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		<title>Senge, Peter -- The Fifth Discipline, Part 3, ch. 8 (1990)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist &#8212; someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist &#8212; someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations. </p>
<br><b>Peter Senge</b> (b. 1947) American systems scientist, lecturer, academic<br><i>The Fifth Discipline</i>, Part 3, ch. 8 (1990) 
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