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"Slow and steady wins the race! Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev is taking things a day at a time, especially in the relationship department. At Cosmopolitan&amp;apos;s Summer Bash on Saturday, Aug. 10, the 24-year-old actress told Us that she&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;in no rush&amp;quot; to get into her next relationship, preferring to instead take some time for herself.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve been a relationship girl and I&amp;apos;ve been in long-term relationships my whole life until this point, so I think I&amp;apos;m looking forward to spending some time with myself and finding myself again,&amp;quot; she told Us. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m just discovering different sides of me and growing and then I&amp;apos;ll figure out what I like in a man when I see it.&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: Hollywood&amp;apos;s friendliest exes\r\nThe CW actress parted ways with her Vampire Diaries costar Ian Somerhalder in May after three years of dating, but Dobrev says there are no hard feelings.\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s all about finding out what meshes and what doesn&amp;apos;t, and what you like and what you don&amp;apos;t,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;Life is about experiences, so I guess I&amp;apos;m just figuring that out.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn the September issue of Cosmopolitan, the sultry star was adamant that she was not -- and is not -- defined by her relationships, romantic or otherwise.\r\n&amp;quot;The whole point is being true to yourself and not losing yourself in relationships, whether romances or friendships,&amp;quot; she told the magazine of her views.\r\n\r\nWhen she does eventually get back into the dating game, however, Dobrev said that &amp;quot;a guy&amp;apos;s mind and humor and talent&amp;quot; are what she&amp;apos;ll be checking out.\r\n&amp;quot;I need to get to know all those things before I fall for someone,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m not a one-night-stand kind of girl.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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