Rilke again

One has to be fairly soused to quote Rilke. I don't know who the hell Rilke is actually, everyone I knew who ever talked about him was a totally pretentious shit. Nonetheless that's a kick ass quote, it's taken from the current New Yorker from an article by John Lahr (son of the actor who played the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz) on Harold Arlen, the great songwriter (who among other things composed all the music for The Wizard of Oz). Here's a great quote from Harold Arlen: "Don't waste your energy on the ugly. Save it for the beautiful."