Who said "Hope is not naïveté; it's the choice to keep trying anyway."?

This quote is attributed to Jimmy Breslin.

Hope is not naïveté; it's the choice to keep trying anyway. - Jimmy Breslin

"Hope is not naïveté; it's the choice to keep trying anyway."

Jimmy Breslin Hope

Columnist Author American 1928–2017

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