Column project operation on `datasets.Dataset`
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Hi ! This would be a nice addition indeed :) This sounds like a duplicate of https://github.com/huggingface/datasets/issues/5468

> Not sure. Some of my PRs are still open and some do not have any discussions.

Sorry to hear that, feel free to ping me on those PRs
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### Feature request

There is no operation to select a subset of columns of original dataset. Expected API follows.
```python
a = Dataset.from_dict({
    'int': [0, 1, 2]
    'char': ['a', 'b', 'c'],
    'none': [None] * 3,
})

b = a.project('int', 'char')  # usually, .select()

print(a.column_names)  # stdout: ['int', 'char', 'none']
print(b.column_names)  # stdout: ['int', 'char']
```
Method project can easily accept not only column names (as a `str)` but univariant function applied to corresponding column as an example. Or keyword arguments can be used in order to rename columns in advance (see `pandas`, `pyspark`, `pyarrow`, and SQL)..

### Motivation

Projection is a typical operation in every data processing library. And it is a basic block of a well-known data manipulation language like SQL. Without this operation `datasets.Dataset` interface is not complete.

### Your contribution

Not sure. Some of my PRs are still open and some do not have any discussions.