No-Chin Zone

All that pressure's got him down -- Bill O'Reilly is telling Newsday that he might hang up the ol' bronzing powder when his contract runs out in two years. "Like an athlete," the non-spinner testifies, "the body breaks down after a while. There's only so much aggression you can absorb." For such a strapping populist, his violin is tiny and delicate.

"I don't need the approval of the press, but I just wish they'd stop the viciousness. It's reached a level of almost comical proportions and it does affect people around me and they do get upset. I keep it from them as much as possible, but there are some very, very bad people out there and we're dealing with those people." […]

"I don't need to do the show anymore [and] I'm as famous as I need to be. I don't like being famous. … I can't take my family and stay in a hotel, so what good is it? […]

"I never felt sorry for people like Lindsay Lohan in my life. I thought they were dopey little movie stars. Now I feel sorry for those people."

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