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In what I think is the most serious problem the world faces, which is the population explosion, we will come I think to a time when measures that are not even dreamt of now will become necessary.

Charlton Heston

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Charlton Heston
Age: 84 †
Born: 1923
Born: October 4
Died: 2008
Died: April 5
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