Pacing Problems/Quotes

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The movie is moving slowly when you begin to look at your watch. It is moving very slowly when you begin to tap your watch to be sure it hasn't stopped.
—"Siskel's Theory of Relativity," Ebert's Bigger Little Movie Glossary
On the first page of my notes, I wrote "Starts slow." On the second page, I wrote "Boring." On the third page I wrote "Endless!" On the fourth page, I wrote: "Bite-size Shredded Wheat, skim milk, cantaloupe, frozen peas, toilet paper, salad stuff, pick up laundry."
Roger Ebert, review of Exit to Eden (1994)
...Paced like an ant pushing a brick across the desert.
—Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw on Final Fantasy XIII
GET ON WITH IT!