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when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro en · X

From Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) by Hunter S. Thompson.

In times of change or upheaval, anyone can form a legitimate business from their own personal vision, however different it may be.
- When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. That is my personal motto, and it has made me what I am today. 2010, Hunter S Thompson, Hey Rube, →ISBN:
- When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro, and I have certainly been both in my life. Ask anyone. They know. They remember. They'll tell you that I was both weird and a pro. 2012, Nick Mamatas, The Damned Highway, →ISBN:
- Hunter Thompson famously coined the rallying cry, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro!” saying anyone was qualified to make a difference if they had the heart, mind, and will to do so. Many did. [2013, Chrisann Brennan, The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs, →ISBN:
- "The chair is not that weird," Van muttered. "It's the whole world that's weird now. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” He picked up his wireless laptop. 2015, Douglas Lain, In the Shadow of the Towers: Speculative Fiction in a Post-9/11 World, →ISBN: