Quote by Ernest Hemingway

All the contact I have had with politics has left me feeling as though I had been drinking out of spittoons

All the contact I have had with politics has left me feeling

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This quote suggests that the person's experience with politics has been unpleasant and repulsive. Comparing it to drinking out of spittoons, which are containers for tobacco spit, suggests that their encounters with politics have been dirty, unhygienic, and distasteful. This statement reflects their disappointment and frustration with politics, implying that their interactions have been unenjoyable and perhaps even revolting.

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