Trick to add all clips to timeline?

I just finished a project, and created a new sequence to dump all of my raw footage into so I can encode that for DVD, since they want the raw footage as well. So when I select all my clips in the bin and drag them to the timeline, it obviously keeps my in and out points on the clips I used.
Does anyone have a trick to add everything to a timeline, regardless of the in/out points. I don't really want to manually clear all of the points, since then I would have no reference of what I used for in/out in the clips.
Any ideas? Thanks.

This isn't a trick, but if I were in your shoes, I would duplicate the project with a name like "no ins, and no outs." Then I'd clear the ins and out and drag the whole lot to a new sequence. After the DVD is done, either delete the project or keep it just in case.
Someone will likely chime in with a better work flow, but that's what I'd do if I had to get it done quickly, and didn't want to lose my marks.
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