How to use the most recently printed line as an input?

I am trying to create a Twitter bot that posts a random line from a text file. I have gone as far as generating the random lines, which print one at a time, and giving the bot access to my Twitter app, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to use a printed line as a status.

I am using Tweepy. My understanding is that I need to use api.update_status(status=X), but I don't know what X needs to be for the status to match the most recently printed line.

This is the relevant section of what I have so far:

from random import choice
x = 1
while True:
  file = open('quotes.txt')
  content = file.read()
  lines = content.splitlines()
  print(choice(lines))
  api.update_status(status=(choice(lines)))
  time.sleep(3600)

The bot is accessing Twitter no problem. It is currently posting another random quote generated by (choice(lines)), but I'd like it to match what prints immediately before.

Solution

Instead of directly printing a choice:

print(choice(lines))

create a new variable and use it in your print() and your api.update_status():

selected_quote = choice(lines)
print(selected_quote)
api.update_status(status=selected_quote)