Iphoto will not open just spins.

My iphot will not open it just spins. When trying to rebuild as suggested there was nothing in Iphoto Library to rebuild from. I recently downloaded 2 free apps for finding duplicates ( not sure if this is the issue) I am not computer Savy but these pics. mean EVERYTHING to me....HELP!
Tanya Zimmerman

hold the option command keys when you launch iPhoto
If all else fails use this software: http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9), i7 500GB 16GB RAM iPhone5 iOS7.0.4

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Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
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Version:         9.4.3 (9.4.3)
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Report Version: 10
Crashed Thread: 0
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
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