Giving Quote by Yara Shahidi

“Intergenerational support is crucial. I feel like generations give up on each other. If you're Gen Z, you're like, "Gen X is never gonna get it." If you're Gen X, you're like, "Those Millennials are such idiots."”

Yara Shahidi

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Quite honestly, I'm the kind of person to get my feelings hurt over something somebody said on Twitter.

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