fast living
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Nick Broomfield’s latest documentary, “The Stones and Brian Jones,” looks back at Jones’s rise and fall, lingering on the intra-band power plays and fast living that helped bring him down.
From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2023
When fast living turns slow and labored, you tend to remember the good times and ponder big ideas such as meaning and purpose.
From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2020
Charlie is a musician who enjoyed a youthful summer as a one-hit wonder, then squandered his money on fast living and his talent on slacking.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 19, 2019
The sentiment fits Fleming — World War II intelligence agent, thriller writer, devotee of the fine art of fast living — to a T. “Always say yes. Otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2014
For a woman, this dream portends fast living and an ignoring of moral and set rules.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Miller, Gustavus Hindman
