Pulling text strings from a file in Quartz Composer

I want to create a screensaver that randomly displays quotes from a specified file. It doesn't matter how the file is formatted -- txt, xls, etc. -- as long as Quartz can randomly display quotes from the file. I know how to display text strings in Quartz, and I know how to randomize graphic functions, but not how to randomize display of text strings.
Any ideas?

Here is a shuffling algorithm:
http://tekpool.wordpress.com/2006/10/06/shuffling-shuffle-a-deck-of-cards-knuth- shuffle/
Basically, pass through the file once to get the number of strings (n), than shuffle an array of integers 1 to n using an algorithm like the above. As each number comes up, pull that string out of the file.

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