Proper way to "break up" clips...

How do you break up clips? I know you can do it while you're importing by selecting various in and out points, but I'm wondering about once you've already imported them and they're in the event browser.
I was watching a tutorial that deals with analyzing clips (for stabilization, balance color, etc.) once you've already imported them. The instructor said that analyzing a long clip for stabilization can take a long time, of course. If you only need to analyze and fix a brief section of the clip, he recommended breaking the clip up first so you're only analyzing and fixing the one part of the clip that you want. He recommends exporting that small clip and bring it back into final cut before you analyze it.
What would be the best, quickest way to do this so that you don't lose quality?
I bring AVCHD files into FCPX and have it create optimized media from them. Should I create a project, pull the section of the clip I want into that project, and then export it using "Video codec: Current Settings"? And then just bring it back in using File> Import> Files...? Would I experience any loss of quality doing it that way?
Also, is there a faster or easier way to do this? I shot some early footage leaving the camera on for over an hour, so I need to break that footage up. I know I can do that when I'm importing the footage, but I'd also like to know how to do it once the footage is imported.
(I have since realized that that isn't a good practice, and now I break it up while shooting different parts of what I'm doing.)

Hi Andynick--
As I said in my first reply, there is no quick way to do this. I import the native (camera)footage, then export a clip as ProRes 422 - but this means compressing again. ProRes 422 is about the best you can get without converting to Uncompressed (where a 5 second clip will become over 1 GB in size).
I understand what you are saying about there being no great way to do this, but I still have part of my question:
Please note that I am already converting the AVCHD files from my computer to Apple Pro Res 422 when I import them with the Create optimized media option under Transcoding. I'm doing that no matter what, so whatever loss of quality is involved in going from AVCHD to Pro Res 422 is already something I'm experiencing.
Given that, let's say I create a throw-away project (a project I will use only to break up a clip) and allow its Video Properties to be set based on the first video clip (which will be one of the AVCHD clips I've converted to Pro Res 422). I then select the footage I want from one of the video clips I'd like to break down and put it in the timeline. I then export the project using Share> Export Media, choosing Current Settings under Video codec:. I believe that this will create a Pro Res 422 clip. If I do this, and then reimport the clip that I create in this manner into my Event browswer, will that clip's quality be further diminished?
In other words, I know that I'm losing quality when I first import the footage into FCPX and choose to optimize the AVCHD files to Pro Res 422. My question is: Using the method to "cut out" a clip described in the previous paragraph, would I be further degrading the footage?
I know this would be time consuming. I just want to know if it results in further degradation of the quality of the footage.

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