When I wrote the first Betsy book, 'Undead and Unwed,' I had no idea, none, that it would be a career-defining, genre-defining book, the first of over a dozen in the series, the first of over 70 published books, the first on my road to the best-seller list, the first on my road to being published in 15 countries.
Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.
It was Jimi Hendrix that I first got into when Betty Mabry turned me on to him.
He may not enter anywhere at the first, unless there be some one of the household who bid him to come, though afterwards he can come as he please.
Americans might not understand, but within Korea, Big Bang was one of the first artists to make their own production. We have our own interpretation of our own songs. We do our own thing.
Poison is one of the first, if not the first, truly independent bands to sell 3 million copies of our first record. It was before we were with a big company.
Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when 'Jolene' was a big hit.
'Mary Tyler Moore' was - it was my first big hit.
'Survivor' wouldn't have happened had I not gone out there and helped CBS to sell sponsors to finance the first one. Part of my thinking on 'Survivor' was that it should have rewards that are corporate brands. A Big Mac, one thimble-full of Coca-Cola.
The very first big one I had was 'Turn Around and Look At Me.'
The first real gig I went to was Randy Crawford in 1980. Seeing a big star like that was just fantastic.
I'm a Christian first, and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it.
When I went to FC Groningen, I had to take my bike to training - my first wage went on driving lessons. Before I signed my contract, I was 15 or 16 and working as a dishwasher in a Breda restaurant.
Well, you know, I had been a peanut farmer. I had - you know who was the first president - Democratic president I ever met? Bill Clinton.
Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse.
I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got invited to assist Billy Graham in his memoirs, and had we known what we were putting off for a year, we might not have put it off.
I used to eat lunch with Billy Wilder when I first came out here.
The idea was to study fertilization in as many different phyla and organisms as possible, using the simplest possible equipment and a microscope. Biochemical approaches were not much in vogue, and running gels impossible at first.
The first experiments on the biological properties of radium were successfully made in France, with samples from our laboratory, while my husband was living.
First I wanted to be an ice skater, and then I saw 'Bye, Bye Birdie,' and everything changed. I'm glad I learned through the process of theater.
