As recently as the 1970s, some Pashtun leaders in Afghanistan were pushing to create a new state, Pashtunistan, by joining with Pashtuns in Pakistan.
I try to push a single idea to its absolute limit. So for all of those ideas that existed in the story, you attempt to find a physical realisation in the space.
You just keep pushing yourself harder and harder to achieve more and more - I don't think it's ever quite as glamorous as it appears on the outside.
It was actually a relief for me to play an actor who was scared, who didn't know where everything was, who didn't know what buttons to push, and for me to be able to play all that.
There's nothing more daunting than a musical, but there's also no more direct line to joy. Getting there, though, is like pushing treacle up stairs.
Sometimes I just like the feeling of being a minority and seeing how far you can push yourself in extreme circumstances.
Here is how you know if it is love or lust. Push them in front of a bus. If you jump in the way and save them it is love.
I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay.
Sometimes you have to understand that you push ahead, there's going to be a lot of flak, there's going to be a lot of dogs barking, but the wagon train moves ahead.
Successful communication depends on how well we listen, rather than how well we push our opinions on the person seated before us.
Where the gaming world is going - and certainly Activision proved it by hiring me - is being willing to push and bend and move in a new direction of actually capturing the character and storytelling.
I'm not sure if I'm most happy when I'm comfortable and content or when I'm pushing myself to the limits. There are such different versions of happy, and I really appreciate both.
All great men face challenges in the pursuit of their goals. However, the challenges did not deter them for pushing forward and realizing their goals.
If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islands, and push 'em closer.
I have to write people who feel honest but also push our cultural ball forward.
People with too high an opinion of themselves get cut down; people with too low an opinion of themselves get pushed around....
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's somebody doing something because I pushed them in that direction.
I've been to the White House and had Hilary Clinton push through the crowd to come and meet me. Chelsea Clinton, too.
I have always been a singer/songwriter, and I was pushed in places I didn't want to do, like pop or top forty. I don't belong there.
I didn't push Cory. I wanted him to decide if he wanted to go into boxing and he did. Can't blame it on me.
I want to keep pushing the limits to see what's possible. That's the nice thing about ski racing - no one is stopping you from going faster.
