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Sorry mate, completely ignored your main problem.
Here is a suggestion:
1 - open the blocks file in /modules/randomquotes/blocks (not sure about the dir name)
2 - At the end of the block, instead of the
return $block;
use
$tpl->assign("quote", $thevariablewhere_the_quote_is_stored);
Then in your theme.html, just use <{$quote}> where you want it
(you will need to activate the block as a left block visible to all, but hopefully nothing will display cos it will be empty. Ah, better return an empty '';)