 |
| 59. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
42.52 |
1.1114 |
-0.0234 |
247 |
5 |
35.78 |
2009-07-16 |
| 60. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
42.51 |
1.0213 |
0.0659 |
240 |
5 |
32.31 |
2009-07-06 |
| 61. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
42.48 |
1.0529 |
0.0366 |
351 |
3 |
38.69 |
2009-06-06 |
| 62. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
42.38 |
1.0496 |
0.0367 |
314 |
5 |
36.59 |
2009-05-29 |
| 63. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
42.36 |
1.0218 |
0.0618 |
268 |
3 |
39.32 |
2009-05-06 |
| 64. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
42.33 |
1.0025 |
0.0831 |
256 |
9 |
34.67 |
2009-05-17 |
| 65. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
42.32 |
1.0498 |
0.0309 |
180 |
7 |
34.44 |
2009-05-29 |
| 66. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
42.29 |
0.9266 |
0.1599 |
278 |
8 |
36.77 |
2009-05-23 |
| 67. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
42.28 |
0.9884 |
0.0952 |
233 |
13 |
35.39 |
2009-06-23 |
| 68. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
42.26 |
1.0797 |
-0.0014 |
210 |
8 |
31.65 |
2009-05-17 |
| 69. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
42.15 |
1.0462 |
0.0288 |
184 |
5 |
36.42 |
2009-05-14 |
| 70. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
42.13 |
1.0577 |
0.0193 |
247 |
3 |
38.80 |
2009-05-19 |
| 71. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
42.09 |
1.0183 |
0.0556 |
191 |
10 |
34.34 |
2009-06-06 |
| 72. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
42.00 |
1.0095 |
0.0666 |
316 |
6 |
38.43 |
2009-05-21 |
| 73. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
41.99 |
1.0486 |
0.0291 |
289 |
4 |
34.02 |
2009-05-17 |
| 74. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
41.93 |
1.0787 |
-0.0047 |
237 |
9 |
39.18 |
2009-06-21 |
| 75. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
41.92 |
0.9251 |
0.1550 |
177 |
8 |
35.22 |
2009-05-21 |
| 76. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
41.91 |
1.0025 |
0.0732 |
336 |
10 |
37.78 |
2009-07-06 |
| 77. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
41.85 |
0.8442 |
0.2331 |
265 |
5 |
31.17 |
2009-01-21 |
| 78. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
41.77 |
0.9729 |
0.0985 |
255 |
9 |
33.85 |
2009-05-13 |
| 79. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
41.70 |
1.0829 |
-0.0120 |
288 |
4 |
36.80 |
2009-05-06 |
| 80. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
41.69 |
1.0796 |
-0.0153 |
129 |
8 |
33.43 |
2009-07-10 |
| 81. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
41.61 |
1.0297 |
0.0361 |
249 |
2 |
38.33 |
2009-03-29 |
| 82. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
41.37 |
1.0711 |
-0.0154 |
213 |
3 |
36.88 |
2009-07-06 |
| 83. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
41.30 |
1.0666 |
-0.0075 |
297 |
3 |
34.28 |
2009-05-23 |
| 84. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
41.27 |
1.0125 |
0.0434 |
224 |
7 |
38.31 |
2009-06-13 |
| 85. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
41.26 |
1.0201 |
0.0383 |
303 |
3 |
39.45 |
2009-05-22 |
| 86. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
41.11 |
0.9866 |
0.0638 |
218 |
10 |
33.64 |
2009-05-01 |
| 87. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
41.10 |
1.0390 |
0.0110 |
205 |
12 |
35.23 |
2009-06-06 |
| 88. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
41.06 |
0.9811 |
0.0744 |
272 |
5 |
34.23 |
2009-05-18 |
| 89. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
40.94 |
1.0013 |
0.0475 |
273 |
7 |
36.56 |
2009-07-10 |
| 90. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
40.91 |
1.0261 |
0.0209 |
273 |
10 |
32.42 |
2009-06-06 |
| 91. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
40.89 |
0.8821 |
0.1658 |
176 |
8 |
33.26 |
2009-05-22 |
| 92. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
40.88 |
1.0441 |
0.0055 |
252 |
4 |
38.61 |
2009-07-16 |
| 93. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
40.76 |
0.9263 |
0.1222 |
188 |
3 |
36.50 |
2009-05-08 |
| 94. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
40.74 |
0.9260 |
0.1289 |
243 |
4 |
34.28 |
2009-05-17 |
| 95. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
40.62 |
1.0385 |
0.0010 |
230 |
2 |
40.44 |
2009-07-16 |
| 96. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
40.47 |
0.9342 |
0.1068 |
434 |
5 |
35.89 |
2009-07-10 |
| 97. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
40.45 |
0.9758 |
0.0618 |
314 |
7 |
34.23 |
2009-05-14 |
| 98. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
40.44 |
0.9307 |
0.1140 |
246 |
8 |
35.82 |
2009-05-29 |
| 99. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
40.43 |
0.9966 |
0.0392 |
259 |
6 |
34.47 |
2009-05-22 |
| 100. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
40.41 |
0.9769 |
0.0569 |
263 |
7 |
31.79 |
2009-07-10 |
| 101. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
40.27 |
0.8996 |
0.1272 |
192 |
7 |
32.11 |
2009-07-06 |
| 102. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
40.20 |
0.9805 |
0.0545 |
292 |
5 |
35.89 |
2009-06-06 |
| 103. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
40.13 |
1.0417 |
-0.0156 |
253 |
3 |
31.78 |
2009-05-23 |
| 104. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
40.13 |
1.0565 |
-0.0305 |
247 |
8 |
35.10 |
2009-07-16 |
| 105. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
40.11 |
0.9567 |
0.0712 |
273 |
3 |
35.29 |
2009-07-06 |
| 106. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
40.10 |
0.9756 |
0.0510 |
229 |
1 |
40.10 |
2009-04-16 |
| 107. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
40.08 |
0.9786 |
0.0482 |
235 |
8 |
36.38 |
2009-07-10 |
| 108. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
40.04 |
0.8916 |
0.1350 |
216 |
6 |
32.20 |
2009-05-18 |
| 109. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
40.02 |
0.9795 |
0.0463 |
308 |
5 |
36.52 |
2009-05-11 |
| 110. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
40.01 |
0.9941 |
0.0290 |
217 |
8 |
33.61 |
2009-06-06 |
| 111. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
40.00 |
1.0349 |
-0.0103 |
234 |
8 |
32.89 |
2009-06-07 |
| 112. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
39.92 |
1.0063 |
0.0173 |
371 |
7 |
36.33 |
2009-05-21 |
| 113. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
39.88 |
0.8975 |
0.1251 |
268 |
14 |
33.74 |
2009-05-22 |
| 114. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
39.84 |
0.9019 |
0.1244 |
204 |
6 |
35.58 |
2009-05-07 |
| 115. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
39.83 |
1.0714 |
-0.0595 |
129 |
7 |
31.64 |
2009-04-05 |
| 116. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
39.77 |
1.0463 |
-0.0316 |
182 |
6 |
36.49 |
2009-06-06 |
| 117. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
39.74 |
0.9846 |
0.0328 |
281 |
5 |
36.04 |
2009-06-13 |
| 118. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
39.73 |
1.0029 |
0.0090 |
209 |
6 |
35.06 |
2009-05-17 |
| 119. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
39.59 |
0.9532 |
0.0601 |
258 |
4 |
34.85 |
2009-07-06 |
| 120. |
Make sure to secure the door when I am gone. There are many ... |
39.51 |
0.9196 |
0.0946 |
148 |
9 |
33.43 |
2009-05-22 |
| 121. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
39.45 |
1.0444 |
-0.0400 |
197 |
9 |
35.44 |
2009-04-06 |
| 122. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
39.43 |
1.0389 |
-0.0267 |
318 |
2 |
38.29 |
2009-05-22 |
| 123. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
39.37 |
0.9351 |
0.0683 |
190 |
8 |
33.70 |
2009-07-06 |
| 124. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
39.35 |
0.9763 |
0.0316 |
289 |
4 |
31.48 |
2009-05-22 |
| 125. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
39.33 |
0.8919 |
0.1143 |
205 |
11 |
30.48 |
2009-07-10 |
| 126. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
39.31 |
0.9843 |
0.0180 |
234 |
12 |
33.81 |
2009-07-10 |
| 127. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
39.26 |
1.0263 |
-0.0210 |
267 |
12 |
33.16 |
2009-07-16 |
| 128. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
39.26 |
0.9468 |
0.0588 |
276 |
9 |
34.67 |
2009-05-07 |
| 129. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
39.26 |
1.0483 |
-0.0452 |
227 |
5 |
34.24 |
2009-05-18 |
| 130. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
39.26 |
0.9233 |
0.0745 |
168 |
8 |
31.01 |
2009-06-07 |
| 131. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
39.22 |
1.0004 |
-0.0015 |
212 |
8 |
31.66 |
2009-06-13 |
| 132. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
39.14 |
1.0053 |
-0.0044 |
232 |
4 |
34.91 |
2009-06-06 |
| 133. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
39.08 |
0.9213 |
0.0806 |
295 |
9 |
34.04 |
2009-05-22 |
| 134. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
39.03 |
0.9798 |
0.0146 |
199 |
10 |
31.50 |
2009-06-13 |
| 135. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
38.98 |
0.8899 |
0.1200 |
293 |
13 |
33.13 |
2009-06-23 |
| 136. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
38.98 |
1.0567 |
-0.0573 |
303 |
6 |
35.46 |
2009-07-06 |
| 137. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
38.97 |
0.9309 |
0.0657 |
284 |
6 |
34.55 |
2009-06-07 |
| 138. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
38.89 |
0.8295 |
0.1687 |
209 |
9 |
31.03 |
2009-03-07 |
| 139. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
38.80 |
0.9691 |
0.0245 |
223 |
9 |
31.68 |
2009-05-17 |
| 140. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
38.76 |
0.9612 |
0.0319 |
256 |
8 |
33.07 |
2009-05-22 |
| 141. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
38.73 |
0.9048 |
0.0921 |
271 |
11 |
32.34 |
2009-05-11 |
| 142. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
38.71 |
0.9514 |
0.0407 |
237 |
7 |
31.23 |
2009-05-22 |
| 143. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
38.66 |
0.9852 |
0.0056 |
264 |
4 |
35.09 |
2009-05-22 |
| 144. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
38.62 |
0.9863 |
0.0075 |
339 |
1 |
38.62 |
2009-05-08 |
| 145. |
Advertising has these people chasing cars and clothes they d... |
38.61 |
0.8745 |
0.1125 |
169 |
4 |
33.18 |
2009-01-21 |
| 146. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
38.49 |
0.9965 |
-0.0152 |
168 |
8 |
33.69 |
2009-07-10 |
| 147. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
38.48 |
0.9740 |
0.0077 |
209 |
10 |
31.43 |
2009-06-07 |
| 148. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
38.40 |
0.9576 |
0.0307 |
212 |
3 |
34.60 |
2009-05-29 |
| 149. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
38.28 |
1.0516 |
-0.0714 |
281 |
6 |
32.52 |
2009-04-17 |
| 150. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
38.27 |
1.0099 |
-0.0324 |
207 |
7 |
32.82 |
2009-07-06 |
| 151. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
38.24 |
0.9844 |
0.0000 |
293 |
3 |
37.26 |
2009-05-29 |
| 152. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
38.18 |
0.8553 |
0.1176 |
174 |
4 |
30.50 |
2009-01-25 |
| 153. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
38.18 |
0.8792 |
0.1081 |
296 |
10 |
30.65 |
2009-05-22 |
| 154. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
38.17 |
0.8791 |
0.0978 |
190 |
6 |
31.00 |
2009-05-23 |
| 155. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
38.12 |
0.9910 |
-0.0126 |
295 |
5 |
35.18 |
2009-07-16 |
| 156. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
38.09 |
0.9513 |
0.0282 |
354 |
2 |
38.01 |
2009-05-22 |
| 157. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
38.06 |
0.9430 |
0.0246 |
211 |
6 |
32.28 |
2009-05-22 |
| 158. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
37.96 |
0.8956 |
0.0793 |
217 |
5 |
32.19 |
2009-04-28 |
| 159. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
37.91 |
0.8878 |
0.0830 |
346 |
5 |
32.09 |
2009-05-13 |
| 160. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
37.91 |
0.9897 |
-0.0210 |
274 |
2 |
33.94 |
2009-04-06 |
| 161. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
37.79 |
0.8077 |
0.1583 |
167 |
6 |
32.68 |
2009-05-22 |
| 162. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
37.72 |
0.9068 |
0.0623 |
269 |
3 |
35.20 |
2009-05-22 |
| 163. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
37.69 |
0.8118 |
0.1584 |
109 |
6 |
28.93 |
2008-12-24 |
| 164. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
37.54 |
1.0389 |
-0.0751 |
340 |
2 |
37.24 |
2009-05-23 |
| 165. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
37.52 |
0.9893 |
-0.0283 |
323 |
3 |
32.40 |
2009-06-13 |
| 166. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
37.49 |
0.8360 |
0.1233 |
170 |
4 |
31.69 |
2009-01-07 |
| 167. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
37.42 |
0.8770 |
0.0845 |
300 |
4 |
32.93 |
2009-05-21 |
| 168. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
37.24 |
0.9597 |
-0.0020 |
347 |
3 |
34.51 |
2009-05-18 |
| 169. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
37.18 |
1.0201 |
-0.0748 |
172 |
6 |
33.45 |
2009-07-16 |
| 170. |
And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make ene... |
37.09 |
0.8715 |
0.0743 |
130 |
3 |
32.33 |
2009-01-06 |
| 171. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
37.05 |
1.0109 |
-0.0614 |
276 |
4 |
33.98 |
2009-06-13 |
| 172. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
36.98 |
0.9684 |
-0.0188 |
388 |
5 |
33.10 |
2009-06-06 |
| 173. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
36.95 |
0.9991 |
-0.0525 |
225 |
5 |
33.97 |
2009-04-26 |
| 174. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
36.86 |
0.9485 |
-0.0030 |
236 |
3 |
32.90 |
2009-04-05 |
| 175. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
36.73 |
1.0033 |
-0.0696 |
189 |
4 |
32.44 |
2009-05-22 |
| 176. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
36.70 |
0.9226 |
0.0208 |
177 |
12 |
31.61 |
2009-06-06 |
| 177. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
36.70 |
1.0016 |
-0.0666 |
218 |
7 |
31.71 |
2009-05-07 |
| 178. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
36.68 |
1.0023 |
-0.0651 |
211 |
4 |
32.19 |
2009-05-17 |
| 179. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
36.66 |
0.8722 |
0.0693 |
285 |
2 |
35.47 |
2009-05-07 |
| 180. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
36.64 |
0.9257 |
0.0179 |
317 |
1 |
36.64 |
2009-04-26 |
| 181. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
36.63 |
0.8153 |
0.1273 |
200 |
6 |
27.60 |
2009-04-26 |
| 182. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
36.63 |
0.9045 |
0.0336 |
235 |
12 |
30.42 |
2009-05-29 |
| 183. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
36.49 |
0.9646 |
-0.0313 |
264 |
4 |
34.38 |
2009-04-16 |
| 184. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
36.49 |
0.9164 |
0.0226 |
305 |
3 |
32.74 |
2009-06-06 |
| 185. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
36.47 |
0.9786 |
-0.0502 |
193 |
7 |
32.14 |
2009-04-06 |
| 186. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
36.45 |
1.0214 |
-0.0937 |
166 |
9 |
32.28 |
2009-05-21 |
| 187. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
36.43 |
0.8826 |
0.0514 |
296 |
9 |
30.48 |
2009-03-29 |
| 188. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
36.42 |
1.0120 |
-0.0805 |
290 |
4 |
32.59 |
2009-05-06 |
| 189. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
36.33 |
0.9936 |
-0.0639 |
311 |
2 |
35.06 |
2009-04-21 |
| 190. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
36.15 |
1.0124 |
-0.0895 |
204 |
7 |
30.51 |
2009-03-03 |
| 191. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
36.03 |
0.9614 |
-0.0362 |
292 |
6 |
31.66 |
2009-06-06 |
| 192. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
36.00 |
0.8892 |
0.0382 |
207 |
10 |
31.77 |
2009-04-17 |
| 193. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
35.95 |
0.9171 |
0.0033 |
165 |
4 |
33.50 |
2009-05-19 |
| 194. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
35.82 |
0.9221 |
-0.0068 |
244 |
5 |
32.10 |
2009-02-24 |
| 195. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
35.77 |
0.8573 |
0.0618 |
270 |
7 |
31.25 |
2009-04-02 |
| 196. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
35.58 |
0.9636 |
-0.0532 |
254 |
7 |
31.36 |
2009-05-08 |
| 197. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
35.57 |
0.8739 |
0.0324 |
136 |
3 |
31.02 |
2008-12-14 |
| 198. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
35.46 |
0.8353 |
0.0796 |
283 |
2 |
35.33 |
2009-03-13 |
| 199. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
35.40 |
0.8700 |
0.0352 |
127 |
7 |
30.99 |
2009-01-11 |
| 200. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
35.37 |
0.9429 |
-0.0365 |
287 |
3 |
33.15 |
2009-06-21 |
| 201. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
35.25 |
0.9649 |
-0.0640 |
193 |
4 |
31.78 |
2009-04-17 |
| 202. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
35.11 |
0.7934 |
0.1041 |
134 |
2 |
30.86 |
2009-01-12 |
| 203. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
35.10 |
0.8154 |
0.0845 |
193 |
4 |
30.00 |
2009-04-17 |
| 204. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
35.06 |
0.9275 |
-0.0338 |
211 |
9 |
29.10 |
2009-07-06 |
| 205. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
34.87 |
0.8628 |
0.0259 |
196 |
5 |
31.78 |
2009-04-08 |
| 206. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
34.57 |
0.9202 |
-0.0366 |
254 |
7 |
29.06 |
2009-07-10 |
| 207. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
34.50 |
0.9365 |
-0.0526 |
248 |
6 |
31.70 |
2009-04-06 |
| 208. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
34.48 |
0.8615 |
0.0206 |
110 |
9 |
29.57 |
2009-07-10 |
| 209. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
34.42 |
0.9005 |
-0.0216 |
212 |
3 |
30.83 |
2009-05-17 |
| 210. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
34.25 |
0.9772 |
-0.1047 |
217 |
5 |
32.63 |
2009-02-11 |
| 211. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
34.14 |
0.8263 |
0.0448 |
162 |
2 |
32.08 |
2008-12-16 |
| 212. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
33.97 |
0.8070 |
0.0587 |
167 |
4 |
31.18 |
2009-01-23 |
| 213. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
33.82 |
0.9682 |
-0.1052 |
143 |
1 |
33.82 |
2009-04-26 |
| 214. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
33.73 |
0.9886 |
-0.1236 |
220 |
5 |
31.44 |
2009-04-28 |
| 215. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
33.69 |
0.9289 |
-0.0697 |
204 |
7 |
29.08 |
2009-01-21 |
| 216. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
33.60 |
0.8867 |
-0.0216 |
163 |
4 |
31.92 |
2008-12-20 |
| 217. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
33.43 |
0.9527 |
-0.0981 |
251 |
2 |
32.10 |
2009-05-08 |
| 218. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
33.39 |
0.8595 |
-0.0040 |
242 |
2 |
29.78 |
2009-05-17 |
| 219. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
33.20 |
0.9339 |
-0.0866 |
310 |
2 |
32.87 |
2009-03-13 |
| 220. |
The alternative to binge travel entails relocating to one pl... |
33.18 |
0.8747 |
-0.0309 |
201 |
1 |
33.18 |
2009-01-03 |
| 221. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
33.11 |
0.8971 |
-0.0454 |
266 |
5 |
30.68 |
2009-01-31 |
| 222. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
33.01 |
0.9540 |
-0.1120 |
285 |
2 |
30.56 |
2008-12-16 |
| 223. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, but the orig... |
32.95 |
0.8544 |
-0.0117 |
170 |
3 |
29.57 |
2008-12-17 |
| 224. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
32.91 |
0.8602 |
-0.0212 |
206 |
6 |
28.85 |
2009-03-29 |
| 225. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
32.86 |
0.8096 |
0.0382 |
209 |
2 |
32.50 |
2009-05-21 |
| 226. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
32.85 |
0.8142 |
0.0199 |
187 |
1 |
32.85 |
2009-01-07 |
| 227. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
32.84 |
0.8190 |
0.0274 |
135 |
3 |
30.82 |
2009-01-21 |
| 228. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
32.81 |
0.8152 |
0.0236 |
163 |
4 |
30.95 |
2008-12-24 |
| 229. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
32.79 |
0.8660 |
-0.0275 |
193 |
3 |
31.65 |
2008-12-16 |
| 230. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
32.61 |
0.9865 |
-0.1519 |
276 |
2 |
32.22 |
2009-06-13 |
| 231. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
32.58 |
0.9500 |
-0.1151 |
362 |
3 |
30.74 |
2009-01-22 |
| 232. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
32.38 |
1.0419 |
-0.2144 |
261 |
6 |
30.44 |
2009-03-03 |
| 233. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
32.19 |
0.8958 |
-0.0686 |
322 |
2 |
31.48 |
2009-03-17 |
| 234. |
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place where as a child I'... |
32.01 |
0.8936 |
-0.0773 |
127 |
5 |
27.56 |
2009-01-11 |
| 235. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
31.96 |
0.8125 |
0.0066 |
197 |
3 |
27.77 |
2008-12-17 |
| 236. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
31.83 |
0.8890 |
-0.0794 |
199 |
4 |
28.23 |
2009-03-04 |
| 237. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
31.66 |
0.8533 |
-0.0434 |
232 |
8 |
28.08 |
2009-04-16 |
| 238. |
Those who proceed only very slowly can make much greater pro... |
31.51 |
0.8666 |
-0.0587 |
150 |
1 |
31.51 |
2008-12-23 |
| 239. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
31.36 |
1.0138 |
-0.2132 |
231 |
1 |
31.36 |
2009-03-07 |
| 240. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
30.96 |
0.8105 |
-0.0242 |
204 |
6 |
27.64 |
2009-03-15 |
| 241. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
30.94 |
0.8852 |
-0.0947 |
158 |
3 |
30.46 |
2009-01-21 |
| 242. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
30.72 |
0.9286 |
-0.1452 |
194 |
7 |
28.91 |
2009-03-13 |
| 243. |
Question marks and exclamation points go inside quotation ma... |
30.67 |
0.8422 |
-0.0574 |
164 |
2 |
29.40 |
2008-12-23 |
| 244. |
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races... |
30.65 |
0.7938 |
-0.0102 |
176 |
1 |
30.65 |
2008-12-20 |
| 245. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
30.64 |
0.9084 |
-0.1243 |
300 |
2 |
29.87 |
2008-12-14 |
| 246. |
Whether you use a PC, laptop, or typewriter - typing is an i... |
30.57 |
0.7375 |
0.0462 |
148 |
2 |
29.93 |
2009-01-06 |
| 247. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
30.31 |
0.8653 |
-0.0802 |
255 |
3 |
29.46 |
2009-02-24 |
| 248. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
30.23 |
0.7259 |
0.0517 |
186 |
3 |
28.67 |
2009-01-06 |
| 249. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
30.14 |
0.9697 |
-0.2001 |
249 |
2 |
27.05 |
2008-12-16 |
| 250. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
30.10 |
0.8382 |
-0.0694 |
268 |
2 |
29.96 |
2009-01-28 |
| 251. |
Take a break. Shake your hands loosely at the wrists. Stretc... |
30.01 |
0.8188 |
-0.0517 |
183 |
3 |
28.61 |
2008-12-23 |
| 252. |
The garbage chute was a wonderful idea! What an incredible s... |
29.98 |
0.7352 |
0.0299 |
106 |
4 |
24.68 |
2009-01-21 |
| 253. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
29.95 |
0.9072 |
-0.1445 |
237 |
3 |
28.86 |
2008-12-23 |
| 254. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
29.79 |
0.8961 |
-0.1392 |
189 |
7 |
26.22 |
2008-12-24 |
| 255. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
29.64 |
0.8070 |
-0.0481 |
137 |
3 |
28.81 |
2008-12-20 |
| 256. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
29.54 |
0.7876 |
-0.0312 |
316 |
2 |
29.25 |
2009-02-10 |
| 257. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
29.43 |
0.9710 |
-0.2266 |
173 |
2 |
28.83 |
2008-12-23 |
| 258. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
29.18 |
0.8145 |
-0.0678 |
115 |
4 |
26.99 |
2008-12-23 |
| 259. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
29.02 |
0.8852 |
-0.1428 |
201 |
6 |
27.08 |
2009-01-11 |
| 260. |
A chorus is the high-point of a lyric's energy as well as th... |
28.81 |
0.8788 |
-0.1475 |
134 |
1 |
28.81 |
2009-03-07 |
| 261. |
Many years ago, a famous Arabian alchemist had visited Europ... |
28.74 |
0.7389 |
-0.0045 |
145 |
1 |
28.74 |
2008-12-14 |
| 262. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
28.52 |
0.7852 |
-0.0520 |
149 |
2 |
27.57 |
2008-12-20 |
| 263. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
28.19 |
0.8941 |
-0.1734 |
216 |
2 |
25.79 |
2008-12-20 |
| 264. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
28.03 |
0.9084 |
-0.1897 |
404 |
1 |
28.03 |
2008-12-07 |
| 265. |
All typewriters are adjusted to type 6 lines to the inch fro... |
27.55 |
0.7690 |
-0.0653 |
142 |
3 |
24.23 |
2008-12-17 |
| 266. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
27.40 |
0.9411 |
-0.2421 |
318 |
2 |
27.14 |
2009-01-18 |
| 267. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
27.04 |
0.8037 |
-0.1121 |
148 |
2 |
25.28 |
2009-01-06 |
| 268. |
That Qwerty survived significant challenges early in the his... |
26.16 |
0.7916 |
-0.1178 |
184 |
1 |
26.16 |
2008-12-07 |
| 269. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
25.76 |
0.9899 |
-0.3389 |
163 |
1 |
25.76 |
2008-12-22 |
| 270. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
25.31 |
0.7908 |
-0.1421 |
127 |
1 |
25.31 |
2008-11-29 |
| 271. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
23.23 |
0.8323 |
-0.2437 |
145 |
1 |
23.23 |
2008-12-01 |