The most painstaking phase comes when the manuscript is set in 'type' for the first time and the first proofs of the book are printed. These initial copies are called first-pass proofs or galleys.
I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China began to open up. For the first time scholarships to go to the West to study were awarded on academic merit.
It's so fun to hear the reaction from Martin Scorsese as he sees you nude for the first time.
The first time I met Mary Tyler Moore, I thought she was just beautiful, but I thought she was a little young.
It was my first time taking a taxi with Mason. I had to tell the driver to wait because I had to get the stroller out of the car.
I got colored mechanics in the United States Navy Yard for the first time.
I remember when Muhammad Ali got beaten the first time. I remember when Lennox Lewis got beaten the first time, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson. All of those were legendary fighters, and they came back, and that's what made them different - what they did after they got beat.
For the first time, we have the genetic sequences of all three of the players in the global malaria debacle: the parasite, the anopheles mosquito and the human. It's a very important milestone.
The first time I performed musically, I threw up.
The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience.
I think the first time I ever wore a tuxedo was when I played at the Talk Of The Town in 1967, because it was a nightclub and that was the thing to do.
Legislative novelty is not necessarily fatal; there is a first time for everything.
Stocks in the United States plunged in 2002 amid fears of war and terrorism, a weak economy, rising oil prices and dozens of corporate scandals. It was the third consecutive annual decline, the first time that has happened in 60 years.
Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.
I met Michael Milken for the first time with Oliver Stone at the Drexel Burnham offices in Los Angeles.
The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.
I'm the first Thai prime minister in history that first time win half of parliament seats and second time win 76% of parliamentary seats and I was ousted because too popular.
The first time I heard 'Georgia Peaches,' I absolutely loved it.
The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'
Since I left the Premier League the first time, I wanted to come back.
