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Do you know the English equivalent of this Russia proverb:
кому война, а кому мать родна
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Кому́ война́, а кому́ мать родна́.
Transliteration: Komu voyna, a komu mat' rodna.
Translation: For some people war is war, for others - [their] dear mother.
Moral: Some people suffer from war; some people make a fortune off of it.
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Russian_proverbs#.D0.9A)
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Gary Goldberg
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