My iphoto has been importing photos for the past 24hrs. Can't get it to stop, close, or quit. Thoughts?

I was importing photos yesterday. iphoto has been importing them since yesterday. It won't let me stop the import or exit iphoto. Any thoughts. I am a very new MAC user. Thanks!!

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iPhoto works best when the source (Pictures folder) is on a different disk drive than the iPhoto Library is on.
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