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Peter Ustinov

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.

Peter Ustinov

Music

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Peter Ustinov means that he has been deeply and permanently connected to the joy and expression found in laughter. He considers laughter to be the highest form of refined and cultured sound, even more so than traditional music.

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